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    Gates Foundation Helps Develop Avian Virus Vaccine

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    The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation granted USD8.7 million to the Fraunhofer Center for Molecular Biotechnology (CMB) to help develop a vaccine for avian influenza, which utilizes transient plant-based technology, according to

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