Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $283,539 to the University of Washington to support research by David Baker and Neil King aimed at developing a vaccine for syphilis.
Baker and King are participating in a collaborative project with Kelly Hawley and Melissa Caimano at the University of Connecticut Health Center, Lorenzo Giacani at the University of Washington, and Anastassia Vorobieva at the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology. (See “Related Items”, below.)
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