Day: August 26, 2023
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Gates, DARPA Funds CRISPR-based Pandemic Early Warning Surveillance System
Scientists funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Gates Foundation) and the US Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are developing a proprietary early warning system to “detect and characterize deadly pathogens”. The new technology is powered by CRISPR gene-editing technology and will be launched in Africa first before it is…