Abstract
Tropical Diseases Research: Thirty Years and Counting
Highlights
TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, was launched in 1978, more or less the same year I began my career in science as a Yale undergraduate working on the nascent molecular biology of antigenic variation in African trypanosomes
These same TDRsupported laboratories are playing a critical role in the product development and clinical testing activities supported by the Gates Foundation and other organizations
Our Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative was able to hit the ground running upon receiving Gates Foundation funds in part because of strong overseas infrastructures established with the help of TDR support at the Rene Rachou Research Centre of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and the Institute of Parasitic Diseases in Shanghai, China
Summary
TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, was launched in 1978, more or less the same year I began my career in science as a Yale undergraduate working on the nascent molecular biology of antigenic variation in African trypanosomes. Over the last 30 years the world has looked to TDR as a dependable supporter and innovator for research in tropical diseases.
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