BBC
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British scientists have been awarded multi-million pound grants for research into tuberculosis, malaria and HIV by Microsoft billonaire Bill Gates.
Mr Gates is donating £240m to 43 projects world-wide designed to tackle some of the world's biggest killers.
Among the successful bidders is London's Imperial College,which will receive £11m to fund work on TB.
St George's Medical School in London will get £10.7m to develop a HIV vaccine for women.
One will be given £9m to investigate why some people appear to be more resistant to malaria than others, and a second will be given £5.4m to investigate vaccines for HIV, TB and malaria
The Gates Foundation received more than 1,500 bids from scientists after announcing its intention in 2003 to fund research into tackling disease in the world's poorest countries.
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And before anyone posts along the lines of "Well he can afford to" or "Thats pocket change to him" just remember this......
he doesn't have to donate money to charity, he could just keep stockpiling his cash like a lot of wealthy people.
