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Tulane's $1.6M Gates Foundation Grant for Oral Polio Vaccine 'Could End Polio for Good'

Summary by IBTimes UK
A researcher from Tulane University has been awarded $1.6 million (£1.21 million) by the Gates Foundation to develop a revolutionary oral polio vaccine. Led by Dr Elizabeth B. Norton, the project aims to create a non-live, non-reverting vaccine that addresses a critical flaw in current immunisation strategies.Existing oral vaccines deploy a weakened live virus, which, in communities with low immunity, can genetically revert to a form capable of …
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IBTimes UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Thursday, November 27, 2025.
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