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Research & Updates
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February 2021
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80,000 Hours: Lewis Bollard on big wins against factory farming and how they happened
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February 15, 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
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February 2021
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The New York Times: Scientists Are Trying to Spot New Viruses Before They Cause Pandemics
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February 15, 2021
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Scientific Research
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December 2020
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The New York Times: Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi?
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December 17, 2020
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South Asian Air Quality
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December 2020
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Comstock’s Magazine: Promise for New Proteins
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December 14, 2020
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Farm Animal Welfare
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December 2020
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The New York Times: California’s Housing Crisis: How a Bureaucrat Pushed to Build
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December 13, 2020
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Land Use Reform
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November 2020
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Nature: Coronavirus Testing Finally Gathers Speed
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November 05, 2020
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Scientific Research
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November 2020
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BioSpace: Icosavax Turns VLP Tech to COVID-19 Vaccine, with $16.5 Million in New Financing
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November 02, 2020
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Scientific Research
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October 2020
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Nikkei Asia: Thai food producers shift focus to animal welfare
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October 23, 2020
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Farm Animal Welfare
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October 2020
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Vox: The case for taking AI seriously as a threat to humanity
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October 15, 2020
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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October 2020
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Scientific American: Lab-Made ‘Miniproteins’ Could Block the Coronavirus from Infecting Cells
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October 12, 2020
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Scientific Research
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October 2020
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Stanford Medicine News Center: Jeffrey Glenn Granted $14.3 Million to Develop Broad Spectrum Drug
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October 05, 2020
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Scientific Research
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September 2020
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Vox: Building housing — lots of it — will lay the foundation for a new future
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September 23, 2020
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Land Use Reform
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September 2020
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The Washington Post: The Rise of the Rational Do-Gooders
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September 23, 2020
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Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
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September 2020
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Vox: Farms have bred chickens so large that they’re in constant pain
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September 23, 2020
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Farm Animal Welfare
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September 2020
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Forbes: 2021 Breakthrough Prize Winners Announced: Researcher Who Developed Protein Design Technology Awarded $3 Million
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September 10, 2020
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Scientific Research
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August 2020
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The Atlantic: The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives Back
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August 14, 2020
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Scientific Research
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July 2020
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Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Philanthropy Now podcast: Open Philanthropy: How donors and philanthropists can support criminal justice reform
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July 22, 2020
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Criminal Justice Reform
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July 2020
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San Fransisco Business Times: Biotech Legends Help Launch Parasite-Fighting Startup with Deep Stanford Ties
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July 13, 2020
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Scientific Research
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July 2020
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Forbes: A New 20-Minute Covid-19 Test Will Use CRISPR Gene Editing Technology To Deliver Results At The Doctor’s Office, Supermarket, Or Workplace
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July 01, 2020
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Scientific Research
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March 2020
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Barron’s Penta: How Philanthropists are Tackling COVID-19
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March 18, 2020
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Scientific Research
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December 2019
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Vox: A US charity just did something radical: asked recipients where the money should go
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December 20, 2019
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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October 2019
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EicOsis Press Release: EicOsis receives $15MM grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse to help fund trials of non-opioid pain therapy
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October 15, 2019
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Scientific Research
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October 2019
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Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News: Cancer Vaccine Developers Report Bumper Crop of New Cancer Antigens
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October 02, 2019
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Scientific Research
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October 2019
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Nature Biotechnology, First Rounders Podcast: Pardis Sabeti
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October 02, 2019
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Scientific Research
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September 2019