John Moores Gives $2 Million to TSRI for River Blindness Test
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 16:00
in Biology & Nature
Philanthropist, businessman and community leader John Moores has given The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) approximately $2 million to fund the development of a new field test for Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, a parasitic infection that affects tens of millions of people in Africa, Latin America and other tropical regions.