£50 million Investment for The Detection and Identification of Infectious diseases (UK)
The Government has announced that more than £50 million in funding will be made available over the next five years to encourage researchers to work together, producing faster diagnostic test to detect and identify infections in humans and animals more quickly.
The project - the Detection and Identification of Infectious Agents (DIIA) Innovation Platform - will be funded through the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) with up to an additional £5 million coming from the Department of Health. It is hoped that the research will help reduce the number of deaths and illnesses caused by infectious diseases and reduce NHS expenditure on treating such diseases....
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