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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Interesting Engineering / Apr 30, 2021

The Bill Gates-backed biotech firm Oxitec is going ahead with plans to release hundreds of millions of gene-altered mosquitos in Florida in order to test an experimental new form of population control, the company confirmed in a press release. The initial batch of mosquitoes was released this week.

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Bill Gates-Backed Firm to Release 150K Gene-Hacked Mosquitoes in Florida

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Hurriyet Daily News / Apr 30, 2021

ISTANBUL Land prices in Turkey's northwest have nearly doubled after rumors that Microsoft founder Bill Gates bought 22,000 acres of agricultural land in the region. Landowners hoping to cash in on the opportunity are trying to sell their land at exorbitant prices with some listing up to $10,000 per parcel, according to a report Speculations that Gates bought land in the region first emerged on social media and a few local news sites.

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/land-prices-skyrocket-in-turkeys-northwest-after-bill-gates-rumors-164341
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Land prices skyrocket in Turkey's northwest after Bill Gates rumors

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Corporate Knights Magazine / Apr 30, 2021

Once the world's richest man, leading the world's biggest tech company, Bill Gates spends most of his time and money at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation dealing with health, gender equality and education. Now he has turned his roving eye to the climate crisis with his new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.

https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/climate-and-carbon/bill-gatess-climate-fixes-dont-add-up-16197980/
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Bill Gates's climate fixes don't add up

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation India Today / Apr 30, 2021

Bill Gates (Image: Reuters) Bill Gates has been in the headlines for several reasons since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The tech mogul was celebrated, mocked and even scathingly criticised for his stand on the production and distribution of a vaccine candidate for the novel disease.

https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/bill-gates-says-covid-19-vaccine-tech-should-not-be-shared-with-india-now-there-is-a-vaccine-shortage-1796807-2021-04-30
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Bill Gates says Covid-19 vaccine tech should not be shared with India, now there is a vaccine shortage

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Valdosta Daily Times / Apr 30, 2021

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 30, 2021-- BioMed Realty, a leading provider of real estate solutions for the life science and technology industries, has acquired two adjacent parcels from Clise Properties totalling 1.8 acres in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood.

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BioMed Realty Acquires Development Site in Seattle | Business | valdostadailytimes.com

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Cornell Chronicle / Apr 30, 2021

The processes for breeding programs to set priorities are variable. The most developed approaches focus on ex-ante evaluations and economic projections of impact. At the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement, we want to do more: How do we bake in a central focus on social impact - youth employment, climate change resilience, nutrition, gender equality, amongst others - that are inherently intertwined with any part of the food system?

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/04/pioneering-inclusive-approach-priority-setting-crop-improvement
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Pioneering an inclusive approach to priority setting in crop improvement | Cornell Chronicle

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Daily Excelsior / Apr 30, 2021

WASHINGTON, Apr 29: US Trade Representative Katherine Tai held a virtually meeting with Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates on the proposed waiver to certain provisions of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/ustr-tai-speaks-with-bill-gates-on-trips-waiver-for-covid-19-pandemic/
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USTR Tai speaks with Bill Gates on TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 pandemic

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Cornell Chronicle / Apr 30, 2021

Sarah Evanega works in a challenging space. No, not her pandemic home office or even her car to free up needed internet bandwidth for her three young children's remote schoolwork. Those are minor compared to a career spent depolarizing and demystifying issues around genetic engineering, especially given the disconnect between scientific consensus on its safety and lingering public skepticism.

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/04/sarah-evanega-using-science-communication-combat-misperceptions
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Sarah Evanega: Using science communication to combat misperceptions | Cornell Chronicle

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Reuters / Apr 30, 2021

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) will hold its annual meeting on May 1 in Los Angeles. As in 2020, the meeting will be held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, a Californian who missed the 2020 meeting, held in Omaha, Nebraska, will rejoin Buffett on stage to answer 3-1/2 hours of shareholder questions.

https://www.reuters.com/business/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-glance-2021-04-29/
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Factbox: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway at a glance

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Endpoints News / Apr 30, 2021

Editor's note: Interested in following biopharma's fast-paced IPO market? You can bookmark our IPO Tracker here. The company behind the technology for AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine is prepped and ready to hit Nasdaq. British biotech Vaccitech priced its IPO late Thursday night, pulling in a $110.5 million raise and will debut

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The company behind AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine just went public, weeks after completing monster Series B, as Werewolf also makes the Nasdaq leap

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation FierceBiotech / Apr 28, 2021

Amid the havoc wreaked around the world by the COVID-19 pandemic, the race is on to build better protections against future outbreaks. After dipping its toe in these waters with the launch of a pathogen-tracking initiative in Africa, Illumina is now fully diving in with a five-year commitment to a global version.

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/illumina-pledges-60m-genomic-sequencing-expertise-to-launch-global-network-to-track
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Illumina pledges $60M in genomic sequencing expertise to help launch global outbreak-tracking network

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Ithaca College The Ithacan / Apr 28, 2021

Ithaca College's Park Center for Independent Media ( ) recognized the work of journalists Liliana Segura and Tim Schwab along with the publication Truthout during the 13th annual Izzy Award ceremony April 27. The Izzy Awards - created in memory of journalist I.F.

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Independent media recognized at 13th annual Izzy Awards

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation thewestsidejournal.com / Apr 28, 2021

Port Allen High School senior and call Valedictorian Naturi Scott was recently named a Gates Millennium Scholar. She is the second Port Allen High School student in history to be named a Gates Millennium Scholar. "There's no student that is more deserving," Port Allen High School Principal James Jackson said during a ceremony held for Scott on Wednesday, April 28.

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Port Allen senior named Gates Millennium Scholar | News | thewestsidejournal.com

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