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hschulein

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Sun Oct 19, 2014, 05:16 PM Oct 2014

Mike Malloy - Only In America: Crowdfunding To Fight Ebola



A scientist at the Scripps Research Institute who is leading an international effort to find a cure for Ebola has turned to crowdfunding to raise money to buy equipment to speed her work.

Erica Ollman Saphire, a professor in the department of immunology and microbial science at the La Jolla-based institute, placed an appeal on the website www.crowdrise.com/CureEbola in hopes of raising $100,000 to supplement funding from the federal government.

Full story: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ebola-crowdfunding-20141012-story.html

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