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Steve Mollman

An experimental cancer trial in France is getting a boost from the Gates Foundation: ‘Potential game-changer’

Marina Cavazzana (Credit: Stephane GRANGIER—Corbis via Getty Images)

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is known for spending billions to fight infectious diseases in developing countries, so a new investment in a French biotech company feels somewhat unusual.

Smart Immune will receive $5 million from the foundation, according to the Financial Times. The company has developed a thymus-empowered T-cell therapy platform, called ProTcell, “to fully and rapidly re-arm the immune system.”

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