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NIH, Gates Foundation Pledge $200 Million to Bring Gene Therapies to Patients Who Need Them Most

Some of the most cutting-edge — and effective — treatments in medicine are unaffordable to the majority of people who need them, with price tags sometimes exceeding $1 million. A new initiative from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is meant to change that unfortunate reality.