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Jordan Smelski Foundation gifts fund Purdue research on brain-eating amoeba
Original: Significant Gift from Jordan Smelski Foundation will fuel Purdue Veterinary Medicine research on deadly brain eating amoeba
The Jordan Smelski Foundation has made a significant gift to Purdue University's College of Veterinary Medicine to support research into Naegleria fowleri, the deadly brain-eating amoeba. The funding is expected to advance scientific work on the rare but usually fatal infection, which has drawn growing public attention as cases raise awareness of the waterborne organism.
Why now: The foundation, connected to a family affected by the amoeba, is directing new funding toward research on a rare and deadly infection, drawing public attention.
Jordan Smelski FoundationPurdue University College of Veterinary MedicineNaegleria fowleri
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