Longitude Prize
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$17 million research prize will go towards drug-resistant bacteria studies
Antibiotic resistant bacteria is one of the greatest public health threats of our age, because we're heading for a world where common maladies can overcome any drug that we throw at them. That's why it's been chosen as the goal for this year's Longitude Prize. Like the original, awarded in 1765 to a carpenter who built the first chronometer, a £10 million ($17 million) bounty will be offered to anyone who believes that they can come up with a solution to the problem.
