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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gates-foundation-awards-notre-dame-23-million-malaria-134034820.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eq3N_xOCWWPStOF.KQU6bQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-14T134034Z_1_CBREA2D11ZS00_RTROPTP_2_MILKEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Microsoft Chairman Gates takes part in the &quot;Investing in African Prosperity&quot; panel discussion at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills" align="left" title="Microsoft Chairman Gates takes part in the &quot;Investing in African Prosperity&quot; panel discussion at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $23 million for research being led by University of Notre Dame biologists to prevent malaria and dengue fever, the school said. The five-year project by biologists Neil Lobo and Nicole Achee aims to show the effectiveness of a new method of mosquito control, called spatial repellency, in quelling the illnesses, the university said in a statement this week. According to the World Health Organization, 207 million cases of malaria were reported in 2012, and 50 million to 100 million dengue infections occur yearly. Both the malaria parasite and dengue virus are transmitted through the bites of infected mosquitoes.</p><br clear="all"/>