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Gift caps career fighting killer of children
In the developed world, diarrhea is thought of as an easily treated nuisance. But in the developing world it is a major scourge: according to the World Health Organization, diarrhea, often caused by cholera, is the second leading cause of death among children under 5 years of age, causing nearly 1 million deaths among that population each year. Gastroenterologist and scientist Henry J. Binder, M.D., has devoted much of his career to systematically investigating the biology of gastrointestinal