
A new issue of the online weekly of The Scripps Research Institute, News&Views, is now available at http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews
In this week's issue:
	Philanthropist John Moores Gives $2 Million to TSRI to Develop River Blindness Field Test The gift follows the publication of breakthrough results on a biomarker for river blindness from the Janda lab.
	In Memoriam: L.S. ‘Sam’ Skaggs Jr. (1923 - 2013) The entrepreneur, philanthropist and generous benefactor of TSRI has died at the age of 89.
	Findings Underline Potential of New Technology to Diagnose Disease The novel method from the Kodadek lab points to new blood tests for conditions from Alzheimer’s to autoimmune diseases.
	*Kudos:* BallenIsles Event Raises More than $100,000 for Scripps Florida Prostate Cancer Research