Sunday, July 17th, 2011
The National Science Foundation has announced an $18.5 million grant to establish an Engineering Research Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering based at the University of Washington. "The center will work on robotic devices that interact with, assist and understand the nervous system," said director Yoky Matsuoka, a UW associate professor ...
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Sunday, July 10th, 2011
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) today announced receipt of a research grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to investigate the mechanisms underlying Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. Commonly known as an increase of the size and weight of the heart, ...
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Sunday, March 27th, 2011
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has announced that Carey Anders, MD, assistant professor of medicine and a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center will receive a Breast Cancer Research Foundation-AACR Grant for Translational Breast Cancer Research. The $181,000 grant will be presented at the organization's 102nd Annual ...
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Friday, March 11th, 2011
Avaxia Biologics, Inc., a privately-held biotech company using its proprietary platform technology to develop orally-active antibody therapeutics for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, announced that it has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of ...
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
TargetCancer, a non-profit organization dedicated to funding research for rare and lesser known cancers, has awarded a significant grant to a leading researcher of gastrointestinal cancers and has established research fellowships through Harvard Medical School. TargetCancer awarded a $40,000 grant to Dr. Nabeel Bardeesy, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical ...
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