NIH awards $18.2m to The Burnham Institute to develop Center on Proteolytic Pathways
(La Jolla, CA) The National Institutes of Health ("NIH") has selected The Burnham Institute to develop a national resource for medical researchers to be known as the "Center on Proteolytic Pathways". A team directed by The Burnham's Jeffrey Smith, Ph.D., will receive $18.2 million over the next five years to develop this unique research hub. ... ...The Center will consolidate all known and eme...UT Southwestern receives $1.78 million grant for obesity research as part of NIH Roadmap initiative
DALLAS Sept. 30, 2004 UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has been awarded a prestigious three-year planning grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the causes of obesity and associated metabolic diseases....... The $1.78 million grant, part of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, creates an Interdisciplinary Research Center and could develop into a permanent Metabolic and O...Gladstone investigator Mike McCune wins prestigious NIH Director's Pioneer Award
Joseph ("Mike") McCune, MD, PhD, a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology and a professor of medicine and of microbiology and immunology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), was today named a recipient of the first-ever NIH Director's Pioneer Award.... ...McCune is among nine researchers across the country chosen to receive the prestigious awar...UT Southwestern biochemist honored with NIH Director's Pioneer Award
DALLAS Sept. 29, 2004 Dr. Steven McKnight, chairman of biochemistry at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, is the recipient of a National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award, a new initiative designed to support exceptionally creative investigators.... ...The award, $500,000 per year for five years, is in its inaugural year and aims at encouraging investigators to take on creati...HHMI, NIBIB/NIH to invest up to $35 million in interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs
As biomedical science becomes more interdisciplinary, research progress will depend on contributions from life scientists who are familiar with the tools and ideas of the physical and computational sciences and engineering. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are joining f...PNNL lands $10.3 million NIH biodefense contract to unlock proteomes of salmonella and pox
RICHLAND, Wash. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has received a $10.3 million biodefense contract from the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Agents (NIAID) to identify the proteins that regulate the bacteria that cause salmonella poisoning and typhoid fever, and the monkey pox virus.... ...The five-year award is the Department of Energy lab's third $10 million National Institut...Pacific Northwest National Laboratory gets $10 million from NIH to build virtual lung
RICHLAND, Wash. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will lead a $10 million, five-year multi-institutional National Institutes of Health study to devise 3-D imaging and computational models of unsurpassed detail of respiratory systems in humans and other mammals, PNNL announced today. ......The grant will enable the Department of Energy lab and its partners to devise imaging and simulation tec...NIH roadmap for biomedical research focus of chemists at American Chemical Society meeting
PHILADELPHIA As part of an effort to identify opportunities and gaps in biomedical research defined by the National Institutes of Health Roadmap for Medical Research, Jeremy M. Berg, director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, will discuss the role of chemists at the 228 national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest scientific society.... ...Dr. Berg...NIH renews funding for continued Rb2 tumor suppressing gene research at Temple
Antonio Giordano, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, and co-director of the Center for Biotechnology in Temple University's College of Science and Technology, has been awarded a five-year, $1.68 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue his exploration of the role the tumor suppressing gene Rb2/p130 plays in cance...Livermore & NIH scientists create technique to examine behavior of proteins at single molecule level
LIVERMORE, Calif. -- A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory physicist, in collaboration with an international team of researchers, has developed an experimental method that allows scientists to investigate the behavior of proteins under non-equilibrium conditions one molecule at a time, to better understand a fundamental biological process of protein folding that is important for many diseases....NIH awards grant for cancer research to the University of Wisconsin
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced today the award of a $7 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to the University of Wisconsin to help construct a cancer research facility, which will enable basic researchers and clinical investigators to work together to address the causes, prevention, and treatment of breast cancer. Last year, the Secretary announced a similar award to the U...NIH launches first center in Nationwide Chemical Genomics Network
BETHESDA, Md., Wed., June 9, 2004 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced the establishment of the NIH Chemical Genomics Center the first component of a nationwide network that will produce innovative chemical "tools" for use in biological research and drug development.... ..."Providing public-sector researchers with this unprecedented opportunity will greatly broaden the scope...Temple virologist receives NIH grant to continue investigation of HIV dementia complex
Jay Rappaport, Ph.D., a member of Temple University's Center for Neurovirology and Cancer Biology ( ), has been awarded a five-year, $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue his research into how AIDS patients develop dementia.... Rappaport and his collaborators at the Center have been focusing on the role of macrophages--large, long-lived cells of the immune system th...NIH awards $20.7 million to make smallpox vaccine safer
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a five-year, $20.7 million grant to National Jewish Medical and Research Center to lead a consortium of academic medical centers trying to make smallpox vaccines safer for millions of people with atopic dermatitis, also known as eczema. ... "People with a history of atopic dermatitis...NIH funds new Boston College-Boston University study of B-1a cell associated with leukemia
BC Biology Professor Thomas Chiles and Colleagues at BU Medical Center Awarded NIH Program Project Grant to Study Type of White Blood Cell Associated with Lymphocytic Leukemia... ...Boston College Biology Professor Thomas Chiles and colleagues at Boston University Medical Center have been awarded a five-year, approximately $4.5-million program project grant from the National Institutes of Allergy...Emory scientists receive NIH MIDAS grant for computer modeling of infectious diseases
Emory University scientists have received a five-year grant for more than $3 million to participate in a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative to develop powerful computer modeling techniques to analyze and respond to infectious disease outbreaks. The MIDAS study (Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study) will harness the nation's computing skills to enhance our ability to respond t...University of Pittsburgh receives NIH funding to develop heart assist device for infants
PITTSBURGH, April 28 The University of Pittsburgh's McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine has been awarded a five-year $4.5 million contract from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop a heart assist device for infants. Working with Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and industry partners, the Pitt researchers envision the pediatric ventricular...BioTime awarded NIH grant to aid Hetacool development
BERKELEY, CA, April 21, 2004 -- BioTime, Inc. (AMEX:BTX) announced that it has been awarded a research grant by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for use in the development of its HetaCool blood plasma volume expander following peer review. The grant will be used to fund a project entitled "Resuscitating Blood-Substituted Hypothermi...Rensselaer receives NIH grant to develop virtual surgery simulator
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a $347,000, two-year grant to develop a next-generation simulator to train surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgery. The grant awarded to Assistant Professor Suvranu De supports efforts to improve the realism of existing training by adding touch simulation and upgraded graphics. ... ...Minimally invasive su...Rensselaer awarded $2.7 million NIH grant to improve drug development process
TROY, N.Y. -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a $2.7 million, four-year grant to develop new tools for drug discovery. The grant, awarded in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will support basic research intended to produce effective pharmaceu...Researchers receive NIH grant to open pediatric pharmacology research center
DALLAS Feb. 26, 2004 Pediatric researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a pharmacology research center at Children's Medical Center Dallas to study how children react to drugs. ...... The NIH-funded pediatric pharmacology research center, one of 13 in the United States, will provide the infrastru...NIH consensus panel confirms effectiveness of total knee replacement
Bethesda, Maryland -- A panel charged with reviewing all of the available evidence on total knee replacement (TKR) today found that for persons suffering from intractable and persistent knee pain and disability, TKR surgery is a safe and cost-effective therapy that restores mobility and alleviates discomfort. Over 20 years of follow-up data indicate that the procedure is successful in the vast ma...NIH student loan repayment awards increase by 66 percent
BETHESDA, MARYLAND -- The National Institutes of Health...reported today that it has awarded student loan repayment...contracts to 1,200 health researchers across the nation in...Fiscal Year 2003.... ...This represents a 66% increase in the number of awards over...FY 2002, the first year NIH implemented the programs. The...1,197 new contracts for FY 2003 totaled $63.3 million. Loan...repayment is...NIH establishes Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network
To address the challenges inherent in diagnosing and treating rare diseases, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today the establishment of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network. With $51 million in grant funding over five years from several NIH components,* the network will consist of seven Rare Diseases Clinical Research Centers (RDCRCs) and a Data and Technology Coordinatin...Rutgers geneticist to battle autism with $3.7 million NIH grant
NEW BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY, N.J. Linda Brzustowicz, an associate professor in Rutgers' department of genetics, has been awarded a five-year, $3.7 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to investigate the genetic basis of autism. The disorder, which has no known cure, is tied to a child's early brain development and is usually diagnosed in the first three years of life. The grant was...NIH funds 'Breast Cancer and the Environmental Research Center' at Fox Chase Cancer Center
PHILADELPHIA -- Fox Chase Cancer Center has been selected as a site for the National Institutes of Health's newly developed Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Centers. Their purpose is to probe early environmental exposures that may predispose women to breast cancer. ... Fox Chase is one of four sites chosen for the Centers. The Centers are funded jointly by the National Institute of Env...NIH told regular and moderate exposure to sunlight is the key to preventing chronic disease
BETHESDA, MD (Oct. 9, 2003) The researcher who discovered the active form of Vitamin D, Dr. Michael F. Holick, a Professor of Medicine, Dermatology, Physiology and Biophysics at the Boston University School of Medicine, told the National Institutes of Health's symposium on "Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century" that the nation faces "severe Vitamin D deficiency" which, if not properly addres...PNNL wins record $10.2 million NIH grant for proteomics center
RICHLAND, Wash. -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has won a five-year, $10.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support a center for basic research in proteomics, PNNL announced today. It is the largest NIH grant in the Department of Energy lab's 38-year history.... The grant designates PNNL as an NIH research resource center and will establish PNNL as a base for pro...Rutgers targets Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan with $3.5 million from NIH
NEW BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY, N.J. Ilya Raskin is going hunting in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan for plants, fungi and microbes with pharmaceutical potential. With approximately ...$3.5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Raskin, a member of the Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment at Rutgers' Cook College, has engaged colleagues in these Central Asian countries a...Tufts University wins $25-million NIH contract
NORTH GRAFTON, MA, Oct. 2, 2003 -Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine has received a $25-million, seven-year contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enhance America's ability to prevent, treat and control diseases caused by infectious agents and toxins that could affect the nation's food and water supply. ...... "T...NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., announces plan to speed medical discovery
Wide-ranging NIH plan, developed in conjunction with experts from key fields of medical research, will significantly accelerate the pace of medical research. The plan will: ... ... ...... ...... ... ...WHERE: ...National Press Club's First Amendment Room ... 13th Floor ... 529 14th Street, N.W. ... Washington, D.C.... .....NIH announces strategy to accelerate medical research progress
WASHINGTON, D.C. In a move to transform the nation's medical research capabilities and speed the movement of research discoveries from the bench to the bedside, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., today laid out a series of far-reaching initiatives known collectively as the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research.... ...Soon after becoming NIH Director in May 2002, Dr....Anti-HIV statisticians win $1.125 million NIH Merit Award
In the battle to control the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), medical researchers rely on support from many non-medical disciplines. Among these unheralded "troops" are statisticians, number-crunchers whose design and analysis of clinical trials can save scientists and physicians months even years of investigation.... ...One such team of statisticians at North Carolina State University has b...ASU law professor receives NIH grant
Gary Marchant, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Center for Law, Science and Technology at the College of Law at Arizona State University has been awarded a $500,000 grant over two years from the National Institutes of Health to analyze the legal, ethical and policy effects that sequencing the human genome will have on federal environmental policy and regulation....... Professor Mar...NIH awards millions to Rutgers for genetics research
NEW BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY, N.J. Rutgers will be home to a new genetics resource for scientists worldwide intent on solving the hereditary puzzles at the core of such diseases as diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease and kidney disorders. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), a unit of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a five-year, $9.3 mil...NIH awards $1 million to Virginia Bioinformatics Institute to study biochemical network modeling
Blacksburg, Va. -- Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) researchers Reinhard Laubenbacher, Pedro Mendes, and Vladimir Shulaev have been awarded $1 million from the National Institutes of Health. The funds will be used to develop mathematical tools to model biochemical networks from experimental data. ... ...In particular, the experiments will focus on oxidative stress in baker's yeast, known...Dr. Robert Langer, distinguished leader in the field of biomedical engineering, to lecture at NIH
Dr. Robert Langer, internationally known for his work in the fields of biotechnology and materials science, will present the 2003 National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Seymour J. Kreshover Lecture, Monday, June 16 at 3:30 p.m. in the Masur Auditorium on the campus of the National Institutes of Health. The title of his lecture is "Biomaterials and How They Will Change Our Lives....NIH awards grants for six new autism research centers
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded grants to support six new research centers of a major network focusing on the biomedical and behavioral aspects of autism. These centers will join two that were funded last year. The overall initiative, called STAART (Studies to Advance Autism Research and Treatment) Centers Program, demonstrates NIH commitment to autism research and responds t...Univ. of Pittsburgh receives $6.3M NIH grant to study oral health disparities in Appalachia
PITTSBURGH, March 31 Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, in cooperation with West Virginia University's School of Dentistry, have received a 7 year, $6.3 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to determine factors that contribute to oral health disparities in Appalachia. The grant is the largest NIH grant made to the Sch...DENVER, Co-Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), spoke of his vision for research and medical discovery in the 21st Century, during the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). ...... Part of The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NIH is the principal funding source for biomedical research in the Unit...