Tulane receives grant for study of tissue restoration after traumatic injury
The Department of Defense is investing millions in challenging scientists to develop a way for humans to restore tissues lost to traumatic injury. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a one-year grant of nearly $3.9 million to a group of scientists led by Ken Muneoka, professor of cell and molecular biology at Tulane University. The multi-center study is one of only two...Carbon monoxide inhibitor controls traumatic bleeding, Tulane University researchers show
SAN FRANCISCO A chemical that blocks carbon monoxide (CO) has been used for the first time to arrest traumatic bleeding in rats, according to a Tulane University research team....... The study of CO in the tissues -- including its role in diabetes, cardiac dysfunction, hypertension and asthma -- has become the subject of increasing interest for researchers. However, this is the first time scient...Tulane receives millions for international health and tropical medicine research
Tulane University public health researchers are slated to receive over $7 million to support international health research. Carl Kendall, professor of international health and development at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and parasitologist Paul Brindley, professor of tropical medicine at the school, received notification of their awards despite the disruptio...Tulane receives multi-million grant for hemorrhagic fever research
The National Institutes of Health awarded Tulane University a grant of more than $3.8 million for a three-year study designed to develop better tests for one of the deadliest group of diseases called viral hemorrhagic fevers. In partnership with the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Ft. Detrick, Md., and three corporate partners, Robert Garry and his Tulane team will...The Tulane National Primate Research Center isn't just surviving, it's thriving. The center received notice that the National Center for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health awarded two grants of $4 million each for new construction and expansion of the current breeding facility. In addition, the primate center received more than $1.6 million to support research training in ex...