JDRF awards Emory $2.5 million to develop islet transplant technology
...ts and the general population. In 2002, the JDRF awarded Emory scientists $4.1 million to create the Emory JDRF Center for Islet Transplantation to address large-scale strategies for islet replacement. One of only a handful of such centers, it was renewed with an additional five-year grant of $8.5 million ...New compound shows promise in halting HIV spread
... of research by the Temple team which was recently awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue pre-clinical studies on a larger scale. Theyll be investigating the molecular mechanisms of 2-5AN6B as a potential weapon against HIV, and continue work on a new therapeutic approach involvin...NIH awards $1 million to Temple University Hospital for neurological treatment studies
...A) -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Temple University Hospital's Department of Emergency Medicine a $1 million grant to participate as a primary clinical study site in the Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials (NETT) Network. The NETT Network initiative is designed to facilitate ...Grants from leading eye research foundation surpass $9M in 2006
...ntary health organization supporting eye research, awarded 90 grants totaling $9.12 million in 2006 for resea...atory construction. An additional $200,000 may be awarded during a two-year extension of the award. ...NIH-funded program co-directed by Mailman School of PH faculty to expedite clinical research process
...nd expediting clinical research. One of 12 grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the new center is expected to transform how clinical and translational research is conducted across the nation. The $54 million award by NIH announced in October 2006, is part of the NIH?s Roadmap for Med...NHLBI awards 12 Women's Health Initiative contracts
...n its next phase of research with 12 new contracts awarded last week by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. The studies will help explain the postmenopausal hormone therapy and other clinical trial findings and will investigate the impact of genetic and biolog...UIC receives grant to find new drugs for bipolar disorder
...at the University of Illinois at Chicago have been awarded a three-year $2.1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop a new drug to treat bipolar disorder. The goal is to develop a compound that is able to enter the brain and block the mania associated with the disease, says pr...New amfAR research grants aim to advance understanding and prevention of rectal HIV transmission
...7] -- amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has awarded nearly $1 million for eight new research grants and fellowships aimed at increasing understanding and prevention of rectal HIV transmission, Dr. Rowena Johnston, amfAR's vice president of research announced today. "Twenty-five years after the fir...Penn researchers demonstrate ability of new therapy to treat severely elevated cholesterol levels
...ovascular disease. Additionally, Penn was recently awarded a large NIH grant to foster the further development of translational research under the auspices of the newly created Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics. The results of this study are in The New England Journal of Medicine ( ht...European scientists receive funding from EU to develop novel therapy for cancer
...versity of Crete Medical School, Greece, have been awarded a grant from the European Commission Sixth Framework program for the discovery and validation of new therapeutic strategies for cancer. The research program, code-named Apotherapy, will develop methods to activate a protein at the surface of ovarian...New details on how the immune system recognizes influenza
...Resources Program, which began in 2004 after NIAID awarded LIAI a $25 million contract to create a single repository of immune epitopes from critical disease-causing microbes, including agents that might be used in a bioterrorist attack. Influenza epitopes comprise only a portion of the extensive database, w...St. Jude, El Salvador create research ethics committee
...y U.S. investigators at international sites; it is awarded following demonstration that proper ethical oversight committees are in place so research will be conducted according to ethical guidelines. The initial success of the REC approach encouraged other institutions in El Salvador to imitate the Hospi...World-class Biomedical Research Center to be in West London
...on of eleven Biomedical Research Centres (BRC) and awarded BRC status to the two hospitals in partnership with Imperial College. BRCs will be leaders in translating scientific research into benefits for patients. Imperial's academic clinicians will work with their NHS colleagues to take research from the ben...Consortium of international hospitals receives $11 million to conduct study of genetic brain tumors
HOUSTON - The National Cancer Institute recently awarded The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center an $11 million grant to lead the largest genetic study ever conducted on the causes and risk factors of adult and pediatric gliomas, or malignant, primary brain tumors. Melissa Bondy, Ph.D., prof...Noise-immune stethoscope helps medics hear vital signs in loud environments
...t have been lost." Active Signal Technologies was awarded grants from the Army totaling $900,000 and another $50,000 from the state of Maryland to develop a new type of stethoscope that could be used in high-noise situations. After several unsuccessful attempts to reach the goal of effectiveness at 110 deci...Australian researchers win $2 million
Two young researchers have each been awarded $1 million in funding for biomedical research in Australia. The Pfizer Australia Research Fellowships were presented by Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Christopher Pyne, and Nobel Laureate, Dr Robin Warren, in Sydney on Wednesday. Queens...Baylor Research Institute receives $6.2 million grant to establish Center for Lupus Research
...upport lupus research. Dr. Pascual was officially awarded at the 70th Annual American College of Rheumatology Meeting in Washington, DC, on November 11. "It is a great honor to receive the Kirkland Scholar Award since the recipients are nominated by their peers in the field of lupus research," shares Dr....Rutgers College of Nursing professor to test exercise program for older individuals with CKD
...sing Research at the National Institutes of Health awarded a two-year $154,000 grant to a Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member to test the effects of a 12-week home-based exercise intervention program on older adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) requiring long-term dialysis treatments. The study wi...Rutgers College of Nursing professor to examine Latinas' attitudes towards exercise
...ursing faculty member, Karen T. D'Alonzo, has been awarded a three-year $274,104 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health to conduct two studies examining young Latinas' attitudes toward physical activity. The first study will examine the attitudes and bel...LSU Health Sciences Center research to improve patient safety
...SU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, has been awarded a half million dollar grant to evaluate the influence of simulation on enhancing teamwork and a culture of patient safety in the operating room environment. The project was funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthca...