Boston University and Boston Medical Center partner with CIMIT
...BU scientists have received translational research grants from CIMIT. In the years ahead, we look forward to working with more BU scientists, clinicians and engineers as we pursue our shared goal of finding novel solutions to improve patient care." Dr. Thomas Moore, interim chief of Medicine at Boston Med...Antipsychotic drug may block addiction, UIC researchers find
...began early last year and was supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education, is published in the journal Neuroscience Letters. It is now available online and will be printed later this month. Other researchers involved in the stu...Children's asthma care improves on state health insurance program
...e coverage. Under the Federal law, states received grants of Federal dollars to help with costs of insurance expansions, and had several options for how to expand coverage for children using those dollars. New York received approval to use the Child Health Plus, which was created in New York in 1991. Mor...Medical debt draining Kansans' resources, threatening health care access
...dical debt. Its Kansas research was funded through grants from the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund as part of its mission to help improve the health of Kansans, as well as the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. According to Kim Moore, Health Fund president, the report reveals that medical debt is becoming com...Mathematics and statistics combat epidemics & bioterror
...l Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health. The $3 million, five-year award will be a joint effort between the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention (of Harvard Medical School and Harvard ...Researchers take aim at the causes of heart valve disease
... of health-related disciplines. "By the time these grants run out, we should have a well-tested bioreactor that's capable of recreating the movements, pressure and flow rates that occur inside the heart," said Grande-Allen. "That will be a very valuable tool that could be turned to a broad range of experime...Grants from research to prevent blindness surpass $7.9 million in 2005
...nt disorders. The 2005 RPB awards include research grants to departments of ophthalmology at 46 medical scho...al detachment and astigmatism. RPB's comprehensive grants program operates with economy and efficiency. Historically, 81% of RPB expenditures have gone direct...Mayo Clinic collaboration discovers protein amplifies DNA injury signals
...nd Arkady Celeste, Ph.D. The work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health. To obtain the latest news releases from Mayo Clinic, go to www.mayoclinic.org/news . MayoClinic.com ( www.mayoclinic.com ) is available as a resource for your health stories....University of Toronto-led ethics network to help guide Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative
...ping countries. In 2005, the initiative announced grants totaling more than $436 million to support 43 groundbreaking research projects. "The inequities in global health are arguably the greatest ethical challenge of our time. Our key goal in this project is to focus on the ethical, social, and cultural f...Newest M.D. Anderson SPORE to fund breast cancer research
...earch, M. D. Anderson continues to hold more SPORE grants than any other institution in the United States. A...ccording to the National Cancer Institute, 58 such grants have been awarded nationally focusing on 14 disease sites. M. D. Anderson currently holds SPORE gran...Treating gum disease may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease
...of a direct link and more research is needed. With grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and the Ramaciotti Foundation, the researchers are currently studying the relationship between gum and heart disease in people with less severe periodontal disease who do not need to ...Doctors at UVA health system search for new treatments for diabetic kidney disease
... University of Virginia Health System, has won two grants totaling $1.2 million over four years to test whether certain drugs can interrupt the inflammatory process that occurs in diabetic kidney disease. These drugs act on receptors for the compound adenosine. One drug, called ATL-146e, is licensed to the......ustralia's largest single private medical research grants after a gruelling independent selection process. There were six finalists from across the country vying for the two coveted fellowships. This is the fourth year of the Pfizer Fellowships, bringing the total number to nine, with each receiving $1 mil...Artificial light at night stimulates breast cancer growth in laboratory mice
...ib, Ph.D., a program administrator with the NIEHS' grants division. "These results suggest that the increasing nighttime use of electric lighting, both at home and in the workplace, may be a significant factor." Previous research showed that artificial light suppresses the brain's production of melatonin, a...UCI receives major grant to develop 'gene signature' for prostate cancer prognosis
...of diagnosis. It is one of the 10 largest research grants in UCI history. Dr. Dan Mercola, a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine in the School of Medicine, will lead a multi-institute collaboration, which will include researchers from the departments of pathology and urology at UCI. The goal of...Breast CT is more comfortable than mammography and may detect tumors better, research shows
...San Diego. The project was funded by $6 million in grants from the California Breast Cancer Research Program, the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. Computed tomography is used every day to scan brains, lungs, abdomens and pelvises. But imaging ex...Fewer heart failure patients die when hospitals make efforts to improve care
... . The research project was funded by unrestricted grants from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals; Pfizer, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline and the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation. The data were drawn from Medicare and Medicaid records analyzed by an independent firm, DynKePRO, from the period before and after ...Conference offers new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration
...s announced the availability of $1 million in seed grants up to $75,000 each which will be awarded competitively to conference participants to speed the new lines of research identified at the sessions. Grant recipients will be announced in April 2006. "Genomics research stands at the intersection of sc...Multilateral initiative on malaria seeks international effort
...hat would focus on competitively awarded long-term grants that would be dedicated to developing new "centers of excellence" in malaria endemic areas of Africa. These centers would serve as hubs for training new scientists and assembling interdisciplinary teams for conducting malaria research. Training an......evelopment of anti-influenza drugs; and government grants supported the commercialisation of the antiviral Relenza. According to Dr Lokuge and Professor Drahos, Australia should immediately: Ascertain the patent status of influenza therapies in Australia; Announce that it will investigate the issue of...