Indiana University Imaging Center receives $6M grant for kidney research
... The grant recognizes the imaging technology and expertise that has been...developed at IU using advanced light microscopy systems to conduct...research in kidneys and other organs in vivo, said Bruce Molitoris,...M.D., chief of the nephrology division and director of the Indiana...Center for Biological Microscopy.</p...Indiana University researchers discover unique marker to identify breast cancer protein
... The research, led by Linda H. Malkas, Ph.D., Vera Bradley Professor of Oncology and professor of medicine, and Robert J. Hickey, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, involves a protein, PCNA, that plays a vital role in the processes that control cell replication, repair and death. The research team identified an antibody that can different...Bioethics program in predictive health established at Indiana University
... The program will complement other developments in the life sciences in Indianapolis, including the Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) and the Indiana Predictive Cardiovascular Health Project (IPCHP). IPCHP, a part of the Fairbanks Institute is a long-term predictive study created in March 2006 that is dedicated to building healthier communities....Indiana seed fund invests in breast cancer detection startup company
INDIANAPOLIS One of Indiana University's newest life science ventures, CS-Keys, Inc., has been awarded $285,000 from the Indiana Seed Fund. ...... The company's focus is on early detection of breast cancer through a new diagnostic tool developed in the laboratory of Linda Malkas, Ph.D., the Vera Bradley Professor of Oncology and professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine....Lilly Foundation gift to Indiana University Cancer Center
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana University Cancer Center's future as a premiere clinical and research institution has received a boost with a $7.5 million gift from the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation....... The gift is the largest one-time donation from the Lilly Foundation to an institution or cause. The funds will be used to recruit nationally recognized cancer scientists to strengthen the research i...Lance Armstrong Foundation establishes Endowed Chair in Oncology at Indiana University
AUSTIN, Texas -- When 25-year-old Lance Armstrong, already a world-class cyclist, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of testicular cancer in 1996, he sought the pioneering treatment developed by Lawrence H. Einhorn, M.D., a leading clinical oncologist at the Indiana University Cancer Center and an Indiana University Distinguished Professor. ......The Lance Armstrong Foundation is honoring...