National Institutes of Health

Factor Bioscience awarded two NIH grants for Alzheimer's research

Monday, November 19, 2012 11:12 AM

The National Institutes of Health, through the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, has awarded Factor Bioscience, a developer of cell-based therapeutics and research tools, two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants to accelerate the development of new treatments for Alzheimer's disease.

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Investigational drugs chosen for major Alzheimer's prevention trial

Thursday, October 11, 2012 07:00 AM

Scientists have selected the first investigational drugs for a worldwide Alzheimer's disease prevention trial. The pioneering study, expected to start by early 2013, initially will test three promising drugs—gantenerumab, solanezumab and an unnamed BACE inhibitor—each designed to target Alzheimer's in different ways.

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Risk gene for Alzheimer's disease associated with lower brain amyloid

Thursday, October 4, 2012 12:57 PM

Researchers investigating a known gene risk factor for Alzheimer's disease discovered it is associated with lower levels of beta amyloid—a brain protein involved in Alzheimer's—in cognitively healthy older people.

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Transgenomic awarded NIH STTR grant for pancreatic cancer research

Thursday, August 23, 2012 11:15 AM

Transgenomic,an Omaha, Neb.-based global biotechnology company focused on personalized medicine, has been awarded a $100,000 Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) phase I grant by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center For Advancing Translational Sciences.

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Thirty teams compete to interpret three families' genomes

Monday, August 20, 2012 12:08 PM

In a contest led by Boston Children's Hospital, 30 teams from around the world are vying to interpret the DNA sequences of three children with rare conditions whose cause remains a mystery—with the goal of establishing "best practices" for interpreting genomic data.

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HealthPartners, VitalSims partner to improve diabetes care

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:01 AM

HealthPartners, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization of Bloomington, Minn., and VitalSims, a healthcare education company of Minneapolis, Minn., are partnering to improve care for patients with chronic diseases through a joint venture, SiMCare Health.

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ADi awarded $2.5M SBIR grant to identify malaria protection biomarkers

Monday, August 13, 2012 10:13 AM

Antigen Discovery (ADi), a biotech based in Irvine, Calif., has received a phase II Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health.

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UTEP science program receives $4.2M grant from NIH

Friday, August 3, 2012 11:43 AM

The Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program at The University of Texas, El Paso, has been awarded a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling more than $4.2 million , funding student research training initiatives until 2017.

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LCG Systems awarded CIO-SP3 IDIQ contract by NIH

Friday, July 27, 2012 11:46 AM

LCG Systems, a provider of grants management solutions to health and social services agencies, has beenselected by theNational Institutes of Health(NIH)as an awardee for the agency’s chief information officers solutions and partners 3 (CIO-SP3) small business IT services/solutions government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC).

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Biodel awarded NIH grant to develop ultra-rapid-acting insulin for artificial pancreas

Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:42 AM

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Biodel, a Danbury, Conn.-based specialty biopharmaceutical company, a grant for the development of concentrated ultra-rapid-acting insulin formulations for use in an artificial pancreas, also known as a closed loop pump system.

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