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Scribe takes USD 25m in CIRM funding to push CRISPR CVD programs into clinic
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Scribe takes USD 25m in CIRM funding to push CRISPR CVD programs into clinic

Scribe Therapeutics has received more than USD 25 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to advance two preclinical...

Jun 18
Oligomerix picks up NIH grant to push oral tau inhibitor into clinic for Alzheimer's
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Oligomerix picks up NIH grant to push oral tau inhibitor into clinic for Alzheimer's

Oligomerix, a clinical-stage biotechnology company based at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York, has received a USD 1.9 million...

Jun 17
Michael J. Fox Foundation backs Neuron23's LRRK2 trial expansion into Israel
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Michael J. Fox Foundation backs Neuron23's LRRK2 trial expansion into Israel

South San Francisco-based Neuron23 has received a USD 2.5 million grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research to expand its NEULARK...

Jun 17
NIDA renews support for Northeastern cannabinoid drug discovery program
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NIDA renews support for Northeastern cannabinoid drug discovery program

Northeastern University has received a USD 1.43 million NIDA P01 program project renewal to advance structure-guided drug discovery targeting CB1 and CB2...

Jun 17
Rutgers researchers explore PARP1 inhibition as strategy against chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment
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Rutgers researchers explore PARP1 inhibition as strategy against chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment

Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences has received a USD 1.78 million National Cancer Institute R01 award to identify biomarkers and evaluate therapeutic...

Jun 17
UCSF explores molecular drivers of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
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UCSF explores molecular drivers of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease

University of California, San Francisco has received a USD 1.63 million NIH R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to investigate the...

Jun 16
Mayo Clinic expands multi-ethnic blood biomarker effort for Alzheimer's disease
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Mayo Clinic expands multi-ethnic blood biomarker effort for Alzheimer's disease

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville has received a USD 8.16 million National Institute on Aging U19 renewal grant to advance blood-based biomarker discovery for...

Jun 16
Columbia investigates HPF1's role in PARP inhibitor bone marrow toxicity
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Columbia investigates HPF1's role in PARP inhibitor bone marrow toxicity

Columbia University Health Sciences has received a USD 1.83 million NIH R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate how Histone PARylation...

Jun 16
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Fred Hutch investigates how Par-4 eliminates dormant breast cancer cells
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Fred Hutch investigates how Par-4 eliminates dormant breast cancer cells

Fred Hutch Cancer Center has received a USD 1.8 million NCI R01 renewal to investigate how the tumor suppressor Par-4 regulates actomyosin contractility as...

Jun 16
University of Illinois advances multivalent ETEC vaccine designed to target both toxins and adhesins
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University of Illinois advances multivalent ETEC vaccine designed to target both toxins and adhesins

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has received a USD 1.12 million NIAID R01 grant to advance MecVax, a multivalent subunit vaccine candidate targeting...

Jun 16
NIH funds Michigan State Uni study for antibody-switching mechanism linked to B cell lymphoma
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NIH funds Michigan State Uni study for antibody-switching mechanism linked to B cell lymphoma

Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences has received a USD 2.86 million NIH R01 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and...

Jun 16
Cognision research points to baseline EEG signature guiding to hidden responder groups in ketamine challenge studies
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Cognision research points to baseline EEG signature guiding to hidden responder groups in ketamine challenge studies

Researchers at Louisville, Kentucky-based Cognision (Nasdaq: not listed), working through the EEG/ERP Biomarker Qualification Consortium, report that an...

Jun 12
KAIST, Chungnam National Uni use organoid platform to identify lazertinib's utility in glioblastoma
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KAIST, Chungnam National Uni use organoid platform to identify lazertinib's utility in glioblastoma

A functional drug-screening platform built on patient-derived glioblastoma organoids predicted individual patient responses to temozolomide more accurately...

Jun 12
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute receives USD 50m Yawkey Foundation grant for Boston hospital
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute receives USD 50m Yawkey Foundation grant for Boston hospital

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has received a USD 50 million philanthropic grant from the Yawkey Foundation to support construction of a planned 300-bed...

Jun 10
University of Minnesota wins NIH support for CAR Treg and lipid nanoparticle cGVHD therapies
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University of Minnesota wins NIH support for CAR Treg and lipid nanoparticle cGVHD therapies

The University of Minnesota has received a USD 1.58 million NIH R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to investigate the cellular...

Jun 10