Total funding for all NERI work related to pediatric heart disease swells to $87M
WATERTOWN, Mass., Oct. 25, 2011 — New England Research Institutes (NERI) today announced that it has received a $45 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the continuance of its work on the Ped…
Affordable Health Care Visionary to Appear at Innovation Conference
UC San Diego and The Atlantic Confab Features Health Care Visionaries
LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 12, 2011 — Where do you go after you lead one of the largest, most ambitious policy overhaul initiatives in the history of the United States – and it all falls apart?
If you’re Ira C. Magaziner, y…
Free Online Library of Cell Images Wins ‘The Labby’
ASCB’s “The Cell: An Image Library” celebrates one-year anniversary, now passes 300,000 page views; online image resource to spur discoveries and education in human health
BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 1, 2011 — An online library of cellular images freely available to biomedical r…
Landmark Bill Introduced in the U.S. Congress to Expand Research of Digestive Disorders
MILWAUKEE, June 23, 2011 — A bill to expand federal research of functional gastrointestinal (GI) and motility disorders, such as IBS, GERD and gastroparesis, has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders Research Enhanceme…
LOS ANGELES, May 6, 2011 — Last week in Alexandria, VA, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Grants and Acquisition Policy and Accountability (OGAPA) recognized the National Institutes of Health’s Commercialization Assistance Program (and its Niche Assessment P…
Research Unlocking Mysteries Surrounding Lyme Disease
WALL, N.J., March 15, 2011 — Researchers recently developed novel diagnostic tools able to distinguish between the various strains of bacteria responsible for causing Lyme disease. For more than a decade, only one strain of B. burgdorferi (Lyme bacteria) had been sequenced (mapped), and altho…
Larta Institute NIH Success Stories Featured in 2011 California Biomedical Industry Report
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14, 2011 — A report on the California biomedical industry published last week by the California Healthcare Institute (CHI) highlights success stories from Larta Institute, a consulting firm that helps government-funded emerging entrepreneurs bring their technologies fro…
ASCB Launches The Cell: An Image Library(TM) to Inspire Discovery and Improve Human Health
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13, 2010 — The American Society for Cell Biology, in collaboration with Glencoe Software, Inc. and the Open Microscopy Environment (OME), today announce the launch of The Cell: An Image Library at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology. In 2009 the ASC…
Functional Nutriments Awarded Federal Grant to Apply Its Dog Nutraceutical Research to Human Cancer
KIHEI, Hawaii, Nov. 9, 2010 — Functional Nutriments, the makers of Apocaps®, the world’s first dietary apoptogens for dogs, announced it was awarded a $244,479 federal grant to research the application of its apoptosis-inducing formula for human cancers.
The grant is part of the U.S. go…
Scientific Conference Presents Latest News in Lyme Research
Lyme Disease Cases Increase Almost 10% Nationally
JACKSON, N.J., Sept. 20, 2010 — Lyme disease is a growing threat in the U.S., with numbers that continue to rise despite increased awareness about the disease. “Little is being done to stop the spread of Lyme disease and to help those who are s…
