Research News
Announcements about NCRR-supported research and awards.
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December
Scientists Reveal Structure of New Botulism Nerve Toxin Subtype
December 22 Brookhaven National Laboratory
NCRR Support: National Synchrotron Light Source
Simple Model Predicts Those at Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease
December 22 Weill Cornell Medical College
NCRR Support: Clinical and Translational Science Award
Overweight Siblings of Children With Type 2 Diabetes Likely to Have Abnormal Blood Sugar Levels
December 09 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
NCRR Support: General Clinical Research Center and Clinical and Translational Science Award
K-State Entomologists Work Toward Mitigating the Spread of Lyme Disease by Unlocking Mechanisms Controlling the Black-Legged Tick's Salivary Glands
December 08 Kansas State University
CRR Support: Kansas State Center of Biomedical Research Excellence
Apple or pear shape is not main culprit to heart woes — it's liver fat
December 3 Washington University in St. Louis
NCRR Support: Washington University Clinical and Translational Science Award and Biomedical Technology Research Center (Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Resource)
November
Researchers discover strategy for predicting the immunity of vaccines
November 26 Georgia Institute of Technology
NCRR Support: Emory Clinical and Translational Science Award and Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Emory Researchers discover strategy for predicting the immunity of vaccines
November 26 Georgia Tech News Service
NCRR Support: Emory Clinical and Translational Science Award and Yerkes National Primate Research Center
OHSU finds association between Epstein-Barr virus, inflammatory diseases of the mouth
November 10 Oregon Health and Science University
NCRR Support: Clinical and Translational Science Award to Oregon Health and Science University
MRN Receives $11.6 Million for Schizophrenia Study
November 6 University of New Mexico
NCRR Support: Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Center for Biomedical Research Excellence
More than 2 Million Children with Insured Parents Are Uninsured; Most Are Low Or Middle Income
November 5 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Clinical and Translational Science Award to Oregon Health and Science University
Promoting translational research at Vanderbilt University’s CTSA institute
November 1 Disease Models & Mechanisms
NCRR Support: Vanderbilt Clinical and Translational Science Award
October
ECU's FoodMASTER program receives $504,000 NIH grant
October 31 East Carolina University
NCRR Support: East Carolina Science Education Partnership Award
UCSF Receives $1.3 Million Grant to Expand Science Education Outreach Program
October 30 University of California, San Francisco
NCRR Support: University of California, San Francisco Science Education Partnership Award
NIH awards $1.35 million for biomedical outreach to schools
October 30 University of Alaska, Fairbanks
NCRR Support: Alaska Science Education Partnership Award
Georgia State receives grant to educate children about DNA’s “language”
October 30 Georgia State University
NCRR Support: Georgia State Science Education Partnership Award
UGA researchers receive $ 1.3 million NIH grant to develop 3D animated biological science lessons for high school students
October 30 University of Georgia
NCRR Support: Georgia Science Education Partnership Award
NIH Funds 16 Science Education Partnership Awards
October 30 National Center for Research Resources
NIH Awards $1.35 Million to NWABR for Bioethics Education
October 30 Northwest Association for Biomedical Research
NCRR Support: NWABR Science Education Partnership Award
UD wins $10.5 million grant for biomaterials research center
October 28 University of Delaware
NCRR Support: Delaware Center of Biomedical Research Excellence
URMC Breaks Ground for New Research Building
October 27 University of Rochester
NCRR Support: Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Award
NIH Grants $55 Million in Institutional Development Awards
October 23 National Center for Research Resources
U of L gets $11.6 million for diabetes and obesity research
October 23 University of Louisville
NCRR Support: Louisville Center of Biomedical Research Excellence
$10.5 Million Awarded to Study Obesity-Disease Link
October 23 University of Kentucky
NCRR Support: University of Kentucky Center of Biomedical Research Excellence
Case Western Reserve University's Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative funds pilot studies
October 23 Case Western Reserve University
NCRR Support: Case Western Reserve University Clinical and Translational Science Award
UNMC researchers awarded $10.6 million federal grant from National Institutes of Health
October 23 University of Nebraska Medical Center
NCRR Support: UNMC Center of Biomedical Research Excellence
FoodMASTER presented at international dietetics conference
October 21 Ohio University
NCRR Support: Ohio University Science Education Partnership Award
More than 2 Million Children with Insured Parents Are Uninsured; Most Are Low or Middle Income
October 21 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
NCRR Support: Oregon Clinical and Translational Science Award
Put the protein pieces together with algorithms: Solving 'the mass spec data mess'
October 20 University of California, San Diego
NCRR Support: University of California, San Diego BTRC
NIH Funds Two New Centers to Develop Innovative Imaging Technology for Neurodegenerative Disorders and Advanced Software for Protein Analysis
October 15 National Center for Research Resources
San Francisco VA Brain Imaging Team Receives $6 Million NIH Award
October 15 Northern California Institute for Research and Education
NCRR Support: Northern California Institute for Research and Education BTRC
Scientists Restore Movement to Paralyzed Limbs through Artificial Brain-Muscle Connections
October 15 National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke, National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: Washington National Primate Research Center
Shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to Co-Investigator at NCRR Biomedical Technology Research Center
October 08 National Center for Research Resources
NIH Launches New Web Site for Parents on Medical Research Studies for Children
October 6 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development, National Center for Research Resources
Scientists Identify Gene Variant Involved in Isolated Cleft Lip
October 5 National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: Clinical and Translational Science Award to the University of Iowa
September
Sanford Research/USD Awarded $10 Million NIH Grant for Heart Research
September 26 Sanford Health
NCRR Support: Center of Biomedical Research Excellence grant to Sanford Research/USD
Why some primates, but not humans, can live with immunodeficiency viruses and not progress to AIDS
September 16 Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Study identifies factors associated with poor weight loss after gastric bypass surgery
September 15 University of California, San Francisco
Clinical and Translational Science Award to the University of California at San Francisco
Newly Identified Gene Variations Account for Increased Burden of Kidney Disease among African-Americans
September 15 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
NCRR Support: General Clinical Research Centers at Case Western Reserve University, Wake Forest University, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, University of California Irvine College of Medicine, and University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
The NIH Reform Act of 2006: Progress, Challenges, and Next Steps
September 11 National Institutes of Health
NIH Awards $6 Million Grant to Identify Scleroderma Gene
September 10 University of Texas at Houston
NCRR Support: Clinical and Translational Science Award to UT Houston
MIT zooms in on malaria-infected cells
September 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NCRR Support: Biomedical Technology Research Resource (P41)
August
Clinical study to examine role of vitamin D in kidney disease
August 26 Rockefeller University
NCRR Support: Rockefeller Clinical and Translational Science Award
KU earns grant to aid researchers in identifying genetic disease risk
August 5 University of Kansas
NCRR Support: University of Kansas Center of Biomedical Research Excellence
July
Partners in Time: INBRE Expands Horizons for Undergraduates Statewide
July 28 University of North Dakota
NCRR Support: The University of North Dakota Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Network of Biomedical Research Excellence
SBUMC Awarded High-End Instrumentation Grant From NIH To Advance Biomedical Research Of Diseases
July 25 Stony Brook University
NCRR Support: High-End Instrumentation grant to Stony Brook University
U of L’s Brown Cancer Center to get $10.1 million for cancer research
July 18 University of Louisville
NCRR Support: Center of Biomedical Research Excellence grant to James Graham Brown Cancer Center
NIH Awards More Than $33 Million to Fund State-of-the-Art Research Equipment
July 16 National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: High-End Instrumentation Program
FAMU receives a $14 Million National Institutes of Health Grant
July 14 Florida A&M University
NCRR Support: Florida A&M University RCMI
Common Mechanisms May Underlie Autism's Seemingly Diverse Mutations
July 10 National Institute of Mental Health, National Center for Research Resources, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NCRR Support: Center for Genotyping and Analysis at the Broad Institute
Antigen Discovery, Inc. Awarded a SBIR Phase II Grant to Commercialize Novel Antigens for Serodiagnostic Products and Vaccine Development
July 3 Antigen Discovery Inc.
NCRR Support: SBIR Grant
June
Mayo Clinic Research on Wheels
June 27 Mayo Clinic
NCRR Support: Clinical and Translational Science Award
Indiana University to Host National Biorepository for Gene Therapy
June 19 Indiana University School of Medicine
NCRR Support: National Gene Vector Biorepository and Coordinating Center
NCRR Launches National Gene Vector Biorepository
June 19 National Center for Research Resources
Undergraduates Do Advanced Research at University of Arkansas This Summer
June 09 University of Arkansas
NCRR Support: Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Network of Biomedical Research Excellence
May
$29 Million NIH Grant Will Help Speed Treatments to Patients
May 30 Northwestern University
2008 Clinical and Translational Science Awards
Ohio State Receives $34 Million NIH Grant
May 29 Ohio State University
2008 Clinical and Translational Science Awards
UAB Grant to Speed Benefits of Research to Community, Alabama
May 29 University of Alabama, Birmingham
2008 Clinical and Translational Science Awards
NIH Awards Einstein and Montefiore A $22 Million Research Grant
May 29 Yeshiva University
2008 Clinical and Translational Science Awards
BUMC, BMC Receives Clinical and Translational Science Award From NIH
May 29 Boston University
2008 Clinical and Translational Science Awards
Harvard Medical School receives major NIH grant for galvanizing translational science
May 29 Harvard University
2008 Clinical and Translational Science Awards
NIH Expands National Consortium Dedicated to Transforming Clinical and Translational Research
May 29 National Center for Research Resources
NIH Awards $25 Million Clinical Research Grant to IU for Statewide Initiative
May 29 Indiana University
2008 Clinical and Translational Science Awards
Stanford wins $30 million federal grant to help turn research into medical care
May 29 Stanford University
2008 Clinical and Translational Science Awards
Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center secure prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award
May 29 Tufts University
2008 Clinical and Translational Science Awards
UC Denver to receive major translational research fundin
May 29 University of Colorado, Denver
2008 Clinical and Translational Science Awards
New federally funded health initiative to speed benefits of science to North Carolinians
May 29 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2008 Clinical and Translational Science Awards
Coveted federal translational research award comes to S.A.
May 29 University of Texas, San Antonio
2008 Clinical and Translational Science Awards
NIH Awards $20 Million CTSA Grant to Scripps Translational Science Institute
May 29 Scripps Research Institute
2008 Clinical and Translational Science Awards
Yerkes Researchers Develop First Transgenic Nonhuman Primate Model Of Huntington’s Disease
May 18 Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Researchers Develop First Transgenic Monkey Model of Huntington’s Disease
May 18 National Center for Research Resources, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NCRR Support: Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Yerkes Researchers Find First Conclusive Evidence Of Alzheimer’s-Like Brain Tangles In Nonhuman Primates
May 14 Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Monkey Studies Important for Brain Science
May 14 University of California, Davis
NCRR Support: California National Primate Research Center
New theory suggests how hepatitis C may cause rare immune disease
May 13 Rockefeller University
NCRR Support: Clinical and Translational Science Award to Rockefeller University
Yerkes Researchers Find Link Between Psychological Stress and Overeating
May 13 Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Mothers' High Normal Blood Sugar Levels Place Infants at Risk for Birth Problems
May 7 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: General Clinical Research Centers at Northwestern University and Case Western Reserve University
April
The Most Natural Drug
April 30 Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
NCRR Support: Center of Biomedical Research Excellence to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Researchers Find Quick Way to Make Human Monoclonal Antibodies against Flu
April 30 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: Center of Biomedical Research Excellence at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Engineers harness cell phone technology for use in medical imaging
April 29 University of California, Berkeley
NCRR Support: Investigator-Initiated Research Project (R01) grant to UC Berkeley professor Boris Rubinsky
Gene Therapy Improves Vision in Patients with Congenital Retinal Disease
April 27 National Center for Research Resources and National Eye Institute
NCRR Support: University of Pennsylvania Clinical and Translational Science Award
SBRI’s Bioquest Program Awarded $800,000 SEPA Grant
April 24 Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
NCRR Support: Seattle Biomedical Research Institute Science Education Partnership Award
Pitt Organizes Day of Scientific Discovery for a Novel Federal Outreach Partnership That Will Bring Research to Middle School Classrooms
April 18 University of Pittsburgh
NCRR Support: University of Pittsburgh Science Education Partnership Award, Clinical and Translational Science Award
Rice and UT-Houston join DOD push for regenerative medicine
April 17 EurekAlert!
NCRR Support: UT at Houston Clinical and Translational Science Award
New molecule could be key to anti-heart attack drug
April 17 Rockefeller University
NCRR Support: Rockefeller Clinical and Translational Science Award
NIH Study Reveals Factors That Influence Premature Infant Survival, Disability
April 16 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: General Clinical Research Centers at Emory, University of Rochester, Stanford, Yale, Indiana, University of New Mexico, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Statins Shown to Lower Blood Pressure
April 14 University of California, San Diego
NCRR Support: University of California, San Diego, General Clinical Research Center
NCRR Reviewing Operating Procedures at Chimpanzee Facility in Bastrop, TX
April 4 National Center for Research Resources
New Web Portal to Advance Wide Range of Protein Studies
April 3 National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: Protein Structure Initiative
March
Gene Variation Predicts Response to Treatment in Common Infertility Disorder
March 27 National Institute of Child Health & Human Development and National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: Pennsylvania State University General Clinical Research Center
Rates of Rare Mutations Soar Three to Four Times Higher in Schizophrenia
March 27 National Institute of Mental Health, National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: University of Washington Clinical and Translational Science Award & University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill General Clinical Research Center
Yerkes Researchers Identify Language Feature Unique to Human Brain
March 24 Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Hearts of HIV-positive individuals recover from exertion more slowly
March 24 Washington University in St. Louis
NCRR Support: Washington University General Clinical Research Center
SBU Geneticist Is First to Connect A Gene Central to the Formation of Neurons to Autism Spectrum Disorder
March 19 Stony Brook University Medical Center
NCRR Support: Stony Brook General Clinical Research Center
New technology provides near-atomic level resolution for viewing structures
March 12 Baylor College of Medicine
NCRR Support: National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
Discrepancies in U.S. health and healthcare is topic of March 20 Café Scientifique
March 11 Montana State University
NCRR Support: Montana INBRE
UI will host obesity conference April 8
March 11 University of Iowa
NCRR Support: Iowa Clinical and Translational Science Award
February
Brain Area Critical for Chimpanzee Communication Corresponds to Similar Area in Human Brain
February 28 Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Technology enables researchers to 'see' native virus structure at near-atomic levels
February 28 Baylor College of Medicine
NCRR Support: National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
U-M scientists develop tool to probe role of oxidative stress in aging, disease
February 15 University of Michigan
NCRR Support: National Resource for Proteomics and Pathways
Autism teams target antibodies, fetal brain cells
February 15 University of California, Davis
NCRR Support: California National Primate Research Center
UD researchers discover promising technique for repairing gene defect that causes spinal muscular atrophy
February 11 University of Delaware
NCRR Support: Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence
Violence Against Researchers Using Animals
February 08 National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources
A Statement from the NIH Director, Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.
Gene Variants Protect Against Adult Depression Triggered by Childhood Stress
February 4 National Institute of Mental Health
NCRR Support: Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University
January
Thin Bones Seen In Boys with Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorder
January 29 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: General Clinical Research Center at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
NASA Uses Vertical Treadmill to Improve Astronaut Health in Space
January 28 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCRR Support: General Clinical Research Center at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Protein that controls hair growth also keeps stem cells slumbering
January 25 Rockefeller University
NCRR Support: Clinical and Translational Science Award at Rockefeller University
NCRR Announces Two More Science Education Partnership Awards for FY 2007
January 21 National Center for Research Resources
Forum for Students Focuses on Clinical Research Advances, Opportunities
January 7 NIH Clinical Center
NCRR Support: Clinical and Translational Science Award
Timing is Everything
January 1 University of North Dakota
NCRR Support: Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence