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Awards And Certifications From September 17

The latest industry awards and certifications earned by Michigan’s technology-focused companies, institutions and people

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/09/17

Ann Arbor Firm Offers Path To NIH Funding For Life Science Startups

The National Institutes of Health has made another $1.5 million available to Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer grants to small businesses with evidence-based technologies that have the potential to prevent or reduce cancer risk, facilitate patient and provider communication, and improve disease outcomes.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/08/27

Wayne State: New Fetal Cell Collection Could Improve Disorder Detection

Wayne State University researchers are testing a way to determine the status of fetal chromosomes that could lead to healthier outcomes for mothers and their babies.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/08/07

Tetra Gets NIH Award To Develop New Alzheimer’s Drug

Tetra Discovery Partners LLC, a developer of new treatments for major neurological conditions based on PDE4 modulation in the brain, announced it has been awarded a five-year cooperative agreement by the National Institutes of Health.
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WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/06/19

The University of Michigan central campus.

UM Researchers Get $1.7M To Conquer Resurgent Whooping Cough

Two University of Michigan population ecologists have been awarded a $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a five-year study that will try to explain the changing patterns of whooping cough outbreaks, using records from several countries spanning more than 70 years.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/04/22

Event Notices From March 28

The latest event and meeting notices from Michigan’s technology-focused companies, institutions and groups

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/03/28

Ann Arbor Firm Part Of Cholesterol Treatment Grant

Ann Arbor-based AlphaCore Pharma and Rockville, Md.-based Advanced Bioscience Laboratories Tuesday announced funding from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to manufacture a new treatment for a type of coronary artery disease that runs in families.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/02/14

New study about diagnosis of childhood depression from scientists at WSU. (File Photo)

Wayne State Research To Shed Light On Bone Metastasis In Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the most frequent and second deadliest cancer men face. A team of Wayne State University researchers recently received $363,660 from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health for a project that aims to learn more about the deadly spread of prostate cancer into the bones.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/01/22

Wayne State Study Of Marijuana Therapy Could Affect Public Policy

A $1.5 million grant to a Wayne State University researcher from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health could have policy implications in Michigan and other states regarding the therapeutic use of marijuana.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/11/03

Wayne State Gets $1.7M Grant For Post-Partum Drug Abuse Intervention

A team of researchers at Wayne State University’s Parent Health Lab in the School of Medicine have developed a novel indirect screener that identifies women at risk for drug use by evaluating correlates of illicit drug use rather than drug use itself.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/11/01

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