NIAMS Offers SBIR Funds for Multiplex Dx

Apr 06, 2009

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases plans to fund $100,000 for phase I and $750,000 for phase II Small Business Innovation Research grants to companies seeking to develop multiplex diagnostic tests that could apply to a variety of diseases.

NIAMS wants to fund projects that will develop multiplex assay methodologies for candidate biomarkers for musculoskeletal, rheumatic, and skin diseases.

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