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DiamiR Wins $492K Grant for Alzheimer's Disease Dx Research

Nov 21, 2019
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NEW YORK — DiamiR said on Wednesday that it has received a $492,000 grant from the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) to investigate the use of microRNAs as biomarkers of neurodegeneration.

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