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Oct 10, 2019

Topic Contributes to Funding Disparity

A new analysis finds that research topic choice contributes to the disparity in National Institutes of Health funding received by black researchers.

Oct 10, 2019

Nature Paper Describes Framework to Develop Cell Map of Adult Human Body

In Nature this week: researchers from the NIH Common Fund Human Biomolecular Atlas Program discuss the project's mission, and more.

Oct 10, 2019

FYR Diagnostics Wins $618K NIH Grant to Develop Acquired Epilepsy Assay

Acquired epilepsy is a form of the neurological disorder that results from other conditions such as stroke, infections, and traumatic brain injury.

Oct 09, 2019

Fauna Bio Awarded $229K NIH Grant for Animal Genomics-Based Drug Discovery Platform

The company aims to repurpose drugs by translating the mechanisms that allow hibernating animals to withstand the stresses of extended sleep.

Oct 02, 2019

A Conflict Here and There

A new report finds that 3 percent of grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health involve at least one researcher with a financial conflict of interest, ScienceInsider says.

Sep 24, 2019

NIH Awards $29.5M to Two Centers for New Human Genome Reference Program

Using 350 human genomes from different populations, the two centers plan to develop a multi-genome reference sequence that is as complete as possible.

Sep 18, 2019

Senate Subcommittee Seeks $3B Boost to NIH Budget

The bill would provide additional funding to each NIH institute and center, and would follow a 5.4 percent budget increase received in fiscal 2019.

Sep 16, 2019

Aethlon Medical Lands $1.9M SBIR Grant for Exosome Isolation Device

The award will fund optimization of the Hemopurifier exosome isolator, with an eye towards developing applications in cancer research and clinical care.

Sep 10, 2019

Up in the Air

Nature News reports that Congress needs to move quickly to pass spending bills before the fiscal year ends to fund science agencies.

Aug 30, 2019

People in the News: Rowan Chapman, Garret Hampton, Eric Dishman, More

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Asked to Give DNA Back

A South African university has told the Wellcome Sanger Institute to return DNA samples it has from indigenous African communities, The Times reports.

CCR5 Gene Mortality Paper Retracted

The University of California, Berkeley's Rasmus Nielsen and Xinzhu Wei have retracted their CCR5 gene paper due to a technical artifact.

 

Catch It Before Being Hospitalized

University of Virginia researchers are exploring a genetic risk test to gauge type 1 diabetes risk, NPR reports.

PNAS Studies Look at Lung Cancer Models, Height in Ancient Europeans, More

In PNAS this week: researchers compare two high-grade neuroendocrine lung cancers, height among ancient Europeans, and more.

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