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MSU Researchers Create Synthetic Biological Devices To Treat Chronic, Uncured Diseases

EAST LANSING - Michigan State University engineering researchers are working to create ‘synthetic biological-devices’ inside the cells of mammals that will enable new treatments for chronic and uncured diseases. A cross-disciplinary team of biomedical and electrical engineers will build biological circuits, oscillators, and toggle switches inside cells to respond to electromagnetic fields as a mean

By |2018-08-14T20:08:37-04:00August 14th, 2018|Life Sciences|

University Of Michigan Gets $58 Million Grant To Help Turn Researchers Ideas Into Products

ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has received a $58 million five-year grant to help researchers turn their best ideas and discoveries into tests, treatments, care innovations and cures through training, funding and central research services. The grant is from the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical

By |2017-06-01T16:26:03-04:00June 1st, 2017|Life Sciences, News|

Wayne State Wins $7.5 million NIH Renewal For Environmental Center

DETROIT – Wayne State University received notice from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health has renewed a five-year, $7.5 million grant for the Center for Urban Responses to Environmental Stressors. The previous NIH grant for CURES totaled $2.4 million for three years. CURES — one of 22 P30

By |2017-05-03T10:49:01-04:00May 2nd, 2017|Life Sciences|

Genomenon Gets $1.8 Million Grant From NIH To Fund Genomic Analysis

ANN ARBOR - Genomenon announced a $1.8 milion grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health will fund Genomenon’s further innovation in genomic analysis, streamlining the literature research and curation process leading to faster patient diagnosis. “This grant recognizes the solid approach and great potential of Genomenon’s technology to drive rapid improvements in automating accurate gene

By |2017-04-26T20:40:36-04:00April 26th, 2017|Life Sciences|

U-M Health Science Resource Center Gets $11.7 Million NIH Award

ANN ARBOR - A new interdisciplinary health sciences resource center at the University of Michigan has received an $11.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health to advance regenerative medicine. The center, led by the School of Dentistry, brings together scientists, engineers and clinicians from several U-M departments in collaboration with researchers at the

By |2017-03-15T19:11:01-04:00March 15th, 2017|Life Sciences|

MSU Engineering Wins NIH Challenge To Keep Track Of Pills

EAST LANSING - Researchers from the Michigan State University College of Engineering have created an easy way to use a cell phone to recognize prescription pills – often a major problem for the elderly and one that can have deadly consequences. Mi Zhang, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is the first-prize winner

By |2016-08-16T20:28:07-04:00August 16th, 2016|ESD, Life Sciences, News|

NIH To Award $9 Million To University Research Corridor For Alzheimer’s Research

ANN ARBOR - The U.S. National Institutes of Health will award an estimated $9 million over the next five years to a new statewide center to enhance the understanding and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center, launched Monday, will support researchers and clinicians from the University Research Corridor,

By |2016-08-15T20:20:26-04:00August 15th, 2016|Featured, Life Sciences|

Wayne State President To Serve As Advisor To National Institutes Of Health

DETROIT - Wayne State University President M. Roy Wilson has accepted an offer to serve on the Advisory Committee to the Director for the National Institutes of Health. The director, Francis Collins, “oversees the work of the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world, spanning the spectrum from basic to clinical research,” according to

By |2016-07-07T18:32:31-04:00July 7th, 2016|News|

Asterand Bioscience Wins $6.5 Million Contract From National Institutes Of Health

DETROIT - Asterand Bioscience says it has been awarded a five-year, $6.5 million contract from the National Institutes of Health to provide oncology specimens with associated clinical data to the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium. The CPTAC is a coordinated effort to accelerate the understanding of the molecular basis of cancer by systematically identifying proteins

By |2016-02-18T09:36:51-05:00February 18th, 2016|ESD, Life Sciences|