The NIH awarded up to $130 million over seven years for UGA to develop universal flu vaccine
On Sept. 30, 2019, the University of Georgia (UGA) announced it had signed a contract with the National…
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UPenn’s Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research received an $18.1 million grant from NIH
On Sept. 30, 2019, UPenn’s Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR) received an $18.1 million grant from the…
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UPenn created the first ‘bile duct-on-a-chip’
On Sept. 26, 2019, UPenn researchers led by Rebecca Wells, MD, announced they had created the first-ever ‘bile…
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NIH awards contracts to Harvard T.H. Chan, Seattle Children’s and IDRI to advance tuberculosis immunology research
On Sept. 26, 2019, The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes…
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Engineered killer T cells could provide long-lasting immunity against cancer
On Sept. 23, 2019, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers announced they have harnessed the power of…
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UPenn and Novartis end 7-year R&D alliance, will narrow scope of collaboration
On Sept. 16, 2019, Healio reported the 7-year research and development alliance between Novartis and the University of…
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IRBM signed agreement with MD Anderson Cancer Center to generate novel immune-checkpoint monoclonal antibodies
On Sept. 9, 2019, IRBM announced the signing of a service and development agreement with The University of…
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Penn researcher Virginia MY Lee, PhD, received $3 million Breakthrough Prize
On Sept. 5, 2019, Penn Professor Virginia M.Y. Lee, PhD received the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, in…
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MouseLight Project mapped 1,000 neurons in the mouse brain
On Sept. 5, 2019, researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus announced that they had…
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City of Port St Lucie Council voted to ﾠLeaseﾠ former VGTI Florida facility to the ﾠCleveland Clinic for $1 per year
On Aug. 26, 2019 , the City of Port St. Lucie Council voted 5 to 0 to ﾠleaseﾠ…
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CDC released ACIP recommendations on use of influenza vaccines for the 2019-20 influenza season
On Aug. 23, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP)…
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U of A researchers find elusive protein that could be key to eliminating neglected tropical diseases
On Aug. 22, 2019, University of Alberta announced they have found an important protein in the cells of…
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Siteman Cancer Center received $15 million grant to support personalized leukemia therapies
On Aug. 21, 2019, Washington University investigators at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School…
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Karmanos Cancer Institute became the first in Michigan to offer patients the Leksell Gamma Knife Icon stereotactic radiosurgery system
On Aug. 19, 2019, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute announced it became the first cancer center in…
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CDC published updated ACIP recommendations for human papillomavirus vaccination of adults
On Aug. 16, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that vaccination against human papillomavirus…
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Masonic Cancer Center researchers awarded $8.5 million dollar grant to research metastatic breast cancer
On Aug. 15, 2019, Masonic Cancer Center researchers Reuben Harris, PhD and Douglas Yee, MD announced that they…
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CPRIT granted $18.7 million New Company Product Development award to Salarius Pharmaceuticals
On Aug. 15, 2019, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced that it was awarded…
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Siteman Cancer Center awarded $7.8 million to expand clinical trials access
On Aug. 1, 2019 the Siteman Cancer Center announced it was awarded a six-year, $7.8 million grant from…
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Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center announced it had received NCI designation
On Jul. 29, 2019, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center announced it had achieved National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation, becoming…
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Professor David Cortez, PhD and colleagues revealed a new DNA repair pathway
On Jul. 25, 2019, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Professor David Cortez, PhD and colleagues revealed a new DNA…
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More than 5,000 lives touched by OHSU Kidney Transplant Program
On Jul. 24, 2019, the Oregon Health Science University (OHSU) Transplant Program – one of the oldest, largest…
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CDC published ACIP recommendations on use of Japanese encephalitis vaccine
On Jul. 19, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published recommendations from the Advisory Committee…
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Vanderbilt Vaccine Center Director James Crow Jr, MD, was awarded half of the Future Insight Prize by Merck KGaA of Germany
On Jul. 9, 2019, Vanderbilt Vaccine Center announced that Director James Crow Jr., MD, had been awarded half…
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DARPA funded a $21.9 gene modulation research initiative at Georgia Tech, targeting influenza pandemics
In Jun. 2019, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced it had funded a $21.9 gene modulation research…
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Columbia Sportswear’s Tim and Mary Boyle announced a $10 million gift to OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
On Jun. 18, 2019, Columbia Sportswear President and CEO Tim Boyle and his wife, Mary, announced a donation…
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the largest stock of the rinderpest virus was destroyed at the Pirbright Institute
On Jun. 14, 2019, the Pirbright Institute announced that it had destroyed the last samples of rinderpest virus…
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New CRISPR Lab for Genomic Research at UCSF and UC Berkeley in collaboratation with GlaxoSmithKline
On Jun. 13, 2019, the University of California, San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley collaborated with GlaxoSmithKline…
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Groundbreaking DNA study launched to discover new connections between genetics & diseases
On Jun. 12, 2019, Intermountain Healthcare and deCODE genetics announced a major global collaboration and study focused on…
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Penn received a $12 million grant to study the connection between cellular therapies and new methods of radiation therapy
On Jun. 3, 2019, the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) announced it had received a $12 million grant from…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Oncology | Radiology | Therapeutics | U.S. Congress
The National Cancer Institute Annual Report to the Nation found cancer death rates continue to drop
On May 30, 2019, a report from the nation’s leading cancer organizations found that Americans’ risk of dying…
