On Aug. 6, 2013, Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute (PNDRI) received a $2 million National Institutes of Health grant for RNA research.

The PNDRI was one of three collaborating institutions that together were to develop a Data Management and Resource Repository that will house all of the data generated by the various exRNA research projects. PNDRIﾒs Dr. David Galas served as a Principal Investigator.