Science Market Update

Univ of Hawaii Cancer Center Receives $600K Research Grant to Study Mesothelioma

Posted by BCI Staff on Wed, Sep 26, 2012

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Every week we see commericals on television asking if we have Mesothelioma. By the number of commercials alone you would be right in thinking Mesothelioma is a serious problem. That's why it's particularly important that a major cancer research institution, the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, recently received a $600,000 grant from the Jimmy Valvano Foundation for Cancer Research. The grant was awarded to the research lab of pathologist Michele Carbone to study HGMB1: A Biomarker for Mineral Exposure and Detection of Malignant Mesothelioma. According to Dr. Carbone:

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Tags: biomedical research, University of Hawaii, cancer research, 2012, Hawaii, Front Line event, Honolulu, HI, Biomedical Research Funding

New Biomedical Research Lab Facility Expansion on the Horizon in Hawaii

Posted by Jaimee Saliba on Wed, Aug 01, 2012

The University of Hawaii Cancer Center has successfully renewed its National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation and is on schedule to open its new world-class cancer research and treatment facility near the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) in the Kaka’ako district of Honolulu early next year. The Hawaiian biomedical research center is the only NCI-level facility in the Pacific Islands and one of only 66 NCI research organizations in the U.S. The island state may be a tropical paradise and vacation destination in the popular imagination, but there's no doubt that its capital city is also becoming a serious biomedical research magnet as well.

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Tags: biomedical research, Bioresearch, Biomedical expansion, University of Hawaii, cancer research, New research facilities, new science wet labs, Southwest, 2012, Hawaii, Cancer, Front Line event, Honolulu, HI, new construction, Cancer Center

BioResearch Funding and Life Science Market Opportunities in Hawaii

Posted by BCI Staff on Mon, Nov 28, 2011

Hawaii research market

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Tags: 2012 Research Funding, University of Hawaii, 2012, BioResearch Product Faire Front Line Event, HI, 2011, Manoa

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