Half of all sexually active young people will acquire a sexually transmitted disease by the age of 25. According to the Center for Disease Ccontrol (CDC) there are 20 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STI) each year. There are more than 110 million Americans currently living with a STI. The direct medical cost to the U.S. healthcare system from these infections is nearly $16 billion every year. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University recently received a $5.1 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to develop a faster and more accurate diagnostic tool for STIs. This device could radically change how sexually transmitted infections are tested and treated.
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Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, new research grant, STD Research, BioResearch Product Faire, Bacterial Cell Research, nih research funding, university research funding, Kansas research
Bacteria research has become an increasingly important focus for researchers in the biomedical community as of late. From studying antibiotic resistant superbugs at UCSD to investigating bacterial diversity at Rutgers University, researchers are using these microscopic organisms to provide insight into diseases that plague our society.
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Tags: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, MA, UMASS, Bacteria, Bacterial Cell Research
The prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation went to Dr. Eric Klein, assistant professor of biology at Rutgers-Camden University. This award includes over a million dollars in grant funding over the next five years to be used for the study of a bacteria called Caulobacter crescentus.
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Tags: New Jersey, Rutgers University, BioResearch Fair, Bioresearch Grant, Dr. Eric Klein, Bacterial Cell Research