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UC San Diego Receives Two, $2M Research Grants from CIRM

Posted by Rebecca Partridge on Mon, Feb 20, 2017

 

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded two scientists at UC San Diego $2 million each for their innovative research. The first award went to Alysson R. Muotri, PhD, professor in the UC San Diego School of Medicine departments of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine. The funding will support studies of new treatments for Zika. The second award went to Dan Kaufman, MD, PhD, professor of medicine in the Division of Regenerative Medicine. This funding will support the creation an “off-the-shelf immunotherapy” using NK cells to treat refractory or resistant tumors, such as ovarian cancer.

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Tags: Bioresearch funding, Cancer Treatment, Cancer, Biotechnology Vendor Fair, UCSD, UC San Diego, CIRM, research grants, zika, Biotechnology trade show

NICHD Funds University of Alabama's Zika Virus Study

Posted by Rebecca Partridge on Fri, May 06, 2016

UAB Zika visrus study

Microcephaly has been linked to the Zika virus

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With Zika outbreaks in Mexico, Central America, and South America, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is attempting to stop the virus at our border. To assist with this effort, the institute is funding a study led by Dr. William Britt, Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). This study will take place in Brazil, where the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that between 500,000 and 1.5 million people have been infected by Zika. The study will follow pregnant women in Brazil regardless of their Zika virus infection status and follow the infants suspected of having Zika from birth until 2 years of age.

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Tags: Bioresearch, University of Alabama, South, University of Alabama Birmingham, UAlab, UAB, Birmingham, AL, BioResearch Product Faire, microcephaly, zika, Dr. Britt

UCSF Researchers Find Zika Virus Linked to Microcephaly

Posted by Katheryn Rein on Thu, Apr 28, 2016

A link between the Zika virus and microcephaly has finally been proven by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, ending the pervasive question sparked earlier this year.

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Tags: CA, University of California San Francisco, California, SFVS, Stem Cell, UCSF, virus, Neurons, pregnancy, microcephaly, zika

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