Tag: grant
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NIH Funds Depression Game Therapy Clinical Trial
A treatment for depression designed as a game for patients will be assessed in a clinical trial conducted by a university psychology lab and funded by National Institutes of Health.
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Small Biz Award to Boost Maternal Health App
A digital health company with an app for monitoring maternal health is receiving nearly $1 million to add an algorithm for detecting a dangerous pregnancy complication.
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Trial Underway Testing Engineered Cancer-Killing Viruses
A clinical trial, testing stem cells for neurons fortified with tumor-killing viruses, administered its first doses to a patient with glioma, an aggressive type of brain cancer.
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Crop Health Device Company Raises $3.5M in Early Funds
A company detecting early-stage crop diseases with handheld devices and artificial intelligence is raising $3.5 million in its seed venture round.
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Lab to Develop New Bio-Based Sustainable Materials
A venture investment fund and university bioengineering center are creating a laboratory to design more sustainable alternative materials to help address the climate crisis.
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Investor Backing Nanotech Drug Discovery Advances
A life science venture investor is funding further development of a lower-cost molecular-level drug discovery process using nanoscale synthetic DNA strands.
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T-Cell Biotech Gains €17.5M in Grant, Equity Funds
A developer of engineered immune cells to treat cancer and immune deficiencies is raising €17.5 million ($US 19.1 million) in equity and grant funding from an EU agency.
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PCORI Funds Personal Dialysis Model Assessment
A team from an academic medical center and research institute are evaluating a personalized dialysis model for people with kidney disease, but with still some kidney functions.
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Fox Foundation Funds New Genetic Variation Targets for Parkinson’s
A Parkinson’s disease organization is giving a grant to a neurodegenerative therapies developer that targets new groups of underlying disease-causing genetic changes.
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Company-Academic Team to Test Vocal Indicators of Cognitive Decline
Researchers from a digital health company and academic medical center are beginning a pilot study of indicators in human voices for remote detection of mild cognitive decline.