UCSD prof receives $1M from the W.M. Keck Foundation to translate pharma delivery research

At the University of California, San Diego, scientists have received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to fund research into exploring a molecular approach to delivering drugs that could change the pharmaceutical industry worldwide. The W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles supports “high risk/high reward” pioneering discoveries in groundbreaking studies that enable […]

Alabama Innovation Fund supports four U Alabama Research Projects

Four University of Alabama research projects were among 15 such projects at state universities that have received a total of $4 million in grants from the Alabama Innovation Fund. Gov. Robert Bentley announced the grants Wednesday at the state’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference in Hoover, saying the ongoing research and innovation will help create jobs […]

U-M’s New Drug Discovery Center to Commercialize Research; provide seed grants

Last week, the University of Michigan announced a new Center for the Discovery of New Medicines (CDNM) to help speed the school’s research findings to the marketplace. The new initiative is a cross-departmental effort to leverage resources like former Pfizer researchers, unique libraries of compounds, and a culture of data sharing to streamline early-stage drug discovery in an age where big pharma is increasingly […]

University City Science Center POC program funds handheld breast cancer diagnostic technology

A breast cancer diagnostic startup that uses fingertip sensors to detect tumors has received a research grant of more than $878,000 to advance its handheld diagnostic device. UE Lifesciences’ “Intelligent Breast Exam” can distinguish between normal breast tissue and a tumor. Breast cancers are stiffer and less mobile than the surrounding tissue, according to a paper documenting […]

U Wisconsin-Madison Translational Research Institute Grant Renewed with $41.5 Million

The new award allows the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research to continue its major program of cultivating the development of researchers who can conduct translational research. This is the research in which discoveries move as quickly as possible along a continuum from the university to doctors’ offices, clinics, hospitals and county health departments where […]