The National Institutes of Health is launching two major research efforts -- worth $72.5 million -- to find ways to end the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States. Battelle's Health and Life Sciences Global Business has won a $23 million contract to study community programs for their roles in...
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Research involving stem cells lines derived from human embryos will resume after a federal appeals court stayed a judge's decision to bar federal funding of the projects....
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The National Institutes of Health has awarded a Mayo Clinic researcher $11.2 million to study how analyzing human DNA can improve patient response to drugs.Dr. Richard Weinshilboum is one of 21 researchers across the country to receive a collective $161.3 million over the next five years to study pharmacogenomics.The scientists...
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The project's goal is to determine why some patients are at risk of developing heart failure and others are not, while also identifying targets for future treatments options....
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The new company, PediaCath, will be the only first and only company dedicated to catheters made exclusively for children, according to a statement from PediaWorks...
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3M Cos. (NYSE: MMM) said Thursday it will pay $810 million to purchase Arizant Inc. in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a maker of products that help keep patients warm in hospitals, especially during surgeries. One person who's probably paying special attention to the deal is Scott Augustine, the former CEO...
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About 400 clinical investigators, study coordinators and research administrators are expected to attend the sold-out conference, scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 16....
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After following his father to both the University of Notre Dame and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Ian Gradisar's journey seems to have come full circle with his position at Crystal Clinic....
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Indianapolis, Indiana, drug maker Eli Lilly & Co., which has faced a series of clinical setbacks in recent months, plans to invest as much as $150 million in three venture capital funds to help develop new medicines, Bloomberg reports....
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One down, one to go.Duluth nurses overwhelmingly approved a new three contract with St. Luke’s Hospital, the same day their counterparts at SDMC Health System reached a tentative deal.About 96 percent of nurses voting Wednesday ratified the contract, according to the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA), which includes a three percent...
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Duke University spin-off Humacyte Inc. has landed a $12 million investment and a new CEO: pharmaceutical industry veteran Carrie Cox. The former executive vice president and president of Global Pharmaceuticals at Schering-Plough Corp. left that company with a golden parachute estimated at between $36 million and $44 million when it...
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