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Akonni Wins $435K SBIR Grant to Develop POC Tuberculosis Dx on PCR Array Technology

29 Jul 2010

Akonni Biosystems said this week that it has been awarded a $435,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to begin developing point-of-care diagnostics for drug-resistant tuberculosis strains based on the company's gel-drop PCR microarray biochip technology.

NIH Director Announces Appointment of Robert Kaplan as Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

29 Jul 2010

National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announced today the appointment of Robert M. Kaplan, Ph.D., as Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) and NIH Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.

Feds OK 40-Mile Ride For Infected Biolab Workers

29 Jul 2010

The National Institutes of Health is giving final approval to plans for driving potentially infected lab workers 40 miles down Interstate 270 in case of exposure to some of world's deadliest germs.