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Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission to Host Third Annual Maryland Stem Cell Research Symposium

3 Sep 2010

COLUMBIA, Md., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission (Commission) will host the Third Annual Maryland Stem Cell Research Symposium in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The symposium, "Facilitating State and National Collaboration to Advance ...

Compendia to Use $1.3M NIH Grant to Develop Informatics Pipeline for miRNA Data

3 Sep 2010

Compendia Bioscience announced this week that it will use a $1.3 million Small Business Innovation Research fast-track grant from the National Institutes of Health to incorporate microRNA data, which have been linked to cancer development and progression, into the Oncomine platform, its cancer gene expression database.

NIH Awards Grants To Support Biomedical Research In Space

3 Sep 2010

The National Institutes of Health has announced that it has awarded the first new grants under the Biomedical Research on the International Space Station (BioMed-ISS) initiative, a collaborative effort between NIH and NASA. Using a special microgravity environment that Earth-based laboratories cannot replicate, researchers will explore fundamental questions about important health issues, such as ...