Research News
Announcements about NCRR-supported research and awards.
Monkey Studies Important for Brain Science
May 14 • University of California, Davis
NCRR Support: California NPRC
Yerkes Researchers Find First Conclusive Evidence Of Alzheimer’s-Like Brain Tangles In Nonhuman Primates
May 14 • Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes NPRC
Yerkes Researchers Find Link Between Psychological Stress and Overeating
May 13 • Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes NPRC
New theory suggests how hepatitis C may cause rare immune disease
May 13 • Rockefeller University
NCRR Support: Clinical and Translational Science Award to Rockefeller University
Mothers' High Normal Blood Sugar Levels Place Infants at Risk for Birth Problems
May 7 • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: GCRCs at Northwestern University and Case Western Reserve University
The Most Natural Drug
April 30 • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
NCRR Support: COBRE to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Researchers Find Quick Way to Make Human Monoclonal Antibodies against Flu
April 30 • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: COBRE at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Engineers harness cell phone technology for use in medical imaging
April 29 • UC Berkeley
NCRR Support: Investigator-Initiated Research Project (R01) grant to UC Berkeley professor Boris Rubinsky
Gene Therapy Improves Vision in Patients with Congenital Retinal Disease
April 27 • National Center for Research Resources and National Eye Institute
NCRR Support: University of Pennsylvania CTSA
SBRI’s Bioquest Program Awarded $800,000 SEPA Grant
April 24 • Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
NCRR Support: Seattle Biomedical Research Institute SEPA
Pitt Organizes Day of Scientific Discovery for a Novel Federal Outreach Partnership That Will Bring Research to Middle School Classrooms
April 18 • University of Pittsburgh
NCRR Support: University of Pittsburgh SEPA, CTSA
Rice and UT-Houston join DOD push for regenerative medicine
April 17 • EurekAlert!
NCRR Support: UT at Houston CTSA
New molecule could be key to anti-heart attack drug
April 17 • Rockefeller University
NCRR Support: Rockefeller CTSA
NIH Study Reveals Factors That Influence Premature Infant Survival, Disability
April 16 • National Institute of Child Health & Human Development and National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: GCRCs at Emory, University of Rochester, Stanford, Yale, Indiana, University of New Mexico, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Statins Shown to Lower Blood Pressure
April 14 • University of California, San Diego
NCRR Support: University of California, San Diego, GCRC
NCRR Reviewing Operating Procedures at Chimpanzee Facility in Bastrop, TX
April 4 • National Center for Research Resources
New Web Portal to Advance Wide Range of Protein Studies
April 3 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences and National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: Protein Structure Initiative
Rates of Rare Mutations Soar Three to Four Times Higher in Schizophrenia
March 27 • National Institute of Mental Health and National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: University of Washington CTSA & University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill GCRC
Gene Variation Predicts Response to Treatment in Common Infertility Disorder
March 27 • National Institute of Child Health & Human Development and National Center for Research Resources
NCRR Support: Pennsylvania State University GCRC
Yerkes Researchers Identify Language Feature Unique to Human Brain
March 24 • Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes NPRC
Hearts of HIV-positive individuals recover from exertion more slowly
March 24 • Washington University in St. Louis
NCRR Support: Washington University GCRC
SBU Geneticist Is First to Connect A Gene Central to the Formation of Neurons to Autism Spectrum Disorder
March 19 • Stony Brook University Medical Center
NCRR Support: Stony Brook GCRC
New technology provides near-atomic level resolution for viewing structures
March 12 • Baylor College of Medicine
NCRR Support: National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
UI will host obesity conference April 8
March 11 • University of Iowa
NCRR Support: Iowa CTSA
Discrepancies in U.S. health and healthcare is topic of March 20 Café Scientifique
March 11 • Montana State University
NCRR Support: Montana INBRE
Technology enables researchers to 'see' native virus structure at near-atomic levels
February 28 • Baylor College of Medicine
NCRR Support: National Center for Macromolecular Imaging
Brain Area Critical for Chimpanzee Communication Corresponds to Similar Area in Human Brain
February 28 • Emory University
NCRR Support: Yerkes National Primate Research Center
U-M scientists develop tool to probe role of oxidative stress in aging, disease
February 15 • University of Michigan
NCRR Support: National Resource for Proteomics and Pathways
Autism teams target antibodies, fetal brain cells
February 15 • University of California, Davis
NCRR Support: California National Primate Research Center
UD researchers discover promising technique for repairing gene defect that causes spinal muscular atrophy
February 11 • University of Delaware
NCRR Support: IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence
Violence Against Researchers Using Animals
February 08 • National Institutes of Health
A Statement from the NIH Director, Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.
NCRR’s FY 2009 Congressional Justification Available
February 5
Gene Variants Protect Against Adult Depression Triggered by Childhood Stress
February 4 • NIMH
Research Supported by the NCRR-funded Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University
Thin Bones Seen In Boys with Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorder
January 29 • National Institute of Child Health & Human Development and National Center for Research Resources
Supported by the NCRR-funded GCRC at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
NASA Uses Vertical Treadmill to Improve Astronaut Health in Space
January 28 • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Supported by the NCRR-funded GCRC at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Protein that controls hair growth also keeps stem cells slumbering
January 25 • Rockefeller University
Research supported by the NCRR-funded CTSA at Rockefeller University
NCRR Announces Two More Science Education Partnership Awards for FY 2007
January 21
Timing is Everything
January 1 • University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
NCRR Support: IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence
