Research Funding
News on research grants, RFPs, government funding trends in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
Octave Bioscience Wins $10M Grant From Michael J. Fox Foundation
The firm will use the funds to develop a protein panel that can help assess disease activity and progression in individuals with Parkinson's.
Ray Therapeutics Nets $4M CIRM Grant to Advance Geographic Atrophy Gene Therapy
The company wants to develop RTx-021 into a gene therapy that can deliver optogenetic proteins to patients' retinas as an office-based procedure.
Bipolar Funding Consortium Aims to Unravel Disorder's Genetics, Reduce Healthcare Disparities
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The ambitious set of projects funded by BD² aims to improve our understanding of bipolar disorder and inform care across the entire spectrum of research and clinical practice.
Golden Helix Wins $400K SBIR Grant to Integrate Pharmacogenetics Analytics Into Genetic Testing
The company previously won a $1.8 million award from the National Institutes of Health to improve its detection algorithms for complex variants in sequencing data.
Consortium Focused on Identifying Chronic Pain Biomarkers Gets $1.9M Boost
The additional funds from the National Institute on Drug Abuse will allow the Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures Consortium to keep researching biomarkers that can predict which patients are at risk.