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PCORI funds more than $150 million to support new patient-centered clinical effectiveness research

  • April 23, 2024

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of funding awards totaling more than $150 million to support new patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, research to strengthen the rigor and quality of patient-centered CER and a project to implement the findings of PCORI-funded research into practice. Among the nine awards for

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Property

Ex-property agent sentenced to death for cannabis trafficking, as judge rejects defence that drugs were for research

  • April 3, 2024

Singapore’s Supreme Court or High Court (PHOTO: Dhany Osman / Yahoo News Singapore) SINGAPORE — A former property agent was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty for trafficking cannabis, with the judge rejecting his claim that the drugs were for research and development. The judgment, issued by Justice See Kee Oon of the Appellate Division

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Finance

Mobilising finance to fight climate change

  • April 1, 2024

The global energy challenge is the quest to find energy solutions that meet three main goals: providing affordable and reliable energy, minimising air pollution – which Prof Greenstone noted is the single greatest external threat to human health globally – and minimising the damages from climate change. This challenge is especially difficult for developing countries,

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Finance

Can The Senate Finance Committee Save U.S. Research And Innovation?

  • March 19, 2024

D-Ore., left, and ranking member Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, talk before a Senate Finance Committee hearing (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Even though the House of Representatives passed the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, including the reinstitution of immediate expensing for domestic

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Breast Cancer Now funds researchers to investigate targeted radiotherapy for metastatic breast cancer in the brain

  • March 18, 2024

Researchers are trialing a new type of targeted radiotherapy to treat secondary breast cancer tumors in the brain, thanks to new funding from Breast Cancer Now. Image Credit: Breast Cancer Now Secondary (or metastatic) breast cancer is when breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body. While it’s incurable, the disease can be treated,

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NIH funds study on neural mechanisms behind autism and sound sensitivity

  • February 29, 2024

Supported by a $2 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health, the Auerbach Lab at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology will examine how different genes associated with autism spectrum disorders may similarly impact our brain’s neurons, resulting in heightened sensitivity to sounds. Autism spectrum disorders are genetically complex, and hundreds

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Finance

The State of Crypto: Fairer, Cheaper, Faster Everyday Finance- in partnership with Coinbase

  • February 7, 2024

“The State of Crypto: Fairer, Cheaper, Faster Everyday Finance“, a report written in collaboration with Coinbase, highlights three major themes that Crypto offers to the traditional payments world, cheaper, faster, and more accessible. The findings of the report underscore a public desire for innovation, with 71% of consumers advocating for cheaper transactions, 70% for speedier

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Investment

St. Jude announces $13 million investment to expand the understanding of G-protein coupled receptors

  • January 18, 2024

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital today announced a nearly $13 million investment toward a new research collaboration with scientists at Columbia University, Duke University and Stanford University to expand the understanding of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR), which are vital proteins that impact human health and disease. The collaborative research project is led by two St.

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