Wayne State University team developing new treatments for Barth syndrome

A research team from Wayne State University recently received a $1.5 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the NIH to work on potential new targets for treating Barth syndrome, a rare and life-threatening, X-linked...
14-Feb-2020 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Study provides first look at sperm microbiome using RNA sequencing

A new collaborative study published by a research team from the Wayne State University School of Medicine, the CReATe Fertility Centre and the University of Massachusetts Amherst provides the first in-depth look at the microbiome of human sperm...
30-Jan-2020 4:20 PM EST Add to Favorites

NIH grant to improve neonatal brain injury detection using photoacoustic imaging technology

Wayne State University received a two-year, $725,000 R01 grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health for the development of a novel point-of-care 3D neonatal photoacoustic...
15-Jan-2020 3:50 PM EST Add to Favorites

Wayne State University to address urgent need for STEM educators

Through support from the U.S. Department of Education, Wayne State University announced it is launching the Metro Detroit Teaching Residency for Urban Excellence (TRUE) Project, an innovative multi-sector partnership that aims to positively impact...
13-Jan-2020 3:20 PM EST Add to Favorites

Wayne State receives NSF grant to enhance cybersecurity of chemical process control systems

With the help of a three-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, a research team from Wayne State University will comprehensively evaluate the characteristics of cyberattacks for processes involving chemical processes of different...
16-Dec-2019 2:20 PM EST Add to Favorites

$1.7 M grant to Wayne State College of Engineering aims to improve oral delivery of insulin

With the help of a $1.7 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, a team of researchers in Wayne State’s College of Engineering will explore ways to address urgent...
12-Dec-2019 12:45 PM EST Add to Favorites

Wayne State and Henry Ford Health System to lead $4 million Detroit-based NIH HEAL Initiative to increase long-term recovery from opioid addiction

A team of researchers led by Wayne State University this week received one of 375 grant awards across 41 states made by the National Institutes of Health in fiscal year 2019 to apply scientific solutions to reverse the national opioid crisis.
26-Sep-2019 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Wayne State, Karmanos receive $3.1 million NIH grant to improve quality of life for African American cancer survivors

Funding from the National Cancer Institute will help a team of researchers from Wayne State University and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute to investigate the combined role that community, interpersonal and individual influences have on the...
25-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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