Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The funds will be used to speed the translation of scientific discoveries into improvements in human health.
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $50 million grant to help speed the translation of scientific discoveries into improvements in human health. The grant, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), supports the School of Medicine’s Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS), one of 60 such centers in the United States. “We’re working to advance clinical and translational research throughout the university,” said ICTS Director Bradley A. Evanoff, MD, assistant dean for clinical and translational research. “The ICTS is not built around one specific disease or clinical specialty. We are charged with speeding the application of research findings in prevention, diagnosis and treatment across a …
Friday, November 2, 2012
A $2.7 million grant will help researchers detect differences in the brains of children with Wolfram syndrome.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a five-year, $2.7 million grant to detect and analyze differences in the brains of children with a rare illness, Wolfram syndrome. The disorder, which is caused by mutations in a single gene, includes a severe form of diabetes, hearing and vision loss and kidney problems. Eventually, patients lose muscle control and coordination due to degeneration in the brain. More than half of the patients die before they turn 40, often due to atrophy in the brainstem that contributes to respiratory failure. The illness affects an estimated one in 770,000 children. As part of the new study, researchers will conduct MRI scans to measure and quantify changes in the brain …
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Grant funds second year of PNC Arts Alive Free Saturdays at Craft Alliance.
Craft Alliance (CA) is pleased to announce it was recently awarded a $40,000 grant from PNC Arts Alive. PNC Arts Alive is a two-year, $1 million initiative from The PNC Foundation that supports visual and performing arts groups with the goal of increasing arts access and engagement in new and innovative ways. Seventeen arts organizations in the St. Louis area were selected for bold thinking around increasing arts access and engagement. With each session filled to capacity, reaching 220 parents and children, PNC Arts Alive Free Saturdays at Craft Alliance had an incredibly successful first year. CA is thrilled to offer this free introductory art experience to parents and children for a second year, thanks to the generosity of The PNC …
