CIHR grants to the tune of $1.5 million for Professors Descoteaux and Patten

(Institut national de la recherche scientifique - INRS) Following their latest grant competition, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research announced a total of $1.5 in funding for two INRS professors. Professor Albert Descoteaux will receive $918,000 over five years to study the parasite Leishmania, specifically the mechanisms it uses to evade our immune system. Professor Kessen Patten will receive $627,300 over five years as well to enhance the understanding of the mechanisms involved in spinal muscular atrophy, a fatal and untreatable illness that is still poorly understood.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news