CHOP doctor-led international research team wins $25M grant
The Cancer Grand Challenges funds will be used to develop new treatments for "undruggable" types of childhood cancers. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 6, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: John George Source Type: news
'Silicon Forest' lab gets a piece of a $25M global children's cancer initiative grant
The Children ’s Cancer Therapy Development Institute is part of a five-member global consortium. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 6, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; Announcement of the Re-Approval of COLA Under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988
Announcement from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) of receipt of an application from COLA for re-approval as an accreditation organization for clinical laboratories under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) program for several specialty and subspecialty laboratories. CMS has re-approved COLA as an accreditation organization under CLIA and grants deeming authority for 6 years through March 6, 2030. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - March 6, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
‘What a ridiculous question!’ How fawning, lechery and sheer inanity ruined the red carpet
“What are you excited to see tonight?” the model and TV presenter Ashley Graham asked Hugh Grant on the red carpet of last year’s Oscars. “To see?” Grant replied, his voice a splice of scorn and disbelief, as if she’d just said something so stupid that he needed to give her the benefit of the…#ashleygraham #hughgrant #grammys #marksteines #taylorswift #scarlettjohansson #ryanseacrest #americanidol #reese #witherspoon (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Science integrity sleuths welcome legal aid fund for whistleblowers
A Silicon Valley investor has pledged $1 million to help pay the legal costs of scientists being sued for flagging fraudulent research. Yun-Fang Juan, an engineer and data scientist by background, hopes the new Scientific Integrity Fund—the first of its kind—will make speaking up about wrongdoing less intimidating. The fund comes after a spate of cases in which high-profile scientists have retracted papers after whistleblowers made allegations of research fraud.
“As scientists, we need to be able to ask questions and raise concerns about other researchers’ work, without the risk of being sued, or going bankru...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 5, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Joe Wright, Jez & John-Henry Butterworth Board ‘The Department’ Based On French Series ‘The Bureau’
Joe Wright, director behind the Golden Globe and multi-BAFTA winning films Pride and Prejudice, The Darkest Hour and Atonement, is set to direct and executive produce The Department, based on the acclaimed French espionage political thriller The Bureau, from George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s…#joewright #goldenglobe #pride #darkesthour #department #bureau #georgeclooney #grantheslovs #101studios #tonyaward (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The National Pet Care Fund Announces Regional Airline Calm Air as First Corporate Sponsor
Calm Air becomes the first corporate sponsor of Pet Charity that's helping low income Canadians pay for their pet's urgent medical needs MONTREAL, QC, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Pet Care Fund (NPCF), a new registered Canadian charity, founded to provide grants to... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 5, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PET Source Type: news
University of Bristol academic awarded prestigious social sciences fellowship
University of Bristol academic Professor Sarah Ayres has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in recognition of her significant contributions to the field of social sciences. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - March 5, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Grants and Awards; Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, School for Policy Studies; Press Release Source Type: news
Final U.S. spending bills offer gloomy outlook for science
Scientists, prepare to tighten your belts. This week, the U.S. Congress is expected to approve six 2024 spending bills that call for sizable cuts or essentially flat budgets at a number of major federal research agencies.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is the biggest loser, with lawmakers imposing an 8.3% cut to $9.06 billion, some $820 million below 2023. NASA’s science programs will fall by 5.9% to $7.3 billion. Congress also reduced research-related spending at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The U...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 4, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
What's Going On With BridgeBio Pharma Stock On Monday?
Monday, BridgeBio Pharma Inc BBIO and Bayer AG BAYRY BAYZF announced a partnership wherein BridgeBio grants Bayer an exclusive license to commercialize acoramidis for ATTR-CM in Europe. In exchange, BridgeBio will receive up to $310 million, including upfront and near-term milestone payments and…#bayerag #bridgebio #bayer #attrcm #citianalyst #transthyretin #ttr #fda #nda #pdufa (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Taylor Swift got millions in incentives from Singapore to only perform there in Southeast Asia. Now Thai and Philippine politicians are hitting back
Singapore said economic benefits from Taylor Swift’s concerts outweigh the incentives the city-state offered the singer to perform, amid speculation about how much it paid her to secure a Southeast Asia-exclusive performance. “There has been some online speculation as to the size of the grant,”…#singapore #taylorswifts #southeastasia #edwintong #thai #sretthathavisin #eras #channelnewsasia #edsheeran #thailand (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
RBS: Amended Notice of Funding Opportunity for Rural Energy for America Program Technical Assistance Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2024; Extension of Submission Deadline
Notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural
Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) extending the
application period for the Rural Energy for America (REAP)
Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) Program for fiscal year
2024. Applications are due by March 21, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - March 4, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
What Ireland and Scotland are doing to their housing markets
From Kieran Lucid and Polysee: The post What Ireland and Scotland are doing to their housing markets appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related Stories The Continuing Influence of Fast Grants The Gender Gap in Confidence: Expected but Not Accounted For Are Economists’ Preferences…#kieranlucid #polysee #whatireland #scotland #personalitytraits (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Spyre Therapeutics Announces Grants of Inducement Awards
WALTHAM, Mass., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Spyre Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYRE) (the "Company" or "Spyre"), a development-stage biotechnology company advancing best-in-class antibody engineering, rational therapeutic combinations, and precision medicine approaches for the treatment... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Couchbase Announces New Employee Inducement Grants
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ: BASE), the cloud database platform company, today announced it has granted equity awards under its 2023 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan to new employees who joined Couchbase. On March 1, 2024, Couchbase granted... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - March 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
