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BrainBox lands federal grant to develop tool to diagnose concussions in the elderly
Richmond biotech BrainBox Solutions Inc., the maker of an artificial intelligence-enabled concussion test, has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to support the development of a diagnostic tool for concussions and cognitive impairment in the elderly. The new tool, called BrainBox Geriatrics, integrates blood biomarkers with other tests to enable rapid diagnosis and prognosis with a single device at a patient’s bedside. The technology…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 31, 2022 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Drew Hansen Source Type: news

Peninsula startup taps onetime stroke drug, potential $18M grant to knock out painful gut infections
Funding from a consortium that includes BARDA and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation could jumpstart the young, virtual company's efforts to bring balance to the gut.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - May 19, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news

Seurat Therapeutics gets $500K for its migraine-fighting nasal spray
A Chicago-based medical startup that wants to stop migraines using a nasal spray received more funding this week to continue its research. Seurat Therapeutics, a biotech startup founded within the University of Chicago, received a $500,000 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The funding will help the startup continue testing its product, a nasal spray that aims to stop the cause of migraines. The funding comes after the company raised $750,000 in seed funding…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 19, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Tatiana Walk-Morris Source Type: news

UAB joins national stroke prevention initiative, partners with regional medical centers
UAB will take a leading role in joining the National Institutes of Health's StrokeNet with a grant of $1 million over five years from the Nationals Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. NIH StrokeNet is a network of 25 regional centers across the U.S., involving over 200 hospitals, designated to serve as the infrastructure and pipeline for new potential treatments for patients with stroke as well as those at risk for stroke.  “If you look at a map of the location of StrokeNet centers,…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - August 28, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Tyler Patchen Source Type: news

UC lands largest grant ever for emergency medicine
The University of Cincinnati has been awarded a $29 million grant to study a clot-busting drug used to treat acute ischemic stroke, the largest amount ever awarded to the College of Medicine ’s Department of Emergency Medicine. The grant by the National Institutes of Health will fund research on the effectiveness of combining a drug known as tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, with the blood thinners argatroban or eptifibatide. Plans call for 110 hospitals to take part in the stud y run through…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - June 1, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Barrett J. Brunsman Source Type: news

OhioHealth plans $12M fitness and wellness center for stroke, neurological rehabilitation
OhioHealth Corp. plans to build a $12.1 million fitness and wellness center designed for patients recovering from stroke and neurological conditions. Half the cost is covered by a $6 million grant from the McConnell Foundation. The founding family of Worthington Industries Inc. now has donated a cumulative $25 million to the Columbus health system over three decades; OhioHealth's heart wellness center is named for the family. OhioHealth is lau nching a $4 million fundraising campaign and covering…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 9, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Carrie Ghose Source Type: news

Cooper gets $982K to combat disparities in heart care
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation is providing a $982,000 grant to support a project by Cooper University Health Care ’s Urban Health Institute to address disparities in heart care. The initiative, called "Reducing Disparities in Cardiovascular Care through Optimization of Risk Factors in Vulnerable Populations," will: The project will target Medicaid patients from Camden and the surrounding region with a his tory of atrial fibrillation, heart attack or stroke, who are failing medical treatment…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - January 16, 2018 Category: Biotechnology Authors: John George Source Type: news

Capital idea: Trenton health system launches region's first mobile stroke unit
Capital Health is hitting the streets in Mercer County Monday with the region ’s first mobile stroke unit. “What we have is a stroke-ready hospital on wheels,” said Dr. Michael Stiefel, director of the Capital Institute for Neurosciences and the Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center at Capital Health in Trenton. “We can bring this to patients, rather than bring patients to the hospital, when time is critical.” The mobile unit was funded through a portion of a $2 million grant the health system…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - January 30, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Authors: John George Source Type: news

UTSA awarded more than $5 million for brain health research
The University of Texas at San Antonio will receive nearly $5.3 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support brain health research, according to U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas. The eight-year federal grant will be distributed through the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and is part of a larger effort to attack neurological disease. “With this substantial funding, UTSA will continue its leadership in brain…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - December 1, 2016 Category: Biotechnology Authors: W. Scott Bailey Source Type: news

​$6 million award will help Mayo Jacksonville continue research efforts
Researchers at Mayo Clinic's Jacksonville campus have been awarded $6 million in grants for their ongoing study of the diagnosis and treatment of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or frontotemporal dementia. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has awarded Dr. Leonard Petrucelli, chair of the department of neuroscience, and his colleagues Dr. Kevin Boylan, Dr. Rosa Rademakers and Dr. Dennis Dickson a multi-million-dollar, five-year grant to potentially develop…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 30, 2014 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Colleen Michele Jones Source Type: news