News from NIAID-Supported Institutions

Here’s your periodic update on News from NIAID-Supported Institutions. The following links will take you to the institution’s press release:

J. Craig Venter Institute Awarded 5 Year, Approximately $25 Million NIH Grant to Establish a Genome Center for Infectious Diseases 
June 5, 2014—J. Craig Venter Institute

UGA Researchers Receive $1.8 Million Grant to Fight Deadly Parasite 
June 4, 2014—University of Georgia

Scripps Research Institute Study: Hemorrhagic Fevers Can Be Caused by Body’s Antiviral Interferon Response 
June 4, 2014—The Scripps Research Institute

What Makes a Virus Infectious? Researcher to Study the Conversion from Harmless Viral Particles to Disease-Causing Viruses 
June 3, 2014—Medical College of Wisconsin

 

Hemispherx Announces that the University of Texas Medical Branch Confirms Activity of Alferon® N Against MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) Virus 
June 3, 2014—Hemispherx Biopharma

Purdue Researchers Shut Down a SARS Cloaking System; Findings Could Pave the Way to Vaccines for SARS Virus, MERS 
June 3, 2014—Purdue University

 

Scripps Research Institute Scientists Win $13 Million Grant in AIDS Vaccine Effort 
May 29, 2014—The Scripps Research Institute

Penn Medicine Program Receives $10 Million Renewal for Studying the Oldest Branch of the Immune System 
May 29, 2014—University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

UNL Team Awarded $1.9M to Develop New Approach to HIV Vaccine 
May 29, 2014—University of Nebraska-Lincoln

 

Infant Immunity, Though Fleeting, Found to Be Strong 
May 27, 2014—Cornell

 

Stanford Researchers Discover Immune System's Rules of Engagement 
May 22, 2014—Stanford School of Medicine

Bacterial Adaptation Contributes to Pneumococcal Threat in Sickle Cell Disease Patients 
May 22, 2014—St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

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