Research Funding
News on research grants, RFPs, government funding trends in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
Mark Foundation, Johns Hopkins University Invest $10M in Cancer Immunotherapy Research
The funds will go toward new technologies, including genomics and imaging platforms, to identify why certain patients do and do not respond to cancer immunotherapy.
Researchers will explore combination treatment strategies with Mirati's adagrasib that can help patients overcome both primary and acquired resistance.
Mass General Hospital Gets Funding to Sequence Rare Melanoma Subtypes, Hunt for Novel Drug Targets
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The research is focused on mucosal and acral melanomas, tumors that don't have the molecular features that allow cutaneous melanoma patients to respond to targeted drugs.
Break Through Cancer Awards $50M in Grants for Collaborative Projects in Ovarian, Pancreatic, Brain Cancers
The grant funding will support projects investigating why drug development efforts have stalled or failed in these three intractable cancers.Â
A research consortium in the Carolinas and Virginia is hoping to improve lung cancer prevention and personalized treatment in Black Americans.