$44 million to fund UM diabetes center
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The University of Michigan Health System has received a $44 million donation to build and staff a research center that will take a new approach to finding a cure for juvenile diabetes.
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Possible stem cells identified in the mouse pancreas could hold the key to new treatments for type 1 diabetes. Researchers at the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada believe that the cells
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A mushrooming number of poor people who need medical care will push up the state&#39;s Medicaid costs another $119 million next fiscal year.
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THE REGION US Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Representative Michael Capuano, Governor Deval Patrick, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, and other state and local officials joined executives and medical staff of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at the formal start of construction of the $250 million, 275,000-square-foot Yawkey Center for Cancer Care in the Longwood Medical Area. Funded with $30 million from the ...
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A vaccine that could cure Type 1 diabetes is to be tested on people for the first time. King&#39;s College London and Bristol University has recruited 72 diabetic patients for the trials in late Spring.
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In an effort to increase accountability and better target its charitable dollars, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley will redirect about $3.6 million from the amount it provides traditional charities to new programs.
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Research to fight the global tuberculosis epidemic got a shot in the arm on Tuesday with $280 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for work to develop more effective vaccines, diagnostic tests and drugs.
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Applications for Maryland's new fund supporting stem cell research will probably far exceed the $15 million available this year, judging from preliminary interest, a state commission reported last week.
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NEW YORK  - The costs of caring for elderly people with diabetes, a growing population, are threatening to overwhelm the system designed to pay for their medical care, according to a new analysis of Medicare claims.
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A Providence-based research consortium has received $7.2 million in funding for a project to restore arm and leg function to amputees, particularly those who lost limbs in wars.
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(12/13/04)âA $42.6 million grant from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation to the Institute for OneWorld Health, the first nonprofit pharmaceutical company in the United States, will create a powerful new approach to developing a more affordable
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New York real estate developer Stephen Ross is donating $100 million to the University of Michigan School of Business Administration, UM President Mary Sue Coleman announced Thursday morning.
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EDMONTON (CP) - A University of Alberta islet transplant research program that has proven hopeful for patients with Type 1 diabetes will share a $75-million US grant from the American-based National Institutes of Health.
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The University of Minnesota is considering a half-billion-dollar plan to renovate its medical facilities in an effort to improve patient care and boost the medical school&#39;s reputation.
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Cancer doctors received about $275 million from the federal government and the elderly last year as part of a yearlong research project that many doctors believe won't produce any useful findings.
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Gov. Jim Doyle announced plans Wednesday to invest nearly &#36;750 million to support human embryonic stem cell research and other medical experiments.
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Middlesea Valletta Life recently presented a sponsorship to the Maltese Diabetes Association.