Biomedical sciences researcher gets $3.26 million grant to develop universal flu vaccine

IMAGE: Dr. Baozhong Wang, associate professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University view more  Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–Influenza remains a major public health risk, and Dr. Baozhong Wang, associate professor in Georgia State University’s Institute for Biomedical Sciences, has received a five-year, $3.26 million federal grant to combat this threat by…

NETRF-funded research may help predict pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET) recurrence

IMAGE: Dr. Ramesh Shivdasani finds a clinical marker for non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor metastasis view more  Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Center A group of researchers funded by Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) has discovered molecular information that may help predict recurrence of non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs), which do not release excess hormones into the bloodstream. In…