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UNE nabs $2.5M for rural community health partnership
(Reprint from Mainebiz 7/11/2016) – The University of New England has been awarded a five-year, $2.5 million federal grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to partner with Penobscot Community Health Care to boost the primary care workforce in rural and underserved Maine communities. Read more here.
Read more »Portland firm bests 24 contenders for $146K grid grant
(Reprint from Mainebiz 7/7/2016) – Introspective Systems LLC, a Portland-based company that designs complex frameworks and software so various electronic systems can talk to each other in networks, has been awarded a $146,683 U.S. Department of Energy grant through the federal Small Business Innovation Research program. Read more here.
Read more »MDI Biological Lab researchers discover how salamanders regrow limbs
(Reprint from Mainebiz 7/5/2016) – Researchers at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor have discovered that zebra fish, bichirs and salamanders can all create a lost limb or fin using the same tiny genetic components that have been conserved for millions of years, holding out hope that the knowledge can one day be applied…
Read more »Jackson Lab awarded grants to boost vaccines, enhance biomedical database
(Reprint from Mainebiz 7/1/2016) BAR HARBOR – The Jackson Laboratory will get a $3.4 million grant over five years to develop new agents that boost the effectiveness of vaccines to better protect elderly and immunosuppressed patients, while The Jackson Laboratory’s Gene Expression Database will get $10.5 million to be further developed. Read more here.
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