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The Proof is in the Principles

Published: 1 September 2009

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research鈥檚 Proof of Principle program is designed to advance discoveries toward commercializable technologies, with a view to attracting new investment and creating new science-based businesses. In the latest round of funding, 缅北强奸 researchers were successful in all of their applications, receiving five of the 12 鈥淧hase 1鈥 grants:

  • David Burns (Department of Chemistry): $150,000 for exploring how ultrasound can be used for point-of-care analysis of concentration of substances in biological fluids.
  • Robert F. Hess (缅北强奸 Vision Research Unit): $126,802 for developing new, non-invasive assessments and treatments of amblyopia (鈥渓azy eye鈥) for adults and children.
  • Nahum Sonenberg (Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre) and Masad Damha (Department of Chemistry): $150,000 for developing chemically modified molecules that will eliminate 4E-BP protein function, thus boosting immunity against influenza virus and HIV.
  • Dr. Janusz Rak (Research Institute of the 缅北强奸 Health Centre): $150,000 for using the presence of specific cancer-causing molecules in the blood to determine the severity of malignant tumour progression.
  • Momar Ndao (RI-MUHC) and Brian Ward (Institute of Parasitology): $150,000 for bridging the gap between mass spectrometric profiling of Chagas disease and practical diagnostic tests.
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