The federal Project Grant award of $481,158.00 from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) enables Duke University to conduct research aimed at "Blocking Glutamine Utilization in Advanced and Therapy-Resistant Prostate Cancer." The award supports a two-year project from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2026 to expand the frontiers of scientific knowledge and apply it to address a critical medical challenge facing military service...
The Defense Health Agency awarded Duke University a $1,167,250 Project Grant (CFDA 12.420 - Military Medical Research and Development) with a performance period from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027. The grant funding supports Duke's research on the role of the NLRP3-NLRC5 signaling pathway in melanoma immune evasion and dormancy. The research aims to advance the understanding of mechanisms underlying melanoma progression, with the potential to inform new therapeutic approaches. As a prominent...
The Defense Health Agency awarded Duke University a $402,500 Project Grant under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) for the period of June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2025. The grant will support Duke University's research efforts to target the ferropotosis protection mechanism of serum to disable cancer metastasis. The Military Medical Research and Development program aims to transform military and public health through innovative medical research solutions for both...
This $563,484.00 Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports research conducted by Duke University to regulate skeletal muscle fibrosis in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The two-year award, effective June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2026, will enable Duke University's research team to advance understanding and potential treatments for this debilitating neuromuscular disorder affecting military service members and...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $241,500.00 and provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), supports research at Duke University to understand the molecular communication between different prostate cancer cell types. The research project will be conducted in Durham, North Carolina over a period of 24 months, with a start date of September 1, 2025 and an expected completion date of August 31, 2027. The goal is to...
The Defense Health Agency has awarded a $1,581,751 Project Grant to Duke University to conduct the "THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION TO REVERSE GASTRIC PRECANCER" research project under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). This federal grant, with a performance period from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2028, will enable Duke University's researchers to investigate innovative therapeutic interventions to reverse precancerous gastric conditions. The Military Medical...
Duke University was awarded a $931,969 project grant from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant will fund research from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026 to develop epigenetic signatures to predict pathological nodal stage for de-escalation of axillary surgery in patients with clinically node-positive breast cancer. The research aims to transform patient care by investigating medical solutions that could help reduce the need...
The Defense Health Agency awarded Duke University a $759,627.49 Project Grant under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to conduct research on "ACCELERATED AGING IN GULF WAR ILLNESS: PHENOTYPES, EPIGENETIC BIOMARKERS, AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH GULF WAR EXPOSURES." The project will run from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026. Duke University, a top-ranked global research institution, will be the prime awardee and perform the research through its Office of...
This $700,032 Project Grant awarded on August 1, 2025 by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program supports advanced biomedical research at Duke University to investigate the metabolic interplay of glutamine and aspartate in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) through imaging strategies and biomarker detection. The award will fund this research at Duke University's Office of Research Administration Division over the project period ending on July...
The U.S. Defense Health Agency awarded a $1,449,000 Project Grant to Duke University to conduct research aimed at "Identifying Essential Molecular Mechanisms for Advanced Prostate Cancer Growth by a New Chemical Compound." This grant is funded under the Department of the Army Medical Command's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), which supports biomedical research to improve the health and care of military service members, veterans, and their families. The...