The University of California, San Diego received a $694,650 Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development federal grant program (CFDA 12.420). The two-year award will support research on RNA-directed therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) linked to the C9ORF72 gene using engineered zinc finger nucleases. The Military Medical Research and Development program aims to transform military and public health through...
The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) was awarded a $2,179,391 Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to conduct proof-of-concept preclinical studies and GMP development of AAV-SynCav1 gene technology to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The award, which began on May 1, 2024, will support research and development efforts aimed at advancing a novel gene therapy approach to address this debilitating...
The University of California, San Diego will receive $790,000 under a two-year Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Medical Command. The grant is part of the Military Medical Research and Development program administered by the agency under Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 12.420. The university will conduct research on neuron-targeted caveolin gene therapy as a potential route of administration to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Specifically, the funding will...
This federal Project Grant award, issued by the Defense Health Agency (DHA) under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), provides $963,000.00 to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as University of California, Berkeley, to conduct research on "REBALANCING C9ORF72 LOSS OF FUNCTION IN AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS". The research, which will take place over a two-year period from March 1, 2024 to February 28, 2026, aims to...
The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) was awarded a $789,987.00 Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) federal grant program. The grant, awarded on August 1, 2023 with a completion date of July 31, 2026, will support research on CTL-tolerant melanoma persister cells. The research aims to transform health care for Service Members and the American public through innovative and impactful research, and to investigate...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Medical Command (CFDA 12.420 - Military Medical Research and Development) provides $361,931 to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to investigate microglia dysfunction in MEF2C deficiency autism spectrum disorder, with the goal of discovering new targeted therapies. The award period runs from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027. UCSD, a leading academic research institution, will leverage its expertise in...
The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) was awarded a $1,218,012 Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency on September 30, 2023 under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to conduct research on "GERMLINE INFLUENCE ON PROSTATE CANCER METASTASIS AND TREATMENT RESPONSE." The research aims to transform health care for Service Members and the American public by investigating medical solutions for the battlefield through innovative and impactful...
This $993,283 federal Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program supports advanced biomedical research at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) focused on proteomic determinants and components of progression in multiple sclerosis. The research seeks to transform healthcare for military service members and the general public through innovative investigations into disease prevention, diagnosis,...
This federal Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) provides $1,008,313 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) for a 3-year period from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2027. The award supports advanced biomedical research initiatives focused on transforming healthcare for military service members and the broader public. UCSF, a prominent academic medical center and research institution,...
The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has been awarded a $499,985 Project Grant from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420). The grant will fund a 2-year research project titled "DIET, EXERCISE, AND INFLAMMATION IN EARLY-STAGE NEURONAL ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN DISEASE" to investigate novel approaches for treating neurodegenerative disorders relevant to military personnel and the broader population. As a...