This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded on September 15, 2024 by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research program) to Neucyte Inc., a minority-owned small business specializing in advanced biomedical research and development. The funding will support the development of a miniaturized "mini-brain" microphysiological system (MPS) platform using Alzheimer's disease (AD) patient-derived cells. The goal is to create a scalable, reproducible in vitro brain model that can...
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $514,862 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to Neuroindx, a for-profit, woman-owned small business, to develop an on-chip functional assay for identifying candidate microtubule-binding drugs to treat Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders (ADRDs). The goal of the project is to create an in vitro assay that can replicate key features of the neuronal microtubule microenvironment and use kinesin-based readouts to measure the ability of...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $994,436.00 to Transchromix LLC to develop novel brain-penetrant drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD). The key products and services being delivered include: Discovering a noncanonical, translation regulatory function of the histone methyltransferase G9A in AD pathogenesis using a chromatin-activity-based chemoproteomic (ChAC) approach to dissect AD heterogeneity. Deducing the mechanism...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), provides $1,996,385 to Vivreon Biosciences LLC to conduct preclinical characterization of CRAC channel inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) Chemistry, manufacturing, and control (CMC) activities, such as process and analytical R&D, method quantification, production of a 500g batch, and polymorph and...
This federal Project Grant award of $485,192 from the National Institute on Aging's Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) supports the development of Constantiam Biosciences' MAVEvidence application. MAVEvidence leverages recently-developed multiplexed assays of variant effect (MAVEs) to improve the clinical interpretation of variants in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (AD/ADRD) risk genes. The project aims to curate and validate MAVE data for key AD/ADRD genes like APP and SNCA,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will fund the development of a novel Alzheimer's disease therapeutic using targeted nanoparticles. The $504,732 award to Aphios Corp, a minority-owned biotechnology company, will support two phases of research. In Phase I, the company will nanoencapsulate an anti-CCR5 drug in targeted and non-targeted nanoparticles, characterize the formulations, and evaluate their impact on in vitro models of brain...
The National Institute on Aging awarded a $1,931,965 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to the Regenerative Research Foundation, a non-profit organization in Albany, New York. The purpose of this federal grant is to develop and validate a novel human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) model that incorporates cerebral cortical neurons, glia, vascular endothelial cells, and microglia to study cerebrovascular interactions in Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (ADRD). The R61 phase of...
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $619,681 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) to develop innovative tools for studying the complex genetic interactions underlying Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. The project, titled "Combinatorial Perturbation with Multi-Omics Readout to Dissect Etiology of Alzheimer's Disease Using Stem Cell and In Vivo Models", will create a toolkit combining gene-editing...
This $1,044,855 Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, will fund Nemalife Inc. to deliver high-throughput testing of anti-aging and FDA-approved drugs in genetically diverse invertebrate Alzheimer's disease models. Under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), the awardee will screen 300 anti-aging compounds and 200 FDA drugs to identify candidates that improve neuronal aging and protect against protein misfolding diseases...
The National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Federal Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), awarded a $245,148 project grant to Eyenexo LLC to develop an automated rodent behavior testing system for non-invasively assessing early-stage Alzheimer's disease (AD). The project aims to develop a behavior biomarker that can differentiate AD from normal aging by studying defensive behaviors triggered by looming stimuli, which are linked to early AD pathology in the midbrain region. The 2-year...