NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The National Institutes of Health has awarded an approximately $2.8 million Phase IIB Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to microRNA diagnostics firm DiamiR.
The three-year grant from the National Institute on Aging will help the company develop its first test, CogniMir, CEO Kira Sheinerman said in a statement. The test is targeted at early-stage Alzheimer's disease patients.