UC Irvine
Gates Foundation Awards Multiple Omics, Dx Grants in April, May
Awardees include the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Detect-Ion, the US Food and Drug Administration, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute.
Helio Heath Aims to Market Blood-Based Liver Cancer Screening Assay in Early 2021
The firm is engaged in multiple clinical validation trials and aims to raise more than $100 million to launch its Helio Liver Test in the US early next year.
UC, Irvine Gifted $1M to Study Use of Saliva to Monitor Lithium Levels
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation gift will expand research into the use of saliva to monitor lithium levels in patients with bipolar and other disorders.
Beckman Coulter Dx, UCI Collaborate on Clinical Applications
The collaboration will give the company access to UCI research in diagnostic platforms, life science applications, devices, and data analytics.
CARB-X Awards MicrobeDx Up To $3.5M
The award will go toward the development of MicrobeDx's technology for detecting the presence of bacteria in clinical urine specimens and to which antibiotics they are susceptible.