Research Funding
News on research grants, RFPs, government funding trends in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
Pattern Bioscience Wins BARDA Contract Worth up to $40.9M
The contract's base award is $22.5 million, which Pattern said will support the late-stage development of its single-cell microbiology ID and AST system.
UK Provides £1.4M in Funding for Two-Year Study on Genedrive Test to Prevent Newborn Hearing Loss
The Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust will study across the UK the use of Genedrive's MT-RNR1 ID Kit as a pharmacogenomic test to prevent hearing loss.
ARPA-H Awards $110M to Commercial, Academic Teams Tackling Women's Health
The awardees included several diagnostics firms, among them Aspira Women's Health, which received $10 million for development of its EndoMDx test.
RADx Awards $8M to Maternal Health Challenge Winners
The winning devices include home-based, point-of-care, and wearable technologies to improve postpartum health outcomes.
Endometriosis is associated with debilitating pain and increased risk of cancer and autoimmune diseases, yet diagnosis remains out of reach for many patients.