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$9.5 Million Federal Grant to Support "Asthma Genome" Project with African …
Newswise (press release) Researchers say their initial goal is to find genetic variations underlying asthma and to explain why the disease disproportionately afflicts blacks. As much as 20 percent of African-Americans have asthma, a disease often associated with allergies and … |
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School receives $8 million grant to study asthma, allergies
Washington University in St. Louis News We want to figure out how these reactions might move in a helpful direction and provide protection against the environment or in a harmful direction, leading to inflammatory diseases such as asthma.” The first project investigates how airway epithelial … |
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Strongsville student earns grant for asthma education at Sts. Joseph and John …
Plain Dealer (blog) By Eric Sandy, Sun News View full sizeERIC SANDY/SUN NEWSJacob Koshel, 8, shows off a certificate he earned in conjunction with a grant to promote asthma education at Sts. Joseph and John School. STRONGSVILLE With the help of funding from a national … |
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Student Wins National Grant to Raise Asthma Awareness
Patch.com Last spring, the Koshel family caught wind of a nationwide grant program that aimed to divide $75000 among 10 students who would put a face on asthma awareness in their respective schools. Everyone Breathe – a program geared toward asthma education … |
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Asthma research benefits from federal grant
ABC Online The recipient of a federal health research grant says the money will help her study whether taking fish oil during pregnancy reduces asthma and allergies in children. Professor Maria Makrides has been following 2500 mothers and children and will use … $430000 fish oil effect study |
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San Tan Valley student wins Grant for Local School
SanTanValleyToday.com Marlborough, MA– Everyone Breathe – an educational program geared toward raising awareness of asthma – announced today the winners of its Asthma Education Grant program. The grant program, which launched earlier this year, was created in partnership … |
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Children's Hospital gets grant to research asthma in the inner city
FOX19 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has joined a national research effort to shed new light on the growing problem of asthma in our inner cities. Cincinnati Children's will receive about $2.8 million over four years in to participate in the … |
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Million Dollar EPA Grant Powers Green Locomotive in ….
U.S. EPA.gov (press release) Locomotives are a source of pollutants in the outdoor air, including asthma triggers such as fine particles (soot) and ozone (smog). The new engines will reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide and particulate matter from the locomotive by 80 percent using … |
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Children's deaths led to grant for county's schools
The Augusta Chronicle Kitty Hernlen (left) and Scottie Pascal inspect a classroom for asthma triggers. Georgia Health Sciences University is helping local schools test and improve their air quality after a spike in asthma deaths took place from 2006-2008. … |
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State Grant Will Help Kids With Asthma In 3 Montana Towns
NBC Montana The number of Montanans with asthma's one-and-a-half to two percentage points higher than the national average. Now a state grant allows public health nurses in three Montana communities to help manage their asthma thorugh home visits. … |
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