he National Institutes of Health selected Ginkgo Bioworks, Mammoth Biosciences, Quidel, and four other companies to receive nearly $250 million to develop new Covid-19 diagnostic tests through its Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics program, the agency announced Friday. Read more at STAT.
NIBIB in the News · July 31, 2020
NIBIB in the News · July 31, 2020
The National Institutes of Health awarded $248.7 million to seven companies to accelerate the development of new coronavirus diagnostic technologies as the country grapples with rising case numbers and testing shortages. The federal research agency expects some of the companies to potentially be able to perform hundreds of thousands of tests come September. Read more at Forbes.
NIBIB in the News · July 27, 2020
Former NIBIB Director calls for collaboration among engineers and health professionals to address complicated challenges, including COVID19.
NIBIB in the News · June 9, 2020
The National Institutes of Health wasted no time and putting pandemic stimulus money to use. It launched RADx, a program to enlist industry in academia in a biomedical engineering approach to the pandemic.
Read more and listen to the interview at the Federal News Network.
NIBIB in the News · May 28, 2020
An injectable electrode could prove a better way to ease chronic nerve pain than opioid painkillers or bulky and expensive implants, animal research suggests.
NIBIB in the News · May 19, 2020
Dr. Kaitlyn Sadtler of the National Institutes of Health still identifies with her younger self, running through the sprinklers and going to the Frederick County Fair. She earned a bachelor's degree in biological sciences and a Ph.D.and now is an investigator at the NIBIB at the NIH in Bethesda.
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NIBIB in the News · May 19, 2020
The podcast Epidemic, hosted by Dr. Celine Grounder and Robert Klain, featured episode 21: Are Antibodies the Holy Grail? Guests for this podcast episode are NIBIB's Kaitlyn Sadtler and NIAID's Matthew Memoli, who discuss the SARS-CoV-2 serology study they are conducting at NIH.
NIBIB in the News · April 29, 2020
The National Institutes of Health on Wednesday announced a new $1.5 billion initiative to rapidly develop coronavirus diagnostics, an effort it says will result in the deployment of “millions of tests per week” by late summer or fall of this year.
NIBIB in the News · April 29, 2020
A competition between researchers is part of a $1.5 billion program that seeks to speed development of accurate, quick and easy-to-use COVID-19 tests, NIH announced Wednesday.