Friday, July 20, 2012

$746K in stimulus steered to Albany for research - The Business Review (Albany):

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The grants, to , and the are part of $9.9 million in America Recovery and Reinvestment Act money to be distributed to medical researcherss in NewYork state. The Wadsworth Center, a publi laboratory run by the state Department of will receive a totalof $424,162. Of that, $397,356 will be used to study mechanismw of West Nile virus selection andstrain displacement, and $26,805t will support student and/or teacher summe r research experiences. The $85,219 Rensselaer will receivee also is earmarked for summet research by studentsand teachers. Albant Medical College, an arm of , will receivee $236,125 for research regarding MHC Class II subsets in B Lymphocyte Biology.
This project will investigatwe how the actions of certain immune cells are governedand coordinated, research that coul lead to the control of thesre cellular activities and improve immunization and anti-tumo r therapy. “These projects will invesft in cutting-edge medical research,” said Sen. Charles Schumer “This funding will not only give an economic boost in the amoungt of jobs available in the Capital but will bring us another step closer to solving publicd health problems afflicting manyNew Yorkers.
Our federal dollaras must continue to emphasize the importances of medical research insolving today’s public health problemsw and giving our students the toolsz they need to succeed.”

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