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Grants

$12-Million Grant to Create IBD Disease Registry

North Carolina Children’s Hospital is one of 27 sites across the nation developing a disease registry for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The research collaborative is part of a $12-million grant to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, enabling the creation of ...More
October 14, 2010
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues
Free Colonoscopies Available for Utah Residents

The Utah Cancer Control Program is offering free colonoscopies to Utah adults who meet certain qualifications, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. ...More
April 5, 2010
Posted in News, Industry Issues
EndoChoice Launches Endoscope-Reprocessing CEU Program

EndoChoice, Inc. recently launched a new CEU program and a complete line of products focused on efficient and effective endoscope reprocessing. ...More
March 23, 2010
Posted in News, Industry Issues
Transposagen Receives Grants for Colon Cancer Gene Research

Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., based in Lexington, announced today that it is the recipient of about $412,000 in additional Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding; $312,628 from the National Cancer Institute, a component of the National Institutes of ...More
January 25, 2010
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues
Endoscopy Group's Screening Grant Helps Community Prevent Cancer

St. Luke’s Hospital (in Cedar Rapids, Iowa), is one of only three organizations in Iowa named a recipient of the Iowa Get Screened: Colorectal Cancer Screening Project, a lifesaving project started by the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH). Funded by a $500,000 grant, ...More
January 6, 2010
Posted in Articles, Industry Issues, Procedures
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to Pay for Hepatitis Tests

LAS VEGAS -- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Nevada announced that the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation will make a $50,000 grant to the Nevada Health Centers to go toward the free testing and follow-up counseling of Las Vegans who received services from ...More
March 10, 2008
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues
GI Societies Increase Research Activities With Olympus Medical Systems Corporation Grant

OAK BROOK, Ill. -- The Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research™ (NOSCAR™), a joint effort of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), announces a Request ...More
February 21, 2007
Posted in News, Industry Issues, Procedures
Coffee Associated With Lower Risk for Alcohol-Related Liver Disease

Drinking coffee may be related to a reduced risk of developing the liver disease alcoholic cirrhosis, according to a report in the June 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Cirrhosis progressively destroys healthy liver tissue and ...More
June 13, 2006
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues
Recovery Grants Available to Hurricane-Affected Health Organizations

JACKSON, Miss. -- The Foundation for the Mid South announced its receipt of a grant from The Baxter International Foundation to establish a health recovery fund to aid disaster restoration efforts of community-based health organizations in the mid-south region of the United ...More
February 1, 2006
Posted in News, Industry Issues
Source MDx Awarded Grant to Develop Biomarkers to Track Hepatitis C

BOULDER, Colo. -- Source MDx announced that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to initiate the development of a molecular diagnostic test that will characterize Hepatitis C infected patients and ...More
January 12, 2006
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues