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Scientists Discover Potential Treatment Approaches for Polycystic Kidney Disease
April 4, 2024 - NCATS News
- Our Impact on Drug Discovery and Development
- Tissue Chip for Drug Screening
NCATS-supported researchers used gene editing and 3-D cell models to uncover new insights into the genetics of polycystic kidney disease. The discoveries could set the stage for new ways to treat the disease.
Freedman Lab Discovers Promising New Therapeutic for PKD in Tailor-Made Organoids
April 4, 2024 - Grantee/Partner News
- Tissue Chip for Drug Screening
Phase Receives a $1.8m Boost for Its Blood-Brain-Barrier Model Development
March 5, 2024 - Grantee/Partner News
- 3-D Tissue Bioprinting
- Tissue Chip for Drug Screening
UPMC Receives $7.8 Million Grant for New Drug Discovery Center
March 5, 2024 - Grantee/Partner News
- Tissue Chip for Drug Screening
New Medicines — Minus Animal Testing — Is Pitt Research Goal
February 29, 2024 - Media Coverage
- Tissue Chip for Drug Screening
Promising Drug-Development Systems Get New U.S. Funding
February 8, 2024 - Grantee/Partner News
- Tissue Chip for Drug Screening
New NIH-Funded Center Could Soon Reduce the Need for Pharmaceutical Trials on Animals
January 9, 2024 - Grantee/Partner News
- Tissue Chip for Drug Screening
Propelling Cures With Genetics Research: Interview With Joni L. Rutter, PhD, Director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at NIH
December 14, 2023 - Grantee/Partner News
- 3-D Tissue Bioprinting
- Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium (BGTC)
- Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program
- New Therapeutic Uses (NTU)
- Platform Vector Gene Therapy (PaVe-GT)
- Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN)
- Somatic Cell Genome Editing (SCGE)
- Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases (TRND)
- Tissue Chip for Drug Screening