UC Berkeley, Children's Hospital and Research Center of Oakland to Receive Funding through Recovery Package
For Immediate Release
June 2, 2009
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Ricci Graham
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) announced the release of over $3 million in funding to National Institute of Health grantees in the Ninth congressional District of California. The money was made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Awardees include:
- University of California at Berkeley - $182,814: To create a mouse model to enable researchers to compare TLR9 gene function in mice and humans, which may inform new treatments for infectious and immunologic diseases.
- University of California at Berkeley - $2,567,353: To investigate the interaction between five intracellular pathogens and immune cells called macrophages in hopes of aiding discovery of new therapies to combat these infectious agents.
- University of California at Berkeley - $50,054: To elucidate the means by which cancer-causing gammaherpesviruses actively replicate while subverting the immune response; may identify weaknesses that could be exploited by treatments and vaccines.
- Children’s Hospital and Research Center of Oakland - $400,000: To find treatments for Cardiovascular diseases through research the structure of apolipoprotein A-I on defined states of HDL.
“In order to develop new treatments and vaccines for illnesses we must invest in healthcare research,” said Congresswoman Lee. “I am pleased that the Ninth Congressional District of California will receive these funds to continue their groundbreaking work towards desperately needed treatments and cures.”
To learn more about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, go to www.recovery.gov.
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