Hopes and Cures

 
Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
A new way to look at funding
The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) raises money and awards grants to academic and biotechnology industry scientists who are conducting drug discovery research for Alzheimer’s Disease, related dementias and cognitive aging.
The way research is funded is evolving and by employing a venture capital model, [...]

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CNN Money has a great piece describing the variety of projects that compete for and receive competitive SBIR funds – from sticky medical devices and anti-virus computer programs to creative recycling of (cow) waste.  The SBA office of Technology oversees this project of the federal government as a way to fund the early, innovative ideas [...]

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