Federal Research Agency Calls for Dystonia Research
National Institutes of Health Issues Dystonia Program Announcement
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (NINDS) and several other National Institutes of Health agencies, in conjunction with the DMRF and the Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia & Parkinson Foundation, issued a new program announcement titled: Understanding and Treating Generalized and Focal Dystonias.
The launch of this program announcement demonstrates that the medical research engine of the US Federal government--the National Institutes of Health--is specifically seeking to fund scientific investigations on dystonia. The result will be millions of dollars of additional dystonia research.
This important development is a result of discussion and conclusions from the "2nd NINDS-DMRF Workshop on Dystonia: Recent Advances and Future Directions” held in June 2006. The goal is to encourage basic, translational, and clinical studies to better understand the causes of dystonia and the effects on the nervous system, to stimulate the development of tools and resources to further dystonia research, to accelerate research into promising therapeutic approaches, and to stimulate progress in dystonia research through encouraging and facilitating collaborations among experts in varied fields.
Links to more information can be found here:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-397.html
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-398.html
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National Institutes of Health Issues Dystonia Program Announcement
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (NINDS) and several other National Institutes of Health agencies, in conjunction with the DMRF and the Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia & Parkinson Foundation, issued a new program announcement titled: Understanding and Treating Generalized and Focal Dystonias.
The launch of this program announcement demonstrates that the medical research engine of the US Federal government--the National Institutes of Health--is specifically seeking to fund scientific investigations on dystonia. The result will be millions of dollars of additional dystonia research.
This important development is a result of discussion and conclusions from the "2nd NINDS-DMRF Workshop on Dystonia: Recent Advances and Future Directions” held in June 2006. The goal is to encourage basic, translational, and clinical studies to better understand the causes of dystonia and the effects on the nervous system, to stimulate the development of tools and resources to further dystonia research, to accelerate research into promising therapeutic approaches, and to stimulate progress in dystonia research through encouraging and facilitating collaborations among experts in varied fields.
Links to more information can be found here:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-397.html
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-398.html
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