Cancer researchers receive $1.4 million in grants (KWWL Iowa)

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The American Cancer Society has award more than $1.4 million in grants to researchers at the University of Iowa. Aliasger Salem, with Iowa's Department of Pharmacy, has received a 4-year, $717,000 grant for research that involves the cancer vaccine research.

Two University Of South Dakota Students Earn NASA Research Grants (Yankton Press & Dakotan)

VERMILLION — Two students from The University of South Dakota are receiving grants from NASA for the spring 2009 semester.

Obama likely to reverse ban on stem cell research funding (Baltimore Sun)

New federal grants, less red tape likely with reversal of Bush ban One of Barack Obama's first acts as president is expected to be a reversal of the Bush administration's restrictions on federal funding for research on human embryonic stem cells.

UI cancer researchers awarded $1.4M in grants (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)

The American Cancer Society has awarded two grants totaling $1.437 million to researchers in Iowa.

Fruit Fly Research May Lead to Better Understanding of Human Heart Disease (Newswise)

Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have shown in both fruit flies and humans that genes involved in embryonic heart development are also integral to adult heart function. The study, led by Rolf Bodmer, Ph.D., was published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences.