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Helmsley-Supported Research Finds Pigments Made by Beets May Help Boost Resistance to Disease & Nutrition Value of Crops

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08/15/2017

A new study conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, has now opened the way to numerous potential uses of betalains, the highly nutritious red-violet and yellow pigments...

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Report Shows Uninsured Rate Drops Substantially in Most States

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12/14/2017

Forty-seven states saw their adult uninsured rate drop by five percentage points or more in the first three years following the Affordable Care Act’s major health coverage expansions, according to a new Commonwealth Fund scorecard assessing access...

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Supported by The Mayday Fund, Scientists Take a Big Step Toward Building a Better Opioid

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01/09/2018

For the first time, scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and collaborators solved the crystal structure of the activated kappa opioid receptor bound to a morphine derivative. They then created a new drug-like compound...

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Supported By The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Scientists Create New Therapeutic Gel That Shows Promise Against Cancerous Tumors

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02/22/2018

Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and NC State have created an injectable gel-like scaffold that can hold combination chemo-immunotherapeutic drugs and deliver them locally to tumors in a sequential manner.

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Research Supported by The Helmsley Charitable Trust Grant Provides New Insight Into Neurological Disorders

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04/17/2018

Scientists improve the growth of three-dimensional brain models to better understand autism, dementia, schizophrenia

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With Support from The Andrus Family Fund, Firelight’s Impact Producer Fellowship Announces 2018 Cohort

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06/21/2018

With Support from The Andrus Family Fund, Firelight’s Impact ... list of 2018 fellows at FirelightMedia.tv ... With Support from The Andrus Family Fund, Firelight’s Impact ...

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Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness, Researchers Find Alzheimer's One Day May Be Predicted During Eye Exam

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08/23/2018

Using technology similar to what is found in many eye doctors' offices, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have detected evidence suggesting Alzheimer's in older patients who had no symptoms of the disease.

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Supported by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New Report Finds Even Light Drinking Increases Risk of Death

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10/03/2018

Analyzing data from more than 400,000 people ages 18 to 85, the researchers found that consuming one to two drinks four or more times per week -- an amount deemed healthy by current guidelines -- increases the risk of premature death by 20 percent,...

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Supported in Part by the Rita Allen Foundation, Researchers Discover New Protein Factor That Contributes to Cancer Cell Migration

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11/01/2018

UCLA researchers have discovered a new protein factor that contributes to a fibroblast cell’s ability to migrate to a wound and participate in its healing process. The study’s results could help scientists prevent cancer cells from using the same...

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Scientists Develop a New Tool to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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12/06/2018

... to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation ... to Boost Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research with Support from the Silicon Valley...

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Mosquito 'spit glands' Hold Key to Curbing Malaria, Study Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Shows

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08/12/2019

Mosquitoes can harbor thousands of malaria-causing parasites in their bodies, yet while slurping blood from a victim, they transmit just a tiny fraction of them.

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Ford Foundation, Citi and OPIC Launch Scaling Enterprise, a $100MM Financing Partnership to Support Social Enterprises

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10/23/2019

... Scaling Enterprise, a $100MM Financing Partnership to Support Social Enterprises SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS ... Scaling Enterprise, a $100MM Financing Partnership to Support Social Enterprises ...

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Rita Allen Foundation Supports UC Berkley Research Findings that Could Improve Diagnosis, Treatment of Depression

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10/29/2019

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified biomarkers — genes and specific brain circuits in mice — associated with a common symptom of depression: lack of motivation.

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David Berg Foundation Supports New York Historical Society Exhibition that Traces the Rise of Anti-Semitism in Germany

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02/17/2016

... Anti-Semitism 1919–1939 is made possible by support provided by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, the ...

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Mexico’s Muxe Leaders Assert Rights and Strengthen “Social Armor” Through Visibility - Work Supported by The Arcus Foundation Grantee

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02/21/2023

... safety so we’re not invisible and so we can seek support from public agencies, [which is] so important, for ...

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Andrew W. Mellon Supports Fellowship Program Diversifying the Intellectual Leadership of Scholarly Publishing

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06/29/2017

The American academic and cultural heritage communities are not keeping up with societal needs for diversity, equity, and inclusion. The University Press Diversity Fellowship Program, an initiative designed to diversify the acquisitions departments...

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With Support From the Tow Foundation, Soho Rep Gets a Safer Space for Its Dangerous Plays

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02/05/2018

With Support From the Tow Foundation, Soho Rep Gets a Safer Space ... “It’s a whopping relief,” Ms. Benson said... With Support From the Tow Foundation, Soho Rep Gets a Safer Space ...

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With Support From The Howard Gilman Foundation and Tow Foundation, Atlantic Theater Company to Present IMMIGRANT MIXFEST

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07/30/2019

With Support From The Howard Gilman Foundation and Tow Foundation, ... that can be erased or replaced and that's why... With Support From The Howard Gilman Foundation and Tow Foundation, .....

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