The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Purpose
to improve detection and monitoring of helminth infections, which are caused by parasitic worms, by developing a diagnostic to detect parasitic microRNAs present within small extracellular vesicles (exosomes) in blood samples from infected people.
Division
Global Health
Date
October 2013
Region Served
GLOBAL
Committed amount
$100,000
Grant topic
Discovery and Translational Sciences
Duration (months)
19
Grantee location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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