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State Technology and Science Index 2016: Sustaining Americas Innovation Economy

23 Oct 2016

As the Great Recession recedes in our rearview mirrors, it is becoming ever more apparent that innovative activities are determining an increasing proportion of the long-term economic growth of cities, metropolitan areas, regions, states...

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Epilepsy - A Giving Smarter Guide

9 Oct 2016

At the time of this report, approximately 30 to 40 percent of epilepsy patients were treatment resistant. The most catastrophic forms of epilepsy occur in very young children and have a lifelong negative impact on patients, families, and...

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Sonya B. Dumanis

Formerly Milken Institute

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Bladder Cancer - A Giving Smarter Guide

6 Oct 2019

More than 500,000 people in the US suffer from bladder cancer. At the time of this report, it was the fifth most common cancer in the US. It is also the most expensive cancer to treat and frequently reoccurs. Despite the fact that the...

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease - A Giving Smarter Guide

13 Jun 2016

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a collection of diseases including Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, which result in chronic inflammation and damage along the lining and tissues of the digestive tract. The disease greatly affects...

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Erik Lontok, LaTese Briggs, Sonya Dumanis, Ekemini Riley, Danielle Salka, and Melissa Stevens

13 Jun 2016

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Neurofibromatosis Type 1 - A Giving Smarter Guide

2 Jun 2016

With no effective therapies and no cure, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) is a genetic disease that can cause a broad range of abnormalities all throughout the body. A hallmark feature of the disease is the growth of tumors on nerves...

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YooRi Kim, LaTese Briggs, Erik Lontok, Ekemini Riley, and Melissa Stevens

2 Jun 2016

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Small Cell Lung Cancer - A Giving Smarter Guide

23 Mar 2016

Lung cancer has been one of the deadliest cancers in the United States. There are a number of challenges and unmet needs that act as barriers to desperately needed progress in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) research. The disease lacks new...

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Ekemini Riley, LaTese Briggs, YooRi Kim, Erik Lontok, and Melissa Stevens

23 Mar 2016

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Parkinson's Disease - A Giving Smarter Guide

23 Mar 2016

More than 1 million American lives are affected by Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a chronic, neurodegenerative movement disorder. Mainly affecting the elderly, the cause of PD is unknown. There are currently no treatments that can slow or stop...

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Ekemini Riley, Melissa Stevens, LaTese Briggs , YooRi Kim, and Erik Lontok

23 Mar 2016

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Colorectal Cancer - A Giving Smarter Guide

23 Mar 2016

The second deadliest of cancers when the incidents in both men and women are combined. Colorectal cancer refers to cancer that originates from either the colon or rectum. The American Cancer Society estimated that in 2015 nearly 50,000...

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Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia - A Giving Smarter Guide

23 Mar 2016

Poor treatment options. No Cure. Patients and families affected by chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) face many challenges and critical unmet needs, issues mirrored by the current state of the disease’s research. On a societal scale...

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Estimating Long-term Economic Returns of NIH Funding on Output in the Biosciences

31 Aug 2012

Advances in biomedical research have spurred dramatic improvements in both human and economic health. Between 1950 and 2009, life expectancy in the United States increased by 10 years, and since 1970, this increase in longevity has produced...

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