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Collaborative Drug Discovery Vault: Banking on Shared Data
April 22, 2025 - NCATS News
- Small Business (SBIR)
Today, scientists systematically test thousands of different molecules, from simple lab-made chemicals to complex substances found in nature. Their goal is to find those that can be used to treat diseases.
Read ArticleSC Governor Honors MUSC Researcher for Her Work to Make Behavioral Health Care More Accessible
April 8, 2025 - Grantee/Partner News
- Small Business (SBIR)
Electrifying Invention Can Save Young Lives and Ease Chronic Lung Conditions
February 5, 2024 - NCATS News
- Our Impact on Tools and Technologies
- Small Business (SBIR)
NCATS awardees use SBIR grant to develop a compact wearable device, which makes NO on the spot instead of storing pre-made gas, which removes the costs of producing, distributing and storing compressed-gas cylinders.
Curi Bio Awarded Over $4.4M in NIH Grants to Advance Translational Science
August 23, 2023 - Grantee/Partner News
- Small Business (SBIR)
Researchers Create 3-D Model for Rare Neuromuscular Disorders, Setting Stage for Clinical Trial
April 19, 2022 - NCATS News
- Small Business (SBIR)
- Tissue Chip for Drug Screening
Partially funded by a Small Business Innovation Research grant from NCATS, Hesperos, Inc., researchers created a tissue chip model that mimics the biology of two rare neuromuscular disorders, setting the stage for testing in a clinical trial.
Automated Retinal Screening Opens a Window into People’s Health
April 14, 2021 - NCATS News
- Small Business (SBIR)
Eyenuk, Inc., received NCATS small business funding to develop EyeMarkTM and support from the NCATS Commercialization Readiness Pilot program to conduct clinical trials needed for regulatory approval of EyeMark in the United States.
Small Business Awards Propel the Development of a “One-of-a-Kind” Tissue Chip Technology
January 12, 2021 - NCATS News
- Small Business (SBIR)
A new tissue chip technology that can predict the effects of drugs on the human nervous system is the latest discovery advanced by a small business innovation research award. Nerve-on-a-Chip® is considered a first-of-its-kind tissue chip technology.
Improving Manufacturing Techniques to Deliver High Quality Biotherapeutics to the Clinic Faster
January 1, 2021 - NCATS News
- Small Business (SBIR)
Intabio, Inc., used funding from NCATS’ Small Business Innovation Research program to create an automated instrument that streamlines the production of cellular and gene-based medicines.