糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock announces $750,000 grant for bone regeneration
From the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Office of Communications
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock announced a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to support the development of potentially life-saving bone regeneration technology during a Nov. 15 visit from Sen. John Boozman. The visit celebrated on-campus research initiatives that the senator championed for federal support.
Pioneered at the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences, the NuCress鈩� scaffold is a multifunctional device designed to promote controlled, robust bone regeneration in fractures, gaps where bone is missing, and major injury defects, including previously untreatable catastrophic injuries. Such a technology is highly needed by a wide variety of patients, including wounded soldiers, victims of major accidents and trauma, and those with various bone diseases.
The $750,000 grant, provided by the Department of Defense鈥檚 Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program, will investigate the scaffold鈥檚 ability to combat infection while regenerating bone. Earlier this fall, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock received a $5.6 million grant from the Department of Defense to fund the pre-market development of the same bone regeneration technology. Sen. Boozman supported both grants during the application stages.
Read the full press release on the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Office of Communications website