National Institutes of Health and The JMF Award Two Research Grants

The National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the JMF has awarded its second and third collaborative research grants. This is part of a five year, $2.5 million research commitment. A grant was awarded to Linda Thompson, Ph.D., Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Her project title is "The Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency." Another grant was awarded to Talal Chatila, MD, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. The title of his project is "Molecular Basis of the hyper IGE Immunodeficiency."

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