WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the validation of high quality markers for clinical studies in cancer. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to accelerate the adoption and validation of molecular/cellular/imaging markers (referred to as "markers" or "biomarkers") and assays for c more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to five cooperative agreements for research in new prospective cohorts that addresses knowledge gaps in cancer etiology and carcinogenesis process with a focus on environmental exposures. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "Applicants are encouraged to use validated and reproducible innovative techniques to measure environmental ex more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award cooperative agreements for a coordinating center to facilitate coordination across the new cohorts for environmental exposures and cancer risk. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The overarching goal of the CEECR is to support innovative scientific research in new prospective cohorts to address knowledge gaps between environmental ex more ST