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Barrow Researcher Awarded $275,000 Grant to Study Brain Receptor and Nicotine Addiction.

Publication: Biotech Week
Publication Date: 23-SEP-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a scientist at the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center a $275,000 grant to study a rare brain receptor that may be a new smoking cessation target.\r\n\r\nThroughout the next two years, researcher Paul Whiteaker, PhD, and other scientists in the Barrow Neurochemistry Laboratory will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental grant to create an artificial system to produce the rare 6 nicotinic receptors...

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