U of M wins $10M NIH grant for virus research
The University of Minnesota Medical School announced it has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study how animals fight viruses.[1]
Researchers will collect living cells from more than 100 animal species to create a "cellular zoo" that maps how different immune systems respond to infection.[1] The project will focus on arboviruses such as West Nile to learn how animals' innate immunity influences whether viruses can jump to and spread in people.[1]
Researchers say assembling and testing cells side-by-side should help identify which animal immune traits block infection and which allow high viral replication.[1] Those findings could improve understanding of spillover risk and guide efforts to predict and prevent future zoonotic outbreaks.[1]
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- The U of M Medical School received a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
- Researchers will collect and study living cells from more than 100 animal species, creating a "cellular zoo" of immune responses.
- The project will focus on arboviruses such as West Nile virus to understand how animal innate immunity affects whether viruses can jump to and spread in humans.
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