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(University of Houston) With resistance to existing antimalarial drugs on the rise, there is a renewed push to find different ways to fight it.

Two University of Houston engineers have stepped up to the plate to answer the call. Professors Jeffery Rimer and Peter Vekilov, both with the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering, were awarded a grant from the US Department of Defense to create an entirely new platform for developing antimalarial drugs.

(University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center) The US Department of Defense has awarded researchers at the University of Cincinnati a $2.1 million Advanced Technology/Therapeutic Development Award to develop the next generation of brain monitors.

(Clemson University) A Clemson biochemist has received grants totaling $787,000 to study how cells repair damaged DNA, which can cause cancer and genetic illnesses.

The US Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health awarded Weiguo Cao three-year funding to investigate two DNA repair pathways.

(Rush University Medical Center) Gastroenterologists at Rush University Medical Center are working on a new research study funded by the US Department of Defense to chart the presence of microorganisms found within the gut and to explore how microbial imbalances may impact diseases like breast cancer.