Bioscience Technology Online - Funding Newshttp://www.biosciencetechnology.comFunding News RSS Feed on Bioscience Technology OnlineGovernment funding for synthetic biology on the risehttp://www.biosciencetechnology.com/News/Feeds/2010/06/industries-government-funding-for-synthetic-biology-on-the-ri/(<i>Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies</i>) A new analysis by the Synthetic Biology Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center found that the US government has spent around $430 million on research related to synthetic biology since 2005, with the US Department of Energy funding a majority of...Tuesday, 08 Jun 2010 00:41:42 GMTRecovery Act Funds Expand Studies of Stem Cell Biologyhttp://www.biosciencetechnology.com/News/2009/11/Recovery-Act-Funds-Expand-Studies-of-Stem-Cell-Biology/The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, is using $5.4 million of Recovery Act funds to accelerate basic studies of induced pluripotent stem cells. These cells, abbreviated iPS, are reprogrammed from skin or other easily obtained adult cells and appear to be similar to stem cells derived from embryos.Friday, 06 Nov 2009 10:18:36 GMT