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Forsyth Institute reels in $20.7M grants for gum disease research
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The Forsyth Institute, a dental research and teaching organization, has landed a four-year $20.7 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) to apply to three research projects aimed at the understanding and treatment of periodontal disease.
Also known as gum disease, periodontal disease affects 40 percent of U.S. adults, Forsyth officials reported today, and the disease has been linked to diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, some cancers and pre-term birth.
The three grant-funded projects are expected to address how and why the disease develops and progresses, as well as disease prediction methods and potential treatment of the disease. Of the $20.7 million, the first project, “Biomarkers of Periodontal Disease Progression,” led by Ricardo Teles, received $12.7 million over four years. The second project, “Oral Microbial Biomarkers in Periodontal Disease Progression,” led by Bruce Paster, received $4 million over four years. And the third project, called “Metatranscriptome of the Oral Microbiome during Periodontal Disease Progression” and led by Jorge Frias-Lopez, received $4 million in four-year funding.
In March, the Forsyth Institute won a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to renovate laboratory, clinical research and support space at its new facility in Cambridge.
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