University of Louisville-led program receives additional $15 million

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The National Institutes of Health has extended funding for the Kentucky IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (KY-INBRE), a University of Louisville-led collaboration between six state universities. The $15 million funding boost will carry the program through 2013.

    The goal of the collaboration is to increase biomedical and health-related research and training, and bolster bioinformatics, the information technology component that facilitates and furthers the research.