BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 13 -- The University of Maryland- Baltimore County issued the following news release:
UMBC is contributing to a multi-institution research project, funded by the Advanced ResearchProjects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) with up to $51.7 million, that aims to predict how disease-causing proteins misfold before irreversible damage occurs and use those predictions todevelop novel diagnostics and treatments. The four-year effort is expected to lead to new waysof detecting, slowing, and treating neurodegenerative diseases and cancer, with an initial focuson Alzheimer's disease and Ewing sarcoma.
UMBC's part of the project is led by David Garcia, assistant professor in the Department ofChemical, Biochemical, and Environmental En...