Center for Infectious Disease Research to Join Seattle Children’s Research Institute
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CIDR to merge with Seattle Children’s, creating largest pediatric infectious disease org in the US
Infectious diseases can make anyone sick, but those most at risk are almost always children and families. Two research organizations are teaming up to face that challenge head-on. The Seattle-based Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR), the oldest independent research organization of its kind in the country, has agreed to merge with the infectious disease division of Seattle Children’s Research Institute (SCRI).
Letter from our president
I am pleased to announce that after 42 years as the oldest and largest, independent non-profit organization in the United States solely focused on infectious disease research, the 166 scientists at the Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR) will join Seattle Children’s Research Institute to create a world-class team of researchers working to find viable solutions to infectious diseases that can pose risks to our communities, and disproportionately impact children and those in poverty.
The Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR) and PreCyte, Inc. have been awarded three specialized grants in support of the Indicator Cell Assay Platform (iCAP).
Funding will support the further optimization and evaluation of iCAP for the early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease; application of the iCAP to the selection of candidate drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease; and application of the iCAP for the classification of indeterminate pulmonary nodules.