Scripps Research faculty receives $4.1 million from NIH grant to advance studies on prion diseases (IMAGE)

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Scripps Research faculty receives $4.1 million from NIH grant to advance studies on prion diseases

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Sandra Encalada, PhD, of Scripps Research, was awarded $4.1 million from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for research into how prion diseases kill brain cells.

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