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Tobacco funds giving state a research edge

Scientists using data to go after grants

By Carolyne Park

Kimberly Reynolds, a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences graduate student in biochemistry and microbiology, and Kevin Raney, professor of biochemistry, talk about the results of a mass spectrometer Friday at the Arkansas Biosciences Institute.

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Kimberly Reynolds, a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences graduate student in biochemistry and microbiology, and Kevin Raney, professor of biochemistry, talk about the results of a mass spectrometer Friday at the Arkansas Biosciences Institute.

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Money from the state’s share of the tobacco settlement has helped scientists at five institutions compete for nationally competitive research grants, expand laboratories, buy equipment and attract new scientists.

The money comes through the Arkansas Biosciences Institute, which was founded in 2001 to expand agricultural and medical research.

The institute recently passed a milestone, with its scientists bringing in more than $258 million in outside research grants over the past eight years.

“This year we broke the quarter-billion mark,” said Dr. Robert McGehee, the institute’s executive director and a UAMS associate professor of pediatrics.

Started under the Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act of 2000, the institute includes the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research ...

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This article was published November 16, 2009 at 5:28 a.m.

Front Section, Pages 1 on 11/16/2009

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twtc says...

Boy it is really going to be terrible when everyone quits using tobacco. Where will we get our money from then?

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