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Much to celebrate at the McLaughlin Research/Weissman Hood Institute
McLaughlin Research Institute scientists develop assay to detect protein misfolding in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Montana medical student receives national fellowship grant to research insulin
Interns at McLaughlin Research Institute present their summer research
Research on Alzheimer’s Disease at the McLaughlin Research Institute in Great Falls Received National Institutes of Health Grant Award of >$3.1M
McLaughlin Research Institute Awarded Prestigious $13.8M National Institutes of Health Grant
Summer Interns 2023
We have eight interns in 2023. There are four high school students and four college students who will join us for the summer.
McLaughlin Research Institute is studying Chronic Wasting Disease
Assistant Professor Andrea Grindeland, at the McLaughlin Research Institute, is heading research on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). She has more than a decade of experience as a veterinarian and is a Great Falls native. She is looking for more definitive answers regarding the disease and its potential impacts in Montana.
McLaughlin Research Institute establishes one of the nation’s first rural clinical research centers
To address the need for more clinical research in Montana and other rural regions of the United States, the McLaughlin Research Institute has established the first patient registry in the state of Montana (the HERO (Helping Expand Research Opportunities) in the newly-formed Clinical Research Center, directed by Dr. Tiffany Hensley McBain. For more information contact Rebecca Brown, BSN RN, Clinical Research Coordinator at 406-454-6045 or Rebecca@MclaughlinResearch.org
McLaughlin Research Institute receives $5 million gift to support neurology studies
The McLaughlin Research Institute of Great Falls (MRI) announced this week that Dr. Irv Weissman and Dr. Ann Tsukamoto-Weissman of Stanford, California, recently made a $5 million gift to the MRI, the largest single contribution in the organization’s history.
Article Credit: David Murray, Great Falls Tribune