TxMRC announces 2011 research awards

A medical technology consortium focused on moving innovation to the marketplace has announced $400,000 in a second round of grants to Dallas-Fort Worth area researchers in critical health care fields. The four awards from Texas Medical Research Collaborative carry $100,000 each and will propel research in the areas of digestive disorders, prevention of diabetic ulcers, non-invasive blood sugar readings and early diagnosis of childhood autism. TxMRC was founded in 2009 as a collaborative research partnership among The University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas at Dallas,