Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System has received a $25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to test a treatment for acute ischemic stroke patients, according to a system news release.
UVA Health System will lead a clinical trial, called Stroke Hyperglycemia Insulin Network Effort (SHINE), involving more than 50 centers across the country. Researchers will study whether controlling diabetic stroke patients' blood sugar in the early period after stroke is an effective treatment.
Read the health system release on the $25 million NIH grant.
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UVA Health System will lead a clinical trial, called Stroke Hyperglycemia Insulin Network Effort (SHINE), involving more than 50 centers across the country. Researchers will study whether controlling diabetic stroke patients' blood sugar in the early period after stroke is an effective treatment.
Read the health system release on the $25 million NIH grant.
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