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... Cleveland Clinic Receives $13.5 Million Grant From the National Institutes of Health Cleveland Clinic Receives $13.5 Million Grant From the National Institutes of Health Five-Year Grant From the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Will Fuel Research Into the Molecular Causes of Blood Clots CLEVELAND, March 30 /PRNewswire/ - Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute has received a $13.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the molecular causes of blood clots, key contributors to heart attacks and stroke.

The Lerner Research Institute is one of only three institutions nationwide to receive funding from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the NIH, to develop a Center for Thrombosis Research.

The five-year Specialized Center for Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) grant was received by a research team led by Roy Silverstein, M.D., Chairman of the Department of Cell Biology and Vice Chairman of Translational Research at the Clinic's Lerner Research Institute.

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Silverstein will be the Center's principal investigator.

"Arterial thrombosis, or blood clots, is the leading cause of heart attacks and stroke," Dr.

Silverstein said.

"This big, multi-investigator award is a significant investment and validation of leading-edge research at the Clinic into the factors that contribute to the formation of blood clots and ultimately life-threatening events like heart attacks and strokes.

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