Chad Frey

Chad Frey

K-State biologist receives $1.87M grant to explore cell interactions that fight inflammatory diseases

MANHATTAN — A Kansas State University biologist has received a grant to study how immune cells and sensory neurons affect tissue inflammation — work that could lead to improved methods of treating inflammatory diseases.Pankaj Baral, assistant professor in the Division of Biology, has been awarded a $1.87 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award, or MIRA, from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.Baral’s research will investigate how sensory neurons and tissue-resident immune cells interact and influence tissue inflammation.

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