Medicine in Biological News

Common allergy drug reduces obesity and diabetes in mice

... However, a group of papers appearing in Nature medicine , two of which are from Harvard Medical School ... Both papers will appear online July 26 in Nature medicine . Molecular garbage Type 1 and type 2 ... the study with Steven Shoelson, HMS professor of medicine at the Joslin Diabetes Center. "I come at this ...

Skin-like tissue developed from human embryonic stem cells

... researchers at Tufts University School of Dental medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical ... pathology at Tufts University School of Dental medicine and a member of the cell, molecular & ... as hESC, with the goal of advancing regenerative medicine as a new therapy to replace or repair damaged or ...

Ethiopian government celebrates rinderpest eradication

... Center (FIC) and the Tufts University School of medicine (TUSM) will participate in the celebration. ... in the Department of Public Health and Family medicine at TUSM, repurposed a rinderpest vaccine that ... graduating from the Cummings School of Veterinary medicine at Tufts, Mariner developed a solution using the ...

UCLA researchers discover new molecular pathway for targeting cancer, disease

... formation," said Farhad Parhami, a professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of medicine at UCLA and the study's principal investigator. ... sciences at the David Geffen School of medicine at UCLA. "This has great potential in offering ...

$29.4 million grant establishes CTSI at NYU in partnership with Health and Hospitals Corporation

... York, NY July 14, 2009 NYU and NYU School of medicine received a $29.4 million, five-year Clinical and ... With this grant, NYU, the NYU School of medicine and HHC will become part of a network of 46 ... and scientists at NYU and its School of medicine and builds upon the historical partnership which ...

Mount Sinai's Dr. Benjamin tenOever to be honored by White House

... Award reflects the priority Mount Sinai School of medicine places on discoveries that have immediate impact ... and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of Mount Sinai School of medicine and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs ... He then joined the staff at Mount Sinai School of medicine in the Department of Microbiology. About The ...

Army study improves ability to predict drinking water needs

... the US Army Research Institute of Environmental medicine talks about new ... ... according to Dr. Cheuvront. The Institute of medicine has also expressed interest in improving the ... public heath, military, occupational and sports medicine settings," the authors wrote. The equation can be ...

Pitt team first to profile genes in acutely ill idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients

... at the University of Pittsburgh School of medicine and UPMC, the research published today in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care medicine addresses a dilemma in IPF care that currently ... Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care medicine at Pitt School ...

CWRU receives $5 million from Ohio Third Frontier Commission

... 25, 2009 The Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative medicine (CSCRM), comprised of Case Western Reserve ... grant benefiting stem cell and regenerative medicine in Ohio. "This funding provides CSCRM the ... education programs on stem cells and regenerative medicine for middle school through graduate level ...

A urine test for appendicitis?

... when the condition is missed. Now, emergency medicine physicians and scientists at the Proteomics ... online June 23 by the Annals of Emergency medicine . Despite improvement in imaging technologies, ... by Richard Bachur, MD, acting chief of emergency medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, Hanno Steen, PhD, ...

NIH funds $9.5 million for research on HIV and the human innate immune system

... Case Western Reserve University School of Dental medicine will use a five-year, $9.5 million grant from the ... A multidisciplinary team from dentistry and medicine will discover why HIV-infected humans receiving ... chemistry, HIV immunology, dermatology, oral medicine and genetics. Along with Weinberg, project ...

Faculty of Translational Medicine boosts support for biomedical researchers

... A new Faculty of Translational medicine has been launched to increase support for, and ... to network with others working in translational medicine Professor Graham Lord, Deputy Director of ... Committee said, 'The new Faculty of Translational medicine will underpin our exciting interdisciplinary ...

USC researchers present diabetes findings at American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions

... 4, 2009---Researchers from the Keck School of medicine of the University of Southern California will ... June 5 9 in New Orleans, LA. Keck School of medicine of USC faculty, students and post-doctoral ... Exercise Anne Peters, M.D., professor of medicine and director, USC Westside Center for Diabetes ...

Combined stem cell-gene therapy approach cures human genetic disease in vitro

... Studies, has catapulted the field of regenerative medicine significantly forward, proving in principle that ... and director of the Center of Regenerative medicine in Barcelona (CMRB), Spain. "The hope in the ... from the California Institute Regenerative medicine (CIRM) to pursue research aimed at translating ...

Continuous glucose monitoring technology -- special issue of Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

... Technology & Therapeutics , and Professor of medicine and Pediatrics from the University of Colorado ... University of Southern California Keck School of medicine (Los Angeles), points out some of the drawbacks ... MD, from the University of Miami Miller School of medicine (Florida), reviews the history of CGM in an ...

Study may aid efforts to prevent uncontrolled cell division in cancer

... the University of California, San Diego School of medicine have uncovered a remarkable property of the ... and the Department of Cellular and Molecular medicine at UC San Diego School of medicine and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center. "Because of ...

Gene therapy could expand stem cells' promise

... of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell ... and the Bruce Webster Professor of Internal medicine and Professor of Genetic medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Stem cells ...

Study finds link between hot flashes and lower bone density in women

... associate clinical professor of general internal medicine and health services research; Gail A. Greendale, professor of medicine in geriatrics; and Yan Zheng, of the division of general internal medicine and health services research, are available for ...

Georgetown University's Howard J. Federoff, M.D., Ph.D. receives Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award

... Services and Executive Dean of the School of medicine at Georgetown University. The Award is named ... at the University of Colorado School of medicine and ASNTR founding president. Recent past ... Oncology and Genetics and Professor of Neurology, medicine Microbiology and Immunology at the University of ...

Chemical found in medical devices impairs heart function

... at the Johns Hopkins University School of medicine have found that a chemical commonly used in the ... physiology and anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins. "I'm a chocoholic, and after my ... fellow in anesthesiology and critical care medicine suspected that the trigger for these side effects ...

New technology shows promise against resistant staph infections

... NY) Scientists at Albert Einstein College of medicine of Yeshiva University have combined their ... professor of physiology & biophysics and of medicine at Einstein, and his son, Adam Friedman, M.D., an ... M.D., associate professor in the departments of medicine and microbiology & immunology at Einstein. NO ...

Older men more likely than women to die after pneumonia

... findings, published online in the Critical Care medicine journal, may have important implications for ... professor in the Department of Critical Care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of medicine and corresponding author of the study. The ...

Athletes with asthma need more help from their team trainers

... American College of Sports Medicine's journal, medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise . "We wanted to ... Parsons, clinical assistant professor of internal medicine at Ohio State University. "Evidence has shown ... Medical Center. Pulmonary and sports medicine researchers sent electronic surveys, with ...

Translating the conversation between the brain and blood vessels

... Research Center at the Carver College of medicine at the University of Iowa. He is a past-president ... Association, a former editor of Physiology in medicine ( Annals of Internal medicine ) and past president of the Association of ...

3 prominent Cell Press journals named among the 100 most influential journals in past 100 years

... (SLA) Top 100 Journals in Biology and medicine of the past century. The Top 100 list is ... on the most influential journals in biology and medicine over the last century. The "Journal of the ... the 100 most influential journals of biology and medicine over the 100 years of SLA's existence. Cell , ...

Three prominent Cell Press journals named among the 100 most influential journals in past 100 years

... (SLA) Top 100 Journals in Biology and medicine of the past century. The Top 100 list is ... on the most influential journals in biology and medicine over the last century. The "Journal of the ... the 100 most influential journals of biology and medicine over the 100 years of SLA's existence. Cell , ...

Two-day symposium in Baltimore to tackle the promises and perils of proton radiotherapy

... radiotherapy -- a 70-year-old idea that bridges medicine and particle physics. Spearheaded by the AAPM ... by the American Association of Physicists in medicine (AAPM), "A Symposium on the Promise and Perils of ... of the American Association of Physicists in medicine (AAPM) to inform current and future practitioners ...

Jonathan Berg, M.D., Ph.D. awarded Richard King Trainee Award for Best in Genetics in Medicine

... his training in 2008 at the Baylor College of medicine and published "Microduplications of 22q11.2 are ... of his instrumental role in creating Genetics in medicine and serving as the first Editor-in-Chief of the ... in Medicine. The editorial board of Genetics in medicine will determine the winning trainee and ...

AIUM Presents 2009 Joseph H. Holmes Pioneer Awards

... Lawrence Platt, MD, of the David Geffen School of medicine at the University of California in Los Angeles, ... including the AIUM's Journal of Ultrasound in medicine . Dr Platt served as president of the AIUM ... maintains a private practice in maternal-fetal medicine and women's ultrasound in Los Angeles. Basic ...

AIUM presents 2009 Memorial Hall of Fame awards

... radiology training at Albert Einstein College of medicine in New York and was chief of radiology at Lincoln ... degree from the University of Colorado School of medicine in 1948. Dr Thompson is a former president of the ... of the World Federation for Ultrasound in medicine and Biology. He is regarded by many as the ...

Sihoun Hahn, M.D., Ph.D., FACMG is the 2009-2010 Luminex/ACMGF Award recipient

... and the University of Washington School of medicine the 2009-2010 Luminex/ACMGF Award at the American ... of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics and Genomic medicine at the University of Washington School of medicine and Director, Biochemical and Molecular Genetics ...

CHIs 5th Biomarker World Congress: Signature Event with Cutting-Edge Agenda

... Assay Development Personalized medicine Clinical Pharmacology Translational medicine Safety Assessment Clinical Trials ... The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular medicine and Genetics, The University of Texas, Health ...

To fight drug addiction, UB researchers target the brain with nanoparticles

... Photonics and Biophotonics and UB's Department of medicine have developed a stable nanoparticle that ... the study's co-authors in the UB Department of medicine say this highly translational research strongly ... Immunology and Rheumatology in the UB School of medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and a co-author on the ...

Exploring the dynamic relationship between health and environment

... to increased food security and provide sources of medicine that can be incorporated into mainstream health ... and Jane Carlton of New York University School of medicine and Langone Medical Center will highlight the ... University). Lora Fleming (Miller School of medicine and Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric ...

K-State researchers help Epitopix license the United States' first E. coli O157 vaccine for cattle

... Thomson is the Jones Professor of Production medicine and Epidemiology in the department of clinical ... university distinguished professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology at K-State, and Guy Loneragan of ... in pathobiology and now a third-year veterinary medicine student, St. John; Ashley Thornton, a December ...

Empire State Stem Cell Board awards $12.7 million to Albert Einstein College of Medicine

... Cell Board has awarded Albert Einstein College of medicine of Yeshiva University funding for stem cell ... Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative medicine $971,489 Characterization of iPS using a novel ... assay. Mukesh Kumar, Ph.D., instructor in medicine $240,000 Manipulation of stem cells for ...

Healthy food availability could depend on where you live -- so does the quality of your diet

... 2008 issue of the American Journal of Preventive medicine . "Place of residence plays a larger role in ... . In the American Journal of Preventive medicine , Franco, along with colleagues from the Johns Hopkins School of medicine and the University of Michigan, examined the ...

Plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 -- a potential link between heart failure and diabetes

... the March 2009 issue of Experimental Biology and medicine , implicate PAI-1 overexpression, known to ... student, Dr. David J. Schneider, Professor of medicine and Director of the Cardiology and Vascular Biology Units, and Dr. Burton E. Sobel, Professor of medicine and Director of the Cardiovascular Research ...

Springer to publish Reproductive Medicine and Biology

... Reproductive medicine and Biology publishes original research articles ... editorial board. Imai said, " Reproductive medicine and Biology will continue to be active in ... F. Curtis, Executive Vice President, Clinical medicine at Springer, said, "Springer welcomes the ...

New target for medicine to combat Alzheimer's: VIB scientists confirm protein's key role

... pieces incorrectly. GPR3: target for new medicine Several years ago, Bart De Strooper and other ... molecule for the eventual development of a new medicine against Alzheimer's disease. The majority of all ... Further research and development of this medicine will be carried out by the Flemish biotechnology ...