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Nobel Prize for Medicine shared by Three scientists

...o as slow synaptic transmission," according to the award citation. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute said that these discoveries had been crucial for an understanding of the normal function of the brain and have resulted in the development of new drugs and anti-depressants like Prozac. The studie...

Award for TTK Chitra heart valve prosthesis

...cal Science and Technology have bagged theNational award for successful commercialization of indigenous technology 2001 for developing artificial heart valve prosthesis.It is a tilting disc valve design incorporating a metallic housing, which is integrally machined from a cobalt based wrought alloy. The ci...

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc awarded the prestigious outstanding supplier award received from Wal-Mart

...r of Sales for RPI , Bill Winter has said that the award is something everyone at Ranbaxy has worked very hard to achieve and that all members of the team should be very proud of the accomplishment. He also said that in the future Ranbaxy would continue to focus on R&D promising to make significant progres...

Magsaysay Award for Dr.Shanta from Chennai Cancer Institute

...nal and international awards. On hearing about the award she said: "It's something nice for me and the Institute.” She is a member of the WHO advisory committee on cancer, has to her credit, 95 publications in national and international journals. This annual awards is Asia's version of the Nobel Prize. I...

Scientists Awarded Appropriately For Contribution Towards Medical Research

...s. These scientists are entitled to receive a cash award of $50,000 from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation that would be presented on Friday in New York. The prize for basic medical research will be shared by Ernest McCulloch and James Till of the Ontario Cancer Institute and the University of Toronto...

Indian Doctor in World's 65 'caring' doctors

... Dr.Malik has been bestowed with B.C. Roy national award and has organized free health check-ups and treatment camps under the National Health Foundation, a charity trust. He also spearheaded a movement against female feticide in India....

UN To Honor People Who Fight AIDS

... United Nations which has created a new award. The award will be presented to five people in 2006 for the f...S orphans. Twenty others will also receive cash award for community work in combating the epidemic. 'Communities lie at the forefront of addressing the ...

Hyderabad Firm To Manufacture Tamiflu In India

...ross South East Asia and Africa. Commenting on the award of the license, Srinivas Reddy, Director, Hetero Drugs said, "For India, we will make 100, 000 capsules by the end of this month and the remaining 900, 0000 by the end of January." Hetero is on target to manufacture 20 million capsules of Tamiflu for...

A new database exclusively for autism

... a period of three years and has also announced an award of $2,266,000 for the first year for the best research done on autism. Mark Roithmayr, president of Autism Speaks said that this was a very good way of initiating innovative research in the disorder. This database would be of great use to the thou...

Distinguished Scientist Award Conferred on University of Rochester Scientists for Work on Preventing Cavities

...is a microbiologist. They have been conferred this award for their work on ways to stop microorganisms that...nology, has been conferred the Senior Investigator award for a lifetime of achievement. Koo is a dentist and his work is focused on ways to stop Streptococcu...

US Academy honors 15 for major contributions to science

...uences, and for phylogenetic reconstructions." The award carries a medal and a prize of $ 25,000. Gibbs Br...ation society rules on scientific principles." The award carries a medal and prize of $20,000. NAS Award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the Prevention...

$ 1.7 Million NYSTAR Award for Binghamton University to Flex Electronics Research Muscle.

...the Binghamton University has received the coveted award of $1.7 million from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) to assist // hastening of the Microelectronics Research in the roll-to-roll format. NYSTAR’S CAT Development program is responsible for funding such...

Detecting Epidemics using statistics

...es of Health has awarded the $3 million, five-year award of national Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) grants to // the Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care-led research team. The goal of this project is to develop powerful mathematical and statistical modeling techniqu...

Nursing A Threat : NHS Nurses May Stage A Royal Protest

...ke on the NHS Pay Review 2006, recommends the pay award to be in line with the 2% inflation target. This has led to widespread anger and disaapointment amongst the nursing community. The decision about the Pay Award will be made in early March. The RCN has put forth the Pay Hike requirement of an above ...

John Mendelsohn M.D, chosen for an International Award

...f patients with cancer. I am pleased to share this award with Dr. Schlessinger whom I have known for many years as a pioneer in the field of growth factor signaling. We have published one research article together." This 2006, “Future Dimension Award” focuses on Cancer Therapy and according to the founda...

OpenMED Nominated For Stockholm Challenge 2006 Award

...mmunication technology (ICT) entrepreneurs and its award is given away in the Swedish capital in the summer. It aims to show how IT "can improve living conditions and increase economic growth in all parts of the world". Over the years, some 3,000 projects have been submitted for this award. Finalists a...

Satyam Stops Conducting HIV Tests On Employees To Prevent Discrimination

...ich recently won a corporate social responsibility award from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, has already taken up initiatives aimed at creating public awareness, especially among the youth. The foundation under its HIV awareness campaign plans to cover 200,000 professionals i...

Advance Funeral For AIDS-infected South African

...g about Zimba's plans. Zimba, who received a top award for community work in the country's Gauteng Province in 2004, told the newspaper he had tried to kill himself several times after he was diagnosed with the disease. More than five million South Africans are infected with HIV/AIDS. Few people disclo...

Developer Of Vaccine For Cancer Granted A Prestigious Fellowship

...omes on top// of his recent Australian of the Year award for his work in developing a vaccine for cervical cancer. Under the Smart State Premier's Fellowship, Professor Ian Frazer will get $250,000 a year for the next five years for his UQ Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research at Brisbane’s Princess Al...

Assam's Floating Hospital To Render Medical Services To Islanders

...th the India Country-level Development Marketplace award of $20,000 (Rs.900,000), Hazarika and other C-NES workers could realise their dream of treating the unreachable under-privileged sections of the state. Primarily used as a documentation and health campaign vehicle during the lean season, the boat i...

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