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A Mechanical Prosthetic Close to the Real Thing

...obility, power and accuracy. In May, Didrick was awarded second prize in the History Channel's Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge, beating thousands of other entries to claim a $5,000 award. The X-Finger, which currently costs thousands of dollars per digit, might seem expensive to prospective buyers. B...

The Hospital Superbugs

...er Mullany at University College, London have been awarded over 1.6m pounds for one of the country's largest studies into C.difficile (C. diff). The work funded by the Medical Research Council, follows a scientific breakthrough by CHAI microbiologists that is set to revolutionise the genetic analysis of Cl...

Genetic Factors Behind Mosquitoes Resistance to Malaria Identified

... to get rid of it. Dr. Johann Deisenhofer, who was awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in chemistry for using X-ray crystallography to describe the structure of a protein involved in photosynthesis. The researchers are now planning to genetically manipulate the warhead to study its binding properties. Dr. Baxter...

Food Safety Chief Executed for Bribery in China

...review of about 170,000 medical licenses that were awarded during his tenure at the agency. At a news confe...review of about 170,000 medical licenses that were awarded during his tenure at the agency. At a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday the State Food and Dru...

Polish Nurses to End Street Camp Protest

...ar is the upholding of the pay increases that were awarded last year," said Krzysztof Bukiel, head of the OZZL doctors' union. Polish nurses earn the equivalent of 290-340 euros (390-450 dollars) a month, while the average pay packet for hospital doctors is 395 euros, not including overtime. The average ...

Scientists Demonstrate Heart Cell Replication in Mice

...proliferate," Nature Medicine quoted Kuhn, who was awarded the Young Investigator's Award for this research by the American College of Cardiology in March, as saying. Using a small patch fashioned from a sponge-like material called Gelfoam, the researchers then moved to experiments in rats with induced hea...

Annual Cancer Run Draws Huge Response in US

...e in the pink T-shirts and sporting the medallions awarded by the event organizers. In fact, pink was everywhere _ in bundles of helium-filled balloons, on foam pink rabbit ears many people sported, even in some of the food. Vendors handed out free pink baggies of Sun Chips. After the run, Eileen McDonnell...

Autism Case Hearing Still to Produce Clinching Evidence on Vaccine Linkage

...presumably including autism. The vaccine court has awarded several dozen such children over the past two decades. Michelle's parents might have brought their claim under this theory; according to her mother's testimony and medical records, she suffered an intermittent high fever, up to 106 degrees, and sever...

World's Oldest Man Says Sorry He's Still Alive

...eer born at the end of the century before last was awarded official recognition Monday as the world's newest oldest man, and joked he was sorry for still being alive. Tomoji Tanabe, a teetotaller who has repeatedly said that avoiding alcohol was a secret of his longevity, was given a certificate from the Gu...

IIT-Kharagpur the Leading Technology College in India: Survey

...ngineering colleges of the country. The ranks were awarded based on composite scores arrived on the basis of parameters like placements, infrastructure, academic environment, industry interface and HR perception. The survey found that over one-third of the engineering students from the top 100 engineering ...

Protein Targets for Carcinogenesis

...ko, Aaron Ciechanover and Irwin Rose who have been awarded the noble price for their work in 2004. In the current issue of Molecular Cell Prof. Ivan Dikic and his team from the institute of biochemistry II at the University of Frankfurt now describe a novel Ub conjugation reaction that might allow a more eff...

Indian Projects Win Top Ashden Awards

...n the Outstanding Achievement Award(15,000 pounds) awarded to a past winner whose work has accelerated since winning an award. In the words of the judges, "the way in which this visionary individual has demonstrated beyond doubt that it is possible to run a renewable energy business which is both a strikin...

'Walk of Shame' Triggers Toilet Consciousness

...on by virtue of using toilets and the sarpanch was awarded by district authorities. Kaushik, in his capacity as sarpanch of Bahtarai village, of which Dabena is a dependent village, decided to bring about a change there as well. A meeting was called with special emphasis for women to attend - the logic ...

Indian-born Australian Scientist Wins Award for Stem Cell Research

... is of "great relevance for India". The prize is awarded by BioMed North Limited, a not-for-profit agency for the management and commercialisation of intellectual property generated within the state of New South Wales (NSW). Sidhu, an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, has produced...

Prof Samir K Brahmachari, Dr MRS Rao Jointly Win Bio-medical Research Award

...amir K Brahmachari and Dr. MRS Rao will be jointly awarded the Dr B R Ambedkar Centenary Award for the year 2005 for their outstanding contribution in the field of bio-medical research. The award carries a cash prize of rupees one lakh. Besides, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has selected ...

Maggots Rid Patients of MRSA

...results in the journal Diabetes Care, has now been awarded a 98,000 grant by Diabetes UK to carry out a randomized controlled trial to compare this treatment with two others. "Maggots are the world's smallest surgeons. In fact they are better than surgeons - they are much cheaper and work 24 hours a day," ...

Florence Nightingale Nursing Award For Maj Gen Shashi Bala

... She has 37 years nursing experience and has been awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal in the past. She is an eminent researcher, academician and author of various aspects of nursing care....

NIH Awards Emory $3.6 Million for Schizophrenia Gene Research

...al Health of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Emory University School of Medicine a $3.6 million research grant to test schizophrenic patients for a recently discovered variation in the human genome. The project is led by Stephen T. Warren, PhD, Timmie Professor and chair of the Department of H...

Talwalkars Awards a Record $1 Million Order to Nautilus

US-based fitness giant Nautilus has been awarded a record order worth over $1 million by Talwalkars, India's largest chain of health centers . This is the biggest ever order placed with a single fitness equipment company in India. The order follows a joint venture agreement between Talwalkar Bett...

VA Should Revise Its Methods for Evaluating PTSD in Ex-military Personnel

...as revealed inconsistencies in compensation levels awarded across the country, raising questions about the effectiveness of the VA's current ways of assessing and rating this condition, and whether some veterans are getting payments that are too low, too high, or unmerited. The agency should develop new ev...

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