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Aussie Nobel Prize Winners Receive Their Awards

Professor Barry Marshall and Doctor Robin Warren, the Australian Nobel Prize winners for medicine received their awards from the King of Sweden in a glitzy ceremony at Stockholm yesterday. // The Nobel Committe was unequivocal in praising the team for their belief in their concept. Professor Marshall and Dr Warren were of the opinion that stomach ulcers are caused by bacteria and not b...

Prestigious Gairdner Awards for medical research in 2006 Goes To Two Yale biologists

Two Yale Biologists and three other scientists will receive The Gairdner International Awards, 2006, among the most coveted awards in science, for their exemplary// research on RNAs, cell motility and hormones. The awards will be presented on October 26, in Toronto. John Dirks, president of the Gairdner Foundation said 'The 2006 awards honor outstanding achievements in our understandi...

US, Indian Doctors Bag Thai Medical Awards

Four doctors from the US and India received the Prince Mahidol Award 2006 from Thailand's King Bhumibol Aulyadej here for their contribution// to medical and public health services. They received the award Wednesday for their achievements in the discovery, introduction and widespread use of oral re-hydration solution (ORS) or oral re-hydration therapy (ORT). Stanley G. Sch...

The President Gives Away National Disability Awards

The President of India, Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam gave away National Disability Awards to the persons who have excelled in various walks of life despite their disabilities here// today on the International Day of Disabled Persons. Addressing the awardees, he said that it was very important to recognize creative disabled persons from different walks of life. ‘Special people are our asset becau...

Majority of Padma Awards Go to Doctors from Delhi

President of India - Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam released Padma awards - Padma Vibhushan,// Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri - on the eve of the Republic Day. According to the procedure, an ‘Awards Committee’ makes the final recommendations on awardees after receiving "recommendations" from various sources like state governments / UTs, central ministries and departments and i...

WHO Awards Prequalification Status to the First UAE Approved Vaccine

The first ever vaccine approved by the UAE Ministry of Health (MOH) against highly contagious rotavirus has been recently awarded with a //prequalification status by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is the first time a vaccine against rotavirus gastroenteritis has received such clearance. The WHO prequalification endorses the Rotarix quality, safety and efficacy, and its ability t...

Bio-Rad Gets Life Science Industry Awards – 200

International life sciences magazine - ‘The Scientist’ announced the winners of the 2007 Life Science Industry Awards//. The awards have been instituted to honor "best-in-class" companies in the life sciences. The Life Science Industry Awards are given to top life science suppliers for their outstanding and unparalleled performance. They have been instituted by The Scientist magazine, w...

Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $710,000 to Understanding of Parkinson's Disease Subtypes

NEW YORK, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research announced $710,000 in total funding to seven research teams for projects leveraging existing data and patient populations to initially characterize Parkinson's disease subtypes -- distinct forms of the disease that may differ in onset, progression and response to treatment. "One of the most frustrating aspects of Park...

Ontario Court Awards Compensation To Paralyzed Worker

A polish migrant in Canada has termed as thrilling and relieving, after four tough years a court victory that entitles him to a compensation of 130, 000 US dollars. Ryszard Kolbuc won a lawsuit challenging his insurer Ace Ina Insurer ,when they refused to pay him accident coverage after he got paralyzed, during work. The incident that led to his incapacitation was an insect bite b...

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 Better Value Fitness and Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd to create new premium health and fitne...

NIH Awards Emory $3.6 Million for Schizophrenia Gene Research

The National Institute of Mental 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 Human Genetics. Schizophrenia is a severe and c...

Indian Projects Win Top Ashden Awards

Two Indians -- one from Kerala and the other from Bangalore -- are among the winners of the 2007 Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy. Saji Das from Biotech in Kerala was the first prize winner of the Food Security Award (30,000 pounds) for developing and installing biogas plants in Kerala that use food waste which is often left out in the streets to rot, to generate gas for cookin...