Gujarat Health Minister Ashok Bhatt Admitted To Hospital

Gujarat Health Minister Ashok Bhatt was admitted to U N Mehta hospital in the city this morning after he complained of chest pain, hospital sources said. // Bhatt was rushed to the cardiology hospital at the Civil Hospital campus, from his residence in Gandhingar. The Minister had underg...

Ben Shappley Joins Amedica's Leadership Team

...tries will provide significant skills to grow our spinal and orthopaedic implant business." "It is my pleasure to welcome Ben to Amedica," said ashok C. Khandkar, Ph.D., Vice Chairman of Amedica Corporation. "With Ben joining our team and leading operations and commercialization efforts, our busine...

LSUHSC research finds single gene controls growth of some cancers

... New Orleans, LA Research led by ashok Aiyar, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, showing that a single gene can control growth in cancers re...

M2SYS Fingerprint Biometrics System Selected by VinDec Enterprise Solutions to Verify Blood Donors

...ated. "With manual identification procedures, it became very difficult for us to differentiate between genuine blood donors and proxy donors," Dr ashok Agarwal, President of Allahabad Medical Association. "In addition to safeguarding our patients by ensuring the accurate identification of donors, we ...

Study Links Internal Source of Aging and Skin Damage

...derstanding of skin biology and the internal contributors to skin damage and aging are leading to novel technologies for cosmeceutical products," said ashok Pahwa, chief marketing officer at Nu Skin. "Nu Skin invests significant resources in research and development to be able to market exclusive anti-agin...

Texas and North Carolina Students Tackle Lifesaving Research in Chemistry and Genetics, Taking Home the Grand Prize at Nation's Premier High School Science Competition

...000 scholarship - Nityan Nair, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York $30,000 scholarship - James Meixiong, Evans, Georgia $20,000 scholarship - ashok Cutkosky, Columbia, Missouri $10,000 scholarship - Hayden C. Metsky, Millburn, New Jersey Teams $50,000...

Urologists report success using robot-assisted surgery for urinary abnormality

... WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. ashok Hemal, M.D., a urologic surgeon from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and colleagues have reported success using robot-assisted laparosc...

Surviving breast cancer 'is not enough,' warns Breast Cancer Campaign

... medical research is in their hands along with our lives. Keynote presentations were given by Dr Dennis Slamon, University of California, Professor ashok Venkitaraman, University of Cambridge and Dr Penelope Hopwood, University of Manchester with abstracts from some of the countrys leading breast cancer...

Scientists at Yale provide explanation for how cancer spreads

... Pawelek, a researcher in the Department of Dermatology at Yale School of Medicine and at Yale Cancer Center, who conducted the studies with colleague ashok K. Chakraborty and several other Yale scientists. Although we know a vast amount about cancer, how a cancer cell becomes metastatic still remains a my...

When It Comes to Memory, It's All About Location

...linked to memory. When humans or animals learn and store information in their memory, these connections between cells become stronger or weaker, ashok Hegde, associate professor of neurolobiology and anatomy at Wake Forest, said in a prepared statement. For example, if people learn to do something be...

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Grant supports LSUHSC research on how like cell receptor systems determine very different functions

...creasing or decreasing protein function specified by the scaffold. These phosphorylation targets are involved in the development of disease. Dr. ashok Pullikuth in Catling's lab has recently identified a protein that functions in the intracellular movement and cell division activity of growth factor ...

Researchers observe single protein dimers wavering between two symmetrically opposed structures

...ded structure that is determined by the energy balance between the amino acids that make them up. The group of Scripps Research Associate Professor ashok Deniz has conducted a series of studies that use novel fluorescence methods to show that both simple and complex proteins can swiftly change their str...

Scripps research scientists 'watch' as individual alpha-synuclein proteins change shape

...s rarely been so directly observed in proteins like alpha-synuclein, which are known to be unfolded in isolation, says the study's senior investigator ashok Deniz, an associate professor at The Scripps Research Institute. "We are intrigued to see such complex behavior," he says. "It is interesting that ...

UCR engineers to develop new tool to measure how environmental exposures affect health

...or we are developing would for the first time allow monitoring of over 40 components of diesel and gasoline exhaust simultaneously in real-time, said ashok Mulchandani , the principal investigator of the grant and a professor of chemical and environmental engineering. Some of these exhaust toxics have bee...

Genes, Environment and Health Initiative invests in genetic studies, environmental monitoring

... Markus Erbeldinger, Ph.D., ICx Agentase, Pittsburgh Enzyme Based Wearable Environmental Sensor Badge for Personal Exposure Assessment $331,000 ashok Mulchandani, Ph.D., University of California at Riverside, Riverside Wearable Nanosensor Array for Real-time Monitoring of Diesel and Gasoline Exhaus...

Saudi Arabia's KAUST and IIT, Bombay to Collaborate on Scientific Research

... mankind. Nadhmi A. Al-Nasr, Interim President of KAUST, and Professor ashok Misra, Director of IIT Bombay, signed the non-binding pledge to establish ...rmal research activities with KAUST," said IIT Bombays Director, Professor ashok Misra to produce breakthroughs in technology that have the possibility to ...

Scripps research study reveals structural dynamics of single prion molecules

...y focusing on single unfolded prions, we were able to define the dynamics of two distinct regions or domains that determine conversion dynamics," said ashok A. Deniz, a Scripps Research scientist who led the study. "Our research techniques can now be used to probe the structures of other amyloidogenic prot...

Stem cell activity deciphered in the aging brain

... including Alzheimer's disease, dementia and depression, by stimulating the brain's ability to produce new nerve cells, said senior study investigator ashok K. Shetty, Ph.D., professor of neurosurgery at Duke University Medical Center and medical research scientist at Durham VA Medical Center. Results ...

Fungus Effective Against Winged Termites

...veloping a biopesticide that could someday knock down large numbers of Formosan subterranean termites--before they ever take flight. Maureen Wright, ashok Raina and Alan Lax--researchers in the ARS Formosan Subterranean Termite Research Unit--have discovered a new strain of the fungus Metarhizium anisopl...

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Cliff Consulting, Inc. Adds Former Banking IT Executive Ashok Moorthy to Its Team

OAKLAND, Calif., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Marin resident and former Wells Fargo Executive Vice President Ashok Moorthy has joined Cliff Consulting, Inc., ( http://www.cliffconsulting.net ), a local firm that provides highly experienced project leadership to corporations and non-profits through...

Amedica Receives CE Mark for Valeo(TM) Ceramic Spinal Implant System Incorporating CSC Technology

...ds our ability to bring our portfolio of innovative spinal implant products to important markets in Europe, Asia and other regions of the world," said ashok Khandkar, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Amedica Corporation. "This achievement gives us the ability to begin to train physicians in Europe and ot...

Nu Skin Scientists Correlate the Appearance of Aging With arNOX Free Radical Generator

...ieve that there is sizable market potential for a product that inhibits arNOX activity, and thus slows the appearance of certain signs of aging," said ashok Pahwa, chief marketing officer at Nu Skin. "Additionally, the lines between personal care and nutrition are blurring," continued Pahwa. "Savvy consu...

Amedica Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Valeo(TM) Pedicle Screw System

...aleo Pedicle Screw System is another important milestone for Amedica," said ashok Khandkar, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Amedica Corporation. "Our pedic...mplants based on superior durability, performance and safety. Contact: ashok C. Khandkar Chief Executive Officer (801) 583-5100 Email: ak@amedicacor...

Amedica Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Valeo(TM) Cervical Plate

...re extremely pleased to receive FDA clearance of the Valeo CP system," said ashok Khandkar, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Amedica Corporation. "The clear...t implants based on superior durability, performance and safety. Contact: ashok C. Khandkar Chief Executive Officer (801) 583-5100 Email: ak@amedicacor...