Genpathway and Baylor College of Medicine Identify New Genes in Breast Cancer
Researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have succeeded in mapping the unique patterns of neural activity produced by a wide range of odors, including vanilla, skunk, fish, urine, musk, and chocolate. Revealing these distinct ?but often overlapping ?patterns of neural activity represents a significant step in understanding how the brain translates complex signals from odorant receptor...Researcher at UGA College of Veterinary Medicine identifies new way of combating viral diseases
Four seemingly unrelated viral diseases may some day be defeated by a single treatment, according to a recent collaborative study involving researchers at the University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine. Their study focuses on viruses responsible for HIV, measles, Ebola and Marburg and includes investigators from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Centers for Disease C...Smooth sailing: 'cruise ship virus' tackled by UH, Baylor College of Medicine
You're on vacation, having fun sailing the seven seas, when your stomach starts rolling worse than the waves. Before you know it, nausea and vomiting have replaced shuffle board and sun-bathing. Unfortunately, it's a scenario that's becoming increasingly common on cruise ships. So common, in fact, that the National Institutes of Health's Western Regional Center of Excellence (RCE) for...Williams College biologist explores photosynthetic apparatus
The National Science Foundation has announced the award of $263,274 to Williams College biologist Claire Ting. It will support her work in exploring the structure, function and evolution of the photosynthetic apparatus in one of the most important marine primary producers of the world. Her project is titled "Photosynthetic Response to Abiotic Stress in Prochlorococcus, a Globally Importan...College students who pull 'all-nighters' and get no sleep more likely to have a lower GPA
"Sleep...Medical College lands $8.1M grant to detect bird flu, bioterror agents
The grant, which was awarded by the <a href="http...Medical College researchers receive new grants to enhance discovery of heart-protecting anesthetics
Zeljko Bosnjak, Ph.D., professor and vi...Rodney Dykehouse of Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin warns against tech for its own sake
For the CIO, implementing electronic medical r...Madison tech college to host Girl Tech 2007
The program, sponsored by area technology employers to encourage young women to consider future careers in science and technology, will feature hands-on technical acti...Medical College receives $377K to study brain disease
The research, which will be led by principal investigator Jeannette Vasquez Vivar, assistant professor of...Grant of $7 million for Orissa Medical College from Japan
Japan Thursday announced a grant of $7 million for upgrading a medical college in Orissa.// "The grant assistance would enable the Sardar Vallavbhai Patel Postgraduate Institute of Paediatrics (in Cuttack) to improve its medical facilities and effectively contribute towards dispensation of healthcare to a wider population," said a statement from the Japanese embassy. Notes c...Orissa To Get New Medical Colleges Soon
It is uncertain if a second medical college will ever come up in the Western Orissa region, but there is no dearth of expression of intentions on the part of the State government. Western Orissa Development Council (WODC), after // its failed negotiation with an Andhra Pradesh based entrepreneur, struck another deal on August 17th with a Delhi based businessman to set up private medical colleges...Kottayam Medical College To be Upgraded
Kottayam: The Kerala government has promised the people the financial support required to upgrade its medical facilities in government institutions // The Chief Minister inaugurated the Children's Cancer Care Centre and Paediatric Intensive Care unit at the Medical College Hospital, he said the government will contribute Rs 75 lakh and the rest will be through loan. He said that steps...Kasturba Medical College Organizes 'CME- Orth 2005' From 4th To 6th November
A Continuing Medical Education Programme 'CME- Orth 2005' is being organized by the Orthopedics department of Kasturba Hospital, Manipal from November 4 to 6. The programme includes course lectures,// clinical case discussions and demonstration of orthosis, prosthesis and radiological techniques. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. R S P Rao, Dean of Kasturba Medical College. Dr D...Disadvantaged Students May Not Go In For College Education
The Review of Policy Research has revealed why intelligent students who belong to communities that are disadvantaged are unable to utilize the college options// which are available to them. One reason for this is insufficient scholarship information available to them. The other reasons are group identity, self-contrast, and social identity, according to Jennifer A. Zimbroff, the author...Positive Aggrastat Results Featured in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
WINNIPEG, Manitoba - (July 11, 2007) Medicure Inc. (TSX:MPH;Amex:MCU), a cardiovascular focused, biopharmaceutical company,today announced that the two-year, follow-up results from theSTRATEGY (Single High-Dose Bolus Tirofiban and Sirolimus-ElutingStent Versus Abciximab and Bare Metal Stent In Acute MyocardialInfarct...Presentations at American College of Cardiology Meeting Highlight New Opportunities for HDL Therapy
Intravascular Ultrasound Demonstrates Utility in Evaluating DrugEfficacy; Dr. H. Bryan Brewer, Jr. Sees Enormous Potential for HDLTherapy PLEASANTON, CA, Mar 30, 2007 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network)-- Lipid Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIPD) Dr. H. Bryan Brewer, Jr.,Chief Scientific Director of Lipid Sciences, Inc., concluded fromthe wide range of presentations at the recent...