Leading Plastic Surgeons at Duke Adopt SPY
SPY Used to Plan and Optimize Reconstruction Surgery TORONTO, May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Novadaq(R) Technologies Inc. (TSX: NDQ), a developer of real-time imaging and image guidance systems for use in the operating room, announced today that plastic surgeons at Duke University Ho...Killer competition: Neurons duke it out for survival
The developing nervous system makes far more nerve cells than are needed to ensure target organs and tissues are properly connected to the nervous system. As nerves connect to target organs, they somehow compete with each other resulting in some living and some dying. Now, using a combination of c...UNC, Duke lead first statewide shaken baby prevention research project in US
CHAPEL HILL Child abuse prevention experts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Injury Prevention Research Center and School of Medicine and Duke University Medical Center will undertake a $7 million statewide shaken baby prevention project. The project, the largest and most co...Video: Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Gives $6 Million Grant to Duke
$12 million total funding to PBTF Institute at Duke accelerates search for cure ASHEVILLE, N.C., May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF) is giving an additional $6 million grant to its research institute at Duke University, ...Angelman Syndrome Foundation Takes Major Step Toward Furthering Research Efforts
...the potential to positively affect more than 12 million people. Quotes Attributed to Michael D. Ehlers, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology at duke University Medical Center: - "The creation of the Angelman Treatment and Research Institute is exciting and timely. - "The priorities as ...Stroke Doubles Risk of Hip, Thigh Fractures
...hitson, an assistant professor of medicine in the division of geriatrics at duke University, who reported similar findings in a study of Veterans Administra...er E. Whitson, M.D., assistant professor, medicine, division of geriatrics, duke University, Durham, N.C.; Aug. 6, 2009, Stroke , online ...Cold, Flu or Pneumonia? Answer May Lie in Blood Test
...e study's lead author, Dr. Aimee Zaas, an infectious diseases specialist at duke University in Durham, N.C. "A detailed reading of that response, using g... -- Robert Preidt SOURCE: duke University, news release, Aug. 6, 2009 ...Scientists Learn How Cancer Drugs Cause Hypertension
...Dr. Thomas Coffman, a professor of medicine, cell biology and immunology at duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., said in a school news release. "... -- Robert Preidt SOURCE: duke University Medical Center, news release, Aug. 3, 2009 ...Duska Therapeutics Licenses Portfolio of Heart Failure Drugs From Duke and Johns Hopkins
Lead Candidate Set for Phase II Clinicals LA JOLLA, Calif., June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Duska Therapeutics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DSKA) ("Duska" or the "Company"), announced today that it has been granted an exclusive, worldwide license from Duke University and Johns H...Leading Experts Endorse Bioheart's Muscle Stem Cell MyoCell Therapy
...ing the panel discussion, Dr. Christopher O'Connor, Director Heart Center, duke University Medical Center commented on the MARVEL program "We believe it i... are all very optimistic. Thomas Povsic, Assistant Professor of Medicine, duke University Medical Center worked directly with the investigational sites o...deCODE-led Megastudy Finds New Genetic Clues to Causes of Schizophrenia
...he University of Heidelberg, the University of Bonn, the University Medical Center of Utrecht, Nijmegen Medical Center, the University of Verona, the duke University Center for Population Genomics and Pharmacogenetics and the University of Sichuan, China. Follow up cohorts included those from Aarhus Uni...School of Dentistry Studies Link Between Oral Health and Memory
...e grant with gerontologist Bei Wu, Ph.D., formerly of WVU and now a researcher at the University of North Carolina ; Brenda L. Plassman, Ph.D., of duke University , a nationally recognized scientist in the field of memory research; and Jersey Liang, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Michigan . ...Top Medical Research Centers Form Velos Advisory Group for Service-Oriented Architecture
...ure (SOA). Five other leading academic medical centers and research institutions have helped to form this group. These include Columbia University , duke University , University of Kansas , University of Miami and UT Southwestern Medical Center. The Advisory Group will collaborate with Velos to creat...Scientific Data Relating to Cinryze(TM) Presented at 6th Annual C1 Inhibitor Deficiency Workshop
.... Abstract book page 46: Subcutaneous Infusion of Cinryze in Pigs From the laboratory of Dr. Michael Frank at duke University , Dr. H. Jiang et al. described the results of a comparative pharmacokinetic study of subcutaneous and intravenous doses of C1 Inhibitor in...Symposium to discuss geoengineering to fight climate change at the ESA Annual Meeting
...gh the benefits. "The bigger the scale of the approach, the riskier it is for the environment," says session organizer Robert Jackson , director of duke University's Center on Global Change. Global alterations of Earth's natural cycles have too many uncertainties to be viable with our current level of ...Most older long-term cancer survivors have poor health habits
... estimate the prevalence of poor health habits in this population. Participants were recruited through the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry, the duke Cancer Registry, and self-referral. The study included telephone interviews to determine individuals' eligibility for a diet and exercise interventio...Carnegie Mellon team makes sequestration recommendations
... barriers to large-scale deployment of carbon sequestration. The CCSReg project is supported by a $1.85-million grant from the New York-based Doris duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) with additional support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). In addition to investigators at Carnegie Mellon, the ...Forest fire prevention efforts will lessen carbon sequestration, add to greenhouse warming
...ions , a professional journal. The lead author was Stephen Mitchell, who conducted the work as part of his doctoral thesis while at OSU, and is now at duke University. Among the findings: Fuel reduction treatments that have been proposed to reduce wildfire severity also reduce the carbon stored in...Finding the constant in bacterial communication
...rom their surrounding environment. Even though there are millions of different kinds of bacteria with their own ways of sensing the world around them, duke University bioengineers believe they have found a principle common to all of them. The researchers said that a more complete understanding of comm...Ferns took to the trees and thrived
...es diversity. "The canopy is there and -- boom -- diversification," said duke University researcher Eric Schuettpelz, who is completing a post-doctoral f...hat ferns experienced three distinct pulses of species diversification, the duke team's analysis shows that there was a fourth, roughly corresponding with t...Dolphins get a lift from delta wing technology
...ith water; the hydrodynamic lift that they generate, the drag that they experience or their hydrodynamic efficiency. Laurens Howle and Paul Weber from duke University teamed up with Mark Murray from the United States Naval Academy and Frank Fish from West Chester University, to find out more about the hyd...Autonomous robot detects shrapnel
... DURHAM, N.C. Bioengineers at duke University have developed a laboratory robot that ...n the laboratory of Stephen Smith, director of the duke University Ultrasound Transducer Group and senior ...ting detailed, 3-D moving images in real-time. The duke team has a long track record of modifying traditio...Rosenstiel students come out on top
...students, Sean Bignami and Kevin V. Brix, received Honorable Mentions from the NSF. Cunning, a native of Indianapolis, Ind., graduated in 2007 from duke University with a degree in Biology and Environmental Science. Prior to joining Baker's lab at the Rosenstiel School, Cunning studied the microbial e...Semiconducting nanotubes produced in quantity at Duke
DURHAM, N.C. -- After announcing last April a method for growing exceptionally long, straight, numerous and well-aligned carbon cylinders only a few atoms thick, a Duke University-led team of chemists has now modified that process to create exclusively semiconducting versions of these single-walle...Linux and Windows duke it out at ITEC
MILWAUKEE Advocates of Windows and open-source software vied for the support of an audience at the concluding presentation of Wednesdays session of the ITEC conference in Milwaukee. Marc Rassbach, principle of Milestone R/D Labs , said that open-source software provides a technically superior ...Laureate Pharma Appoints Daniel E. Leone as Vice President of Business Development
... Hoechst's Research and Technology Division where he was responsible for general management of several early stage businesses. Dan earned an MBA from duke University and Masters and Bachelors degrees in Chemical Engineering from Manhattan College. About Laureate Pharma Laureate Pharma is a f...Free Webinar on Safer Clinical Hand-Offs Offered by Compirion Healthcare
...Compirion's top nurse clinicians, Clinical Consultant Joyce Jefferies, RN, MSN. Jefferies is currently wrapping up a house-wide improvement project at duke University Hospital, where she worked with Inpatient units to improve outcomes, as well as to decrease Outpatient Length of Stay by increasing t...Regado Biosciences Expands Medical Advisory Board
...visory Board), Professor of Medicine and Director, duke Clinical Research Institute, duke University, Durham, North Carolina Paul W.... Director of the Cardiovascular Thrombosis Center, duke Clinical Research Institute, ...New Report Just Published: World Prostate Cancer Therapeutics Market Report
...c Health Service and Neurocrine II-86 Astex Collaborates with CRT and Newcastle University for New Drug Discovery II-86 Miraculins and duke University Enter into Collaboration II-86 Bayer Receives Rights to Prostate Cancer and Transplantation Drug Test from Abbott II-86 Encoriu...Biocept, Inc. Announces Two New Director Appointments
... Masters Degrees in International Relations and Business Administration from the University of Southern California and an Undergraduate Degree from duke University . She became a certified public accountant in 1961. Daniel Petree has over 20 years of experience in the biotechnology industry, serv...Nanobiotech Center Wins $2.5 Million, 4-Year Grant
...rowth and job creation across the state." In accord with the Center of Innovation program's statewide purview, the COIN core group now includes duke University , North Carolina State University , the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC-Charlotte . COIN is one of four Cente...Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
...e based on a chemical imbalance of the brain, or that SSRIs effectively handle this chemical imbalance. Allen J. Frances, professor of psychiatry at duke University Medical Center writes: "psychiatrys claim that mental illnesses are brain diseases... is not true. There are no objective diagnostic tests ...