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The BIOS Initiative - open source biotechnology is born

In a publication today in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature, a team at CAMBIA in Canberra unveils the 'kernel' of the world's first 'explicit open source' biotechnolog...

Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative funds Yale project

Yale has been offered $17 million from the Grand Challenges in Global health initiative to genetically engineer mice with immune systems similar enough to humans to aid in testing the safety and effectiveness of potential vaccines. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Yale project will be headed by Richard A. Flavell, M.D., Sterling Professor and Chair of Immunobiology at...

Yale participates in global human genome initiative

Yale is a founding member of the Genome-Wide RNAi Global Initiative, an alliance of top international biomedical research centers formed to speed scientific and medical discoveries that target genes of the entire human genome. The initiative is sponsored by , manufacturer of the first complete human genome siRNA library, or compilation of sho...

Two NIH initiatives launch intensive efforts to find roots of common diseases

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the creation of two new, closely related initiatives to speed up research on the causes of common diseases such as asthma, arthritis and Alzheimer's disease. One initiative boosts funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a multi-institute effort to identify the genetic and environmental underpinnings of common...

Major initiative proposed to address amphibian crisis

Fifty of the leading amphibian researchers in the world have called for a new Amphibian Survival Alliance, a $400 million initiative to help reduce and prevent amphibian declines and extinctions, an ecological crisis of growing proportion that is continuing to get worse. In a policy statement to be published Friday in the journal Science, the scientists say that 32 percent of all amphibian specie...

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GE Launches Women's Health Initiative

GE Medical Systems is launching a national tour designed to educate women about the importance of their own health and wellness. The "GE Women's Health & Wellness Tour" will kick off its cross-country journey September 17 in San Francisco. "Empowering women with information about medical screening and prevention is the first step to making a more proactive approach to managing their h...

Handicapping Milwaukee's wireless initiative

Mary Glass of , who developed the symposium and is championing the issue for Milwaukee neighborhoo...

WHIE receives state eHealth Initiative contract

The funds will allow WHIE, created in 2005 as a not-for-profit 501c3 entity, to develop its governance structure and administrative staff. To monitor the beginnings of pote...

Healthcare quality initiative shuns high-tech for now

The WCHQ will be part of a federal pilot project to develop a practical method of collecting performance data from physician pr...

State initiative prepares Wisconsin IT systems for a disaster

Wisconsin may never have a disaster on the scale of September 11 or Hurricane Katrina, but technology experts in state government are making continuity plans to ensure the Badger State responds more like New York City than New Orleans. The state's Enterprise Emergency Management Planning Project, conceived following September 11, was outlined during the Fu...

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New initiative launched to fight malaria by repelling mosquitoes

Researchers from Vanderbilt University had launched a new research project to prevent the spread of malaria by // repelling the mosquitoes from attacking the people. The research will aim to use the odor cues that attract mosquitoes and deflect it from biting the human populations. Malaria is a disease caused by parasites and is spread by the mosquitoes that bite an infected person a...

Pink Shawl Project is a unique initiative

It is a well-known fact that October is designated as the Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is a sad commentary on the health sector that despite the exponential morbidity and mortality associated with breast cancer//, very few men and women are aware of what actually happens, what are the risk factors and what is to be done in case they come across a lump. In America, Evelyn H. Lauder,...

A New Initiative To Fight Childhood Obesity

In a novel initiative to combat the spread of childhood obesity, The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint initiative// of the William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association, has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Nickelodeon's award-winning Let's Just Play pro-social campaign. The three organisations are combining forces on a comprehensive med...

Child-friendly initiative For Lead-Based Paint Work: EPA, USA

UNITED STATES: Lead poisoning in children is a major health hazard. More-so when homes use lead-based paint. The EPA has taken a lead to reduce lead // poisonings in children, by suggesting new requirements to contractors and construction professionals. For a good many years, Lead, a highly toxic metal has been used as a component in paint. Lead is known to cause a spectrum of health proble...

Biotechnology Initiatives Planned In Hyderabad

An international institute of life sciences is to be launched in the Indian city of Hyderabad, establishing its position as the country’s biotechnology hub. // This will be a biotech incubation center meant for start-ups, and an animal resource facility which will come up to international standards, at the Genome Valley. Over 50 biotech firms, including several multinationals, have a...

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Arterial Plaque Significantly Reduced in Women Age 50-59 Taking Hormones, Says New Analysis of Women's Health Initiative Data

Fourth Study to Indicate that Early Use of Estrogen May beCardio-Protective PHOENIX, June 20, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new analysisof Women's Health Initiative data published in the New EnglandJournal of Medicine, shows significant reduction in calcifiedplaque for women aged 50 to 59 using hormone therapy (HT) comparedwith women taking a placebo. This is the first time therelati...