Society of Interventional Radiology honors Dotter lecturer, announces gold medalists

...onal procedures for peripheral arterial disease at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. He then headed the Interventional Oncology Section at the koo Foundation of the Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center. During his career, he has mentored more than 100 fellows. Thomas A. Sos, M.D., FSIR, a professor and...

Most Influential Events for Korea's Fine and Specialty Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries to be Held in November

...fair for the fine specialty chemical and pharmaceutical industries in Korea as we cordially invite you to attend as an exhibitor or a visitor. Byung koo Lee, Chairman of the Korea Specialty Chemical Industry Association, a co-organiser of XpoChem, said, "XpoChem will provide an opportunity to understan...

Whole Milk Cheaper, Effective Contrast Agent for GI Scans

...ss expensive, it had better patient acceptance and fewer adverse symptoms," koo said in a prepared statement. Use of whole milk and 0.1 percent barium s...asm and Crohn's disease, and evaluate pancreatic and biliary abnormalities, koo said. The study was published in the May issue of the American Journal ...

Whole milk is effective and cost-effective as oral contrast agent

...trast agents, and a cost comparison was done. We found that milk was less expensive, it had better patient acceptance and fewer adverse symptoms, Dr. koo said. Whole milk and 0.1% barium suspension are valuable in the diagnosis of small bowel disorders, such as ischemia, neoplasm and Crohns disease, ...

A new century of Alzheimer's disease research

...f it in a brain with Alzheimer’s -- Drs. Golde and koo wondered if any might be working to prevent the de...ting production of AB42. Still, Drs. Golde and koo realized that, regardless of how NSAIDs might be w... effects. So, the first NSAIDs that Drs. Golde and koo screened were known as COX2 inhibitors because the...

Prostate Awareness Month Kick Starts in Singapore

...rises as men age. In view of Singapore's aging population, the incidence of prostate disease among men in Singapore is expected to increase. Dr koo Wen Hsin, Chairman of the Singapore Cancer Society said: “Symptoms of BPH may occur with other diseases that affect the prostate, including prostate c...

Increased Risk of Bowel cancer after Menopause

...ore susceptible to death from bowel cancer. Dr koo said, "This is indirect evidence that as oestrogen...owel cancer often requiring urgent surgery. Dr koo said this might be because females are more likely...rogen and bowel cancer at a molecular level. Dr koo said, "At this stage there is insufficient evidenc...

Distinguished Scientist Award Conferred on University of Rochester Scientists for Work on Preventing Cavities

...onal Association of Dental Research. Both are Both koo and Marquis are researchers at the University of R... Investigator award for a lifetime of achievement. koo is a dentist and his work is focused on ways to st...cus mutans from causing cavities. In his research, koo has identified propolis, a sticky substance that i...

Lecithin lowers cholesterol absorption in body

...animal model that closely mimics human physiology, koo and his associates found that a particular egg pho...r absorption” in the presence of the phospholipid, koo said.“This may be a reason why many studies found ...means less cholesterol introduced into the blood,” koo said. “We were able to determine experimentally th...

Koo in Medical Technology

Parasites That Live Inside Cells Use Loophole to Thwart Immune System

...niversity Clinic of Freiburg, Germany); Ulrike Schleicher and Christian Bogdan (Immunology and Hygiene University Clinic of Erlangen, Germany); Mi-Sun koo and Gilla Kaplan (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark); and Katherine Fitzgerald (University of Massachusetts Medical School, W...

Koo in Biological News

Eastman Dental Center awarded $1.6 million to find ways to prevent cavities

... form plaque and cause cavities. Most recently, koo and his team have identified a novel strategy to r...n to prevent cavities. The NIH grant will allow koo to continue his work analyzing how such combinatio...oal of preventing dental biofilm before it occurs. koo will take a multi-disciplinary approach to identif...

Give thanks for the cranberry, say dental researchers

...old promise for protecting teeth against cavities. koo found that cranberry juice acts like Teflon® for t...cteria use adhesion molecules to hold onto teeth," koo said. Koo's team also found evidence that cranb...ice disarms the pathogens that cause tooth decay," koo said. But don't even think about running to the...

SuperLigands - a database of ligand structures derived from the Protein Data Bank

... Moon at Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea; S.I. Roh, S.J. Kim, J.B. Lee and J.M. Kim at MizMedi Hospital in Seoul, Korea; S.S. Chang and J.J. koo at Hanna Women's Clinic in Seoul, Korea; H.S. Yoon, H.H. Hwang, Y.Y. Hwang, and Y.S. Park at Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea; J.H. Park and G. Scha...

Scientists generate patient-specific stem cells, Science study says

... Moon at Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea; S.I. Roh, S.J. Kim, J.B. Lee and J.M. Kim at MizMedi Hospital in Seoul, Korea; S.S. Chang and J.J. koo at Hanna Women's Clinic in Seoul, Korea; H.S. Yoon, H.H. Hwang, Y.Y. Hwang, and Y.S. Park at Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea; J.H. Park and G. Scha...