A New Study Throws Limelight in HIV Vaccine Production

The research collaborative involving scientists from the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS , Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Microsoft Research and Los Alamos National Laboratory used highly computer-intensive, cutting-edge statistical research methods to investigate how th...

Reliability & Confidence Define a Nation Of 'It Girls'

...tics to education, from social responsibility to personal health. "We've all read about the infamous 'It Girls' -- the young women whose time in the limelight is defined as much by their very public personal struggles, as by their achievements and accolades," said Jane Buckingham, national women's trend expe...

Long Term Care Insurance Agency Wins 4 'Marketing Excellence' Awards

...the 2008 conference of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, held in Atlanta, Georgia. Taking home four awards, the agency shared the limelight with leading insurance carriers that were also honored. The awards follow a spectacular growth in LTCFP's size and national impact. *(PHOTO 72dpi: S...

The Pressure to Look Good Grows

..., hyaluronic acid, chemical peels and microdermabrasion were also popular among this cohort. Chemical peels, once the hot thing, are now sharing the limelight with laser treatments that eliminate little broken blood vessels, sun spots and other bothersome blemishes. These treatments are safe if done correctl...

Siemens Medical Solutions' Michael Long Recognized as one of Computerworld's 2008 Premier 100 IT Leaders

...they represent, are clearly mindful of their role and obligation as leaders of the global IT community. Their willingness to brave the scrutiny of the limelight as they share their experiences with their peers has won our respect, appreciation, and deep admiration." With more than twenty years of healthcare ...

Vanderbilt nets brain gene research center

... Neuroscientists at Vanderbilt University are stepping into the national limelight with the establishment of a Silvio O. Conte Center for Neuroscience Research. The new center, funded by a $10 million grant from the National Institu...

Tea Pill, Tea Cola Hitting Markets Soon

... The production cost for a litre of Tea Cola is estimated at about Rs.10. The same team of scientists has already hogged international limelight by developing the world's first pocket teas - a tea pill that can be chewed or sucked and having the same refreshing effect like a steaming hot cup of...

Ban on Trade of Human Organs in China

... 5,000 transplants; mostly kidneys every year and after the USA is the largest transplanting country. It has in the past; constantly been in the limelight for taking organs from executed prisoners and transplanting them to foreigners. The media and the Human Right activists have constantly criticized the...

Turmeric to prevent arthritis and osteoporosis

... Long trusted Turmeric the must have spice in every Indian home now finds itself in the limelight with western scientists raving about its potential uses to fight// many tubborn inflammations and degenerative disorders thus vindicating the claims o...

A Safe Drug For Safe Delivery

...tpartum haemmorhage.A breakthrough to control and lessen the number of deaths caused// because of uncontrolled bleeding following childbirth is in the limelight now following the extensive research and studies conducted by researchers from the University of Missouri, India's Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, a...

Limelight in Biological News

Biomedical engineers' detective work reveals antibiotic mechanism

...t could allow researchers to transform the weaker antibiotics into more potent ones. This may bring some antibiotics with fading utility back into the limelight to fight infections, noted Collins. The molecular alarm systems may also present new targets for antibiotic drugs. Historically, drugs have aimed t...

Severe climate change costs forecast for Pennsylvania, N.C., Tennessee, N.D.

...ected all 12 states for analysis based on the availability of data from prior studies, while avoiding replication of research on states already in the limelight (e.g., California). The researchers also wished to provide geographical diversity. ...

Costs of climate change, state-by-state: Billions, says UMD

... the eight states to be analyzed based on the availability of data from prior studies, while avoiding replication of research on states already in the limelight (e.g., California). The researchers also made their selections to provide geographical diversity. ...

Limelight in Biological Technology

Laboratory Pumping Systems to Reach $3.1 Billion by 2012, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

... in laboratories worldwide. Pumps are used for common laboratory research and development applications. Life science and biomedical research is in the limelight following successful sequencing of the human genome and improvements in protein research technology. The market for laboratory pumping systems is witn...

Maybe its time to write our own television shows about Wisconsin

..., WI With the Fox Network ready to air a sitcom set in mythical Waterford Falls, Wis., the Badger state will once again bask in prime-time televisions limelight whether it wants to or not. Consider yourself warned: A Minute with Stan Hooper, which stars Norm Macdonald of Saturday Night Live and Norm fame, ...

Wisconsin biotech sector featured in scientific magazine

... Schools, tech transfer and government cited as major advantages MADISON, Wis. Wisconsins biotechnology community is once again in the limelight thanks to feature appearing in the June issue of Modern Drug Discovery. The article examines Wisconsins growing biotech clusters in Madison and Milw...

Historic observatory becomes hot property on Lake Geneva

...its historic importance may be compromised by the wrong buyer. The former powerhouse of American astronomy, finished in 1897, has fallen out of the limelight since 1960 because of atmospheric pollution and new technological devlopments. A single full-time faculty member serves at Yerkes, doing mostly educat...

Seven good reasons to approve the Institutes for Discovery

... more every day (thanks to the mapping of the human genome) about regenerative, self-healing processes. While stem cell research has long captured the limelight as one path to the goal of regenerative medicine, scientists are following other paths that could someday unlock other methods for repairing diseased ...