NJIT Presidential Award winner takes stem cell research another step
Treena Arinzeh, a young professor who last year won a Presidential Award, the nation's highest scientific honor, is bringing the promise of stem cell research one step closer to reality. Arinzeh, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at NJIT, is researching the use of stem cells to induce bone repair. Her research will help diabetics whose impaired bones will not properly heal...UW professor and WARF receive presidential medals
Madison got a double dose of national honors on Monday as President Bush gave medals to University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Carl R. de Boor and the The 2003...Presidential politics and the next generation
<Gen Xers as everyone knows are politically apathetic. Until now. In 1996, one in five eligible Gen Xers (born between 1961 and 1981) turned out to vote. But in polling weve done since the beginning of the year, 67 percent of Gen Xers say theyre either interested or very interested (Next Generation Consulting and Opinion Dynamics research) in the next presidential...Presidential candidates stretch necks and facts
On jobs and the economy...Republican Presidential Candidates Discuss Abortion, Stem Cells as Part of First Debate
Ten Republican presidential candidates on Thursday in their first televised debate -- held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley , Calif. -- fielded questions about their views on abortion rights, stem cell research and other issues, the Washington Post reports. The 90-minute debate included Sens. John McCain (Ariz.) and Sam Brownback (Kan.); former New York Cit...Presidential Commission Wants Proper Care of Wounded Soldiers at Their Homes
The US presidential commission investigating the plight of the soldiers wounded in the killing fields of Iraq and Afghanistan has focused on efforts to enable the GIs receive proper treatment in their own homes . During its seventh and last hearing Friday, the Commission admitted todays veterans are more likely than those of previous conflicts to suffer from polytrauma, including bu...