High alcohol consumption increases stroke risk, Tulane study says
In a study likely applicable to men of other ethnicities, Tulane University researchers found that heavy drinking (more than 21 drinks per week) may increase the risk of stroke in Chinese men. The results of the study are published in the latest issue of Annals of Neurology. Researchers led ...Ruth's Hospitality Group Inc. donates Broad Street building to Tulane
In honor of founder Ruth Fertel, Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc., the parent company of Ruth's Chris Steak House, announced today that it has donated the site of the Broad Street Ruth's Chris Steak House to Tulane University for the creation of the Ruth U. Fertel /Tulane Community Health Center, a ...Andrew Allen joins Navvis & Company
...operating and chief executive roles. Allen holds a bachelor of science degree and a master's degree in public health/hospital administration from tulane University, New Orleans, LA. In his new role with Navvis, he will focus on executive leadership coaching, system and hospital strategy consultat...James R. Andrews, Renowned Orthopaedic Surgeon, Installed as AOSSM President
...drews graduated from Louisiana State University (LSU) in 1963. He completed LSU School of Medicine in 1967 and completed his orthopaedic residency at tulane Medical School in 1972. He had surgical fellowships in sports medicine at the University of Virginia, School of Medicine in 1972 with Dr. Frank McCu...MedPro Imaging Adds Wayman and Sanford to Growing Sales Team
...worked for a number of ultrasound companies including ATL (Philips), Sonosite and Pinnacle Medical Services. Sanford holds a Bachelor of Science from tulane University in Louisiana. "We recently installed two Siemens X300PEs which we purchased from MedPro through Mike," said Denice Romero, RDMS, RVT...Vets Who Repress Traumatic Memories May Not Be Worse Off
...at artillery unit in the central highlands of Vietnam in 1965 -- conducted his work in collaboration with fellow Vietnam Marine vet Charles Figley, of tulane University's School of Social Work, in New Orleans. Together, they report their findings in the June issue of the Journal of Nervous & Mental...Florida Dermatologists Announce Practitioner of the Year
...f Florida , Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, and tulane University School of Medicine. He is an author of over 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He is the 37th recipient of this honor, fir...Bethesda-Based NHSi Wins $2M Grant for Blood Technology
...s by passing it through an artificial capillary network produced on a disposable microchip. This work is currently carried out in a partnership with tulane University . About New Health Sciences: NHSi is a privately held company that is developing and commercializing two, strategically linked tec...Clinical Update - Decapeptyl(R)/Trelstar(R) 6-Month Formulation in Advanced Prostate Cancer
...amuscular injection every 24 weeks," said Kamel Besseghir, CEO of Debiopharm S.A. About Decapeptyl(R)/Trelstar(R) Triptorelin was licensed-in from tulane University in 1982. Debiopharm developed and submitted a 1- and 3-month sustained release formulation of triptorelin embonate in Europe and the United...Tulane receives grant to study limb regeneration
...red appendages lead to a scientific breakthrough for humans who have lost limbs? With the help of a $6.25 million U.S. Department of Defense grant, tulane University professor Ken Muneoka, the John L. and Mary Wright Ebaugh chair in science and engineering, will lead a team of researchers from the Univer...K-State using Second Life island to help high school students learn earth science
... Darwin, but we decided that was something we as scientists would want to see, not high school kids," Totten said. Totten has presented the work at tulane University, the International Conference on Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning, and the Education Grantmakers Conference. She said ...HIV-1 protease inhibitor induced oxidative stress in pancreatic B-cells: thymoquinone protection
... Researchers at the tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana have discovered that the HIV-1 protease inhibitors (PIs), such as nelfinavir included in highly ...CellThera and WPI advance in regeneration study
...st phase of the tissue regeneration program. In that initial phase of the research, the CellThera/WPI team, working in conjunction with colleagues at tulane University, succeeded in reprogramming mouse and human skin cells to act more like stem cells, able to form the early structures needed to begin the p...NIH EUREKA award funds research at WPI aimed at turning adult skin cells into stem-like cells
... work funded by DARPA as president of the Worcester biomedical company CellThera, which was a member of a multi-institution team led by researchers at tulane University. In 2006, CellThera signed an agreement with WPI to pursue its portion of the DARPA work jointly with researchers at the university. The...National scientific meeting on child mental health at Kentucky
...earch and Policy Perspectives" presented by Dr. Charlie Zeanah Jr., executive director of the Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health at tulane University in New Orleans; and "The Effects of Psychotherapy on the Adult Brain: Do they Apply to Children"" presented by Dr. Jerald Kay, chairman of ...The cooperative view: New evidence suggests a symbiogenetic origin for the centrosome
...hey lived after Katrina, and where our laboratory was resurrected in part from the dining room table; as well as Carol Burdsal and other colleagues at tulane University, where they temporarily set up a new lab. Robert Palazzo of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a longtime visiting investigator at the MBL, ...Challenges and promise of cell-based therapies
...sity Stuart H. Orkin, M.D., Harvard Stem Cell Institute Terence A. Partridge, Ph.D., Childrens National Medical Center Darwin Prockop, M.D., Ph.D., tulane University Medical School Clive N. Svendsen, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison Kenneth Zaret, Ph.D., Fox Chase Cancer Center When: Tuesd...Biophysical Society announces winners of 2008 Minority Travel Awards
... Neville Forlemu, University of North Dakota, Brownian Dynamics Simulations of Enzyme-Enzyme Interactions and Ligand Transfer. Thomas Freeman, tulane University, Expression, Refolding and Characterization of Predicted Beta-Barrel Proteins from Salmonella typhimurium LT2. Jeffy Jimenez, Univer...Pesticides choke pathway for nature to produce nitrogen for crops
...d nitrogen fixation." Fox began the project as a doctoral student with John A. McLachlan, director of the Center for Bioenvironmental Research at tulane University. She is working at the University of Oregon as a National Institutes of Health and National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellow unde...OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals to Webcast ASCO Reception on May 30, 2009
...ancer. Guest speakers include: Dr. Kim Chi, OGX-011 Principal Investigator, BC Cancer Agency Dr. Oliver Sartor, Medical Oncologist, tulane Medical School Dr. Tomasz Beer, Medical Oncologist, Oregon Health & Science University Dr. Brent Blumenstein, Independent Statistician, Tr...Enigma Diagnostics Announces the Opening of a United States Office
... and commercialized additional pathogen detection kits for European Union customers. He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and tulane University's Freeman School of Business. "The opening of the San Francisco office and Chris' appointment underpins our commitment to a U.S. c...UCB Scholarship Program Awards $300,000 to Students Living with Crohn's Disease
...ison Netzer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill -- Megan O'Neill, Loyola College -- Elizabeth Peck, Grove City College -- Adam Pepperman, tulane University -- Kelly Robards, Spalding University -- Leslie Shrager, Binghamton University -- Christina Tarankow, The Culinary Institute of Ameri...David Farhadi, M.D. to Join Alger as Vice President, Senior Analyst/Co-Portfolio Manager
...ger for Alger covering the healthcare sector focusing on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. David received his Doctor of Medicine from tulane University School of Medicine where he was Chief Medical Resident. While in Pennsylvania David served as an Assistant Professor at the Hospital of the...Solazyme Announces New Senior Vice President of Business Development
...pione earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and also holds M.E. and B.S degrees in Chemical Engineering from tulane University. About Solazyme: Founded in 2003 and headquartered in South San Francisco, California, Solazyme is a leading biotechnology company focuse...Digital Union's RT1(TM) Software Creates Telegenetics Network for Region 3 Genetics Collaborative
...r members," said Dr. Hans Andersson, Co-Principle Investigator of the Region 3 Collaborative HRSA grant and Director of the Hayward Genetics Center at tulane University Medical School. "Our ultimate goal is to bring all patients in the region under a broad umbrella of care with prompt and consistent access ...