Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Marc W. Hungerford, a Leading Expert in Field of Avascular Necrosis, Now at Baltimore's Mercy Medical Center

...enter is a 135-year-old, university-affiliated hospital located at 301 St. Paul Place in downtown Baltimore. Mercy is home to the nationally acclaimed weinberg Center for Women's Health and Medicine under the direction of renowned gynecologic oncologist, Dr. Neil B. Rosenshein. Mercy is scheduled to open the ...

Women may not be so picky after all about choosing a mate

...g a potential partner, versus being approached, seemed to increase desire for that partner," said Eli Finkel, associate professor of psychology in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern and co-investigator of the study. Regardless of gender, those who rotated experienced greater romanti...

Leading Patient Advocacy Organizations United on Health Care Reform Principles

...gh quality care should be the benchmarks for health care in America." weinberg stressed that Congress "must take into consideration one of the leading hea...em that saves lives, enhances our quality of life, and saves us all money," weinberg explained. The NHC is also collecting signatures from patients in support o...

JOIN Funding Collaborative Connects Philadelphia Workers to Living-Wage Green, Healthcare Jobs

... skilled workers they need. NFWS is supported by the Annie E. Casey, Ford, Hitachi, John S. and James L. Knight, Prudential and The Harry and Jeanette weinberg Foundations, Microsoft Corp., and the U.S. Department of Labor. Jobs for the Future and the Council on Foundations are national partners with the Nati...

NYU Langone Medical Center's tip sheet to the 45th Annual Meeting of ASCO

... to noon on Monday, June 1, 2009 Antiparasitic drug is promising in animal studies of metastatic melanoma Seth J. Orlow, M.D., Ph.D., the Samuel weinberg Professor of Pediatric Dermatology and chairman of the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology and professor of cell biology and pediatrics. A...

Reminder: Top Physician-Scientists Discuss State of Cancer Research at Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Symposium

...Robert A. Weinberg, PhD , of the Whitehead Institute and MIT , will deliver the keynote address focusing on the molecular basis of malignancy. Dr. weinberg is one of the nation's most distinguished cancer researchers, most widely known for his pioneering discovery of the first human oncogene (Ras). ...

Top Physician-Scientists Discuss State of Cancer Research at Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Symposium

...bert A. Weinberg, Ph.D. , of the Whitehead Institute and MIT , will deliver the keynote address focusing on the molecular basis of malignancy. Dr. weinberg is one of the nation's most distinguished cancer researchers, most widely known for his pioneering discovery of the first human oncogene (Ras). ...

Aspen Institute to Introduce Roadmap for Responsible Health Care Reform, New Coalition To Call For Sustainable Improvements

... Health IT Thought Leader; Founder and CEO, Keas Inc. Karen Lehman Senior Director, Global Public Policy, Eli Lilly and Company Myrl weinberg President, National Health Council Jordan H. Richland Principal Fellow, Partnership for Prevention Rhonda Monroe Survivor and Mem...

Stunning finding: Compounds protect against cerebral palsy

... and muscle coordination. "The results were just stunning, absolutely amazing," said Richard B. Silverman, John Evans Professor of Chemistry in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern, who led the drug development effort. "There was a remarkable difference between animals treated with a s...

Synthetic HDL: A new weapon to fight cholesterol problems

...e synthetic HDL features the basics of what a great cholesterol drug should be," said Chad A. Mirkin, George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, professor of medicine and professor of materials science and engineering. Mirkin and Shad Thaxton, M.D., assistant profe...

Weinberg in Medical Technology

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Presents Updated Clinical Data From Ongoing Phase 2 Trial of Voreloxin (Formerly SNS-595) in Ovarian Cancer Patients at the 44th ASCO Annual Meeting

...activity in ovarian cancer patients who have failed prior rounds of treatment," said William McGuire, M.D., Medical Director of the Harry and Jeanette weinberg Cancer Institute at Franklin Square and principal investigator for the Phase 2 clinical trial. "Importantly, treatment with voreloxin has resulted in ...

EDICT Opens Public Comment Period for Clinical Trials Policy Recommendations

... We hope that interested individuals and those representing concerned populations will review the policy change recommendations and provide feedback," weinberg said. To review the policy recommendations and provide feedback, go to http://www.bcm.edu/edict/policyreview . EDICT Credo: -- Everyone sho...

Weinberg in Medical Definition

Wolf Prize in Medicine

... 2000 Not awarded 2001 Avram Hershko , Alexander Varshavsky 2002/3 Ralph L. Brinster , Mario R. Capecchi , Oliver Smithies 2004 Robert A. weinberg , Roger Y. Tsien 2005 Alexander Levitzki , Anthony R. Hunter , Anthony J. Pawson 2006/7 Not awarded ...

Weinberg in Biological News

New method separates cancer cells from normal cells

...rofessor of chemical and biological engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and associate professor of chemistry in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. The researchers first discovered they could design channels of different geometries -- some a series of connected tri...

NIH funds $9.5 million for research on HIV and the human innate immune system

...uilds on seven years of previous research in which weinberg and his colleagues discovered that human beta defe...rd Jurevic, Department of Biological Sciences. weinberg and colleagues will identify changes in innate def...ld a strong research program at the dental school, weinberg has strengthened the school's overall mission to a...

One sponge-like material, three different applications

...udies to see how the catalyst operates under more commercial conditions." Kanatzidis, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, and doctoral student Santanu Bag make their catalyst using a method different from that of the conventional catalyst. ...

Researchers find snippet of RNA that helps make individuals remarkably alike

...the network responds to compensate for the change and keep things intact," said Richard W. Carthew, Owen L. Coon Professor of Molecular Biology in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern. Carthew led the research. "This design is similar to the principle that engineers use to design safety f...

Jefferson researcher awarded Landenberger Foundation grant for ALS research

... PHILADELPHIA Piera Pasinelli, Ph.D., co-director of the Frances and Joseph weinberg Unit for ALS Research at the Farber Institute for Neurosciences at Thomas Jefferson University was recently awarded a Margaret Q. Landenberger Researc...

W.M. Keck Foundation grant funds reproductive science research

...betes, cancer and Alzheimer's disease. The project is being led by Thomas O'Halloran, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in Chemistry in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, and Teresa K. Woodruff, Thomas J. Watkins Memorial Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medi...

Work with power grids leads to cell biology discovery

... gene or to compensate for the lost function. The research, led by Adilson E. Motter, assistant professor of physics and astronomy in Northwesterns weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the papers lead author, grew out of Motters earlier work on the U.S. power grid -- another complex system that is ver...

Team of chemists receives $5 million grant to develop enzyme mimics

...s of critical importance to national defense. The team, led by principal investigator Chad Mirkin, George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, will focus on mimicking nature's finely controlled chemical processes to develop materials and devices, such as chemical...

Researchers create mathematical model of fruit fly eyes

...ck School of Engineering and Applied Science, teamed up with Richard W. Carthew, professor of biochemistry, molecular biology, and cell biology in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, and Sinem Erisken, a McCormick undergraduate studying biomedical engineering, to create the model. Their work was publis...

Overexcited neurons not good for cell health

...ells -- was not expected, said Richard I. Morimoto, Bill and Gayle Cook Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology in Northwesterns weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, who led the research team. This study provides some of the strongest evidence that nerve cell activity can directly a...

Weinberg in Biological Technology

Method sorts out double-walled carbon nanotube problem

...m, professor of materials science and engineering in Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, professor of chemistry in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the paper's senior author. "This size dependence implies, however, that the physical dimensions must be exquisitel...

True properties of carbon nanotubes measured

...results match quantum mechanics predictions very well." Espinosa collaborated with George Schatz, Morrison Professor of Chemistry in Northwestern's weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, as well as with Peter Zapol, a physicist at Argonne National Laboratory. This work is published online in Nature Nanotec...

Northwestern chemists take gold, mass-produce Beijing Olympic logo

...d to see that printing was highlighted as one of ancient China's four great inventions," said Mirkin, George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, professor of medicine and professor of materials science and engineering. Mirkin led the study. "We consider Dip-Pen...

Northwestern chemist investigates lost reds in Homer painting

...ow pigments have faded in the sky, leaving that area virtually without color. Van Duyne, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, is working with Francesca Casadio, a conservation scientist at the Art Institute, to determine what the original colors ...

Carbon nanotubes made into conductive, flexible 'stained glass'

... professor of materials science and engineering in Northwesterns McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and professor of chemistry in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, who led the research team. High purity carbon nanotube thin films not only have the potential to make inroads into cu...

Engineers make first 'active matrix' display using nanowires

...that might be practical for commercial manufacturing," said Tobin J. Marks, the Vladimir N. Ipatieff Research Professor in Chemistry in Northwestern's weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and a professor of materials science and engineering. OLEDS are now used in cell phones and MP3 displays and prototype...

Special coating greatly improves solar cell performance

...mbustion product: carbon dioxide, a global warming greenhouse gas. Tobin J. Marks, the Vladimir N. Ipatieff Research Professor in Chemistry in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and professor of materials science and engineering, and Robert Chang, professor of materials science and engineering in t...

DNA is blueprint, contractor and construction worker for new structures

...properties needed for certain applications, said Chad A. Mirkin, one of the papers senior authors and George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, professor of medicine and professor of materials science and engineering. In addition to Mirkin, George C. Schatz, Morri...

Nanofabrication method paves way for new optical devices

...er techniques. One of the biggest problems with nanomaterials has always been their scalability, said Odom, associate professor of chemistry in the weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Its been very difficult or prohibitively expensive to pattern them over areas larger than about one square millimeter. T...

Weinberg in Biological Definition

Hardy-Weinberg principle

...een formulated independently in 1908 by the German physician Wilhelm weinberg (see Crow 1999). References Castle, W. E. ( 1903 ). The laws of ... Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. . 35 : 233–242. Crow, J.F. (1999). Hardy, weinberg and language impediments. Genetics 152 : 821-825. link Ford, E.B...

Weinberg in Biological Dictionary

Gene frequency

... ratio of a specific form of a gene allele to the total ... ... Medical Genetics " Breeds & Inbreeding " Gene Frequency & The Hardy weinberg Law ... in terms of the gene frequency of the various alternative alleles ... Britannica online encyclopedia article on gene frequency (g...