Broad-Spectrum Cervical Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise

...to the researchers. The new vaccine may help cover that gap in protection, they noted. When the candidate vaccine was used with a substance such as alum to stimulate immune response, the animals were protected against infection by HPV type 16, the study found. "Clinical studies are warranted" to ass...

'Sharing Miracles' Television Program to Feature UConn Huskies Basketball Coach Jim Calhoun

...d I learn from that. Winning or losing a basketball game is really small, very, very small in comparison with winning or losing at life." UConn alum and current Washington Wizards All-Star forward Caron Butler says of his former coach, "He's a father figure. He really taught me that basketball is a...

First Two Non African-American Graduates of Meharry Medical College to Receive Awards at 2008 Fall Convocation

... that has supplied more African-American healthcare students to professional schools than any other undergraduate program in the country. Many Xavier alum have attended Meharry Medical College. Under Dr. Carmichael's mentorship and tutelage, Xavier leads the nation annually in the number of African Amer...

Vaseline(R) Cocoa Butter Campaign Uncovers Skin's Ability to Speak Volumes

...and take pride in my skin because of them." Other notables have joined the conversation by sharing how they honor their skin including Law and Order alum Jesse L. Martin; actress and singer Raven-Symone; Dreamgirls' and Grammy-Award nominee Anika Noni Rose; Access Hollywood correspondent Shaun Robinson;...

Celebrities Join the American Red Cross in 2008 to Help Change Lives

...nveils its seventh annual National Celebrity Cabinet with fifteen new members, Emmy Award winner Patricia Heaton, actress and "Dancing with the Stars" alum Jennie Garth, actor Masi Oka, pro skateboarder Tony Hawk, and NFL star Matt Leinart, who has already made a personal commitment to encourage CPR train...

Nanoemulsion vaccines show increasing promise

...ccine offers protection equal to that of the existing vaccine, without the risk of using a live virus or the need for an inflammatory adjuvant such as alum hydroxide. We found that the nanoemulsion vaccine could inactivate and kill the virus and then subsequently induce immunity to the virus that incl...

Oral Flu Vaccine On The Horizon In Russia

...ron, a factor of the synthesis of intensified non-specific resistance of the organism of bacterial and viral infections.” While adjuvants such as alum have been used in vaccines for decades, there has been interest of late in the development of newer adjuvants that offer more potent or selective immu...

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Report on 300 New Medicines in Development for Heart Disease and Stroke Released in Indianapolis

...king, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes. Today's news briefing featured Olympic gold medalist swimmer and Indiana University alum Mark Spitz, who suffers from high cholesterol. Considered one of the most dominant Olympic athletes ever, Spitz earned a total of 11 medals, including...

ImmunoVaccine Technologies' DepoVax(TM) Shows Positive Results for Cancer and Infectious Diseases

... as early as 18 days and for at least 20 weeks, antibody titers induced by the depot vaccine were 10-15 times higher than a single dose of the control alum vaccine. The vaccine induced quick and strong specific immunity against the avian influenza antigen. In the longer term, the antibody responses genera...

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Artificial induction of immunity

...nse by the immune system, and thus poor immune memory . However, adding certain substances to the mixture, for example adsorbing tetanus toxoid onto alum , greatly enhances the immune response. These substances are known as adjuvants . Several different adjuvants have been used in vaccine preparation. ...

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Entrepreneurs wanted for NJIT workshops about how to launch a business

...rise Development Center http://www.njit-edc.org/ . A closer look at legal and intellectual property considerations follows at 10:30 a.m. with NJIT alum Ron Panitch, a partner in the law firm Panitch, Schwarze, Belisario & Nadel LLP. http://www.panitchlaw.com/ How and where to find funding on the...

Clovis-age overkill didn't take out California's flightless sea duck

...edation are based on the first radiocarbon dating of Chendytes bones from six coastal archaeological sites. Erlandson and colleagues, along with UO alum Don Grayson, now a University of Washington archaeologist, suggest that the drawn-out road to the ducks' extinction raises serious questions about the...

UCR environmental scientists propose chemical solution to cleaning California's Salton Sea

...and environmental sciences and the lead author of the paper. "We found that alum and polyacrylamide were highly effective in removing both dissolved phospho...rus is contributed to the Salton Sea in both colloidal and dissolved forms. alum and polyacrylamide are commonly used in municipal wastewater treatment to r...

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New Cape Clear president is UW business alum

Joe Voica, whose MBA and undergraduate degree were minted at the University of Wisconsin, has been named president of Cape Clear Software's North American operations, the company said on Wednesday. He has 20 years of management experience. Cape Clear, headquartered in Massachusetts, provides "en...

Nanoemulsion vaccines show increasing promise

...ccine offers protection equal to that of the existing vaccine, without the risk of using a live virus or the need for an inflammatory adjuvant such as alum hydroxide. We found that the nanoemulsion vaccine could inactivate and kill the virus and then subsequently induce immunity to the virus that incl...

Better living through software
Carlos de la Huerga turns burning ideas into burgeoning technology

...ous thing next to drafting a golf cart on I-94. Its a hugely laborious process to do this, said Allen Oelschlaeger, a fellow Marquette Electronics alum who joined de la Huerga at Telaric in 1998. Its very time consuming, and it can cost a lot of money on the patent attorney side. But challenges we...

Qurb Gets a Step Up From Second-Time Entrepreneurs

...mobile 2003, Ispiri has decided to change the company's name to be eponymous with its debut product, the Mirra personal digital media server. . . DEMO alum Tira Wireless has signed on Chris Erickson as the company's new president and CEO. Erickson's first order of business is to raise the wireless apps co...

I'm Linked In, Now What?

...y contact list needs updating. And, hey, I'm more popular than most of the people I know . . . so what can be wrong with that? END NOTES DEMO alum Zinio Systems started off the new year with a new chairman of the board. Mike Perlis, managing partner at SOFTBANK Capital, took the position after ha...

Technology with Aloha

...torola develop products using the Wheels of Zeus hardware reference design, which among its features includes location tracking capabilities. . . DEMO alum Euclid Inc. added money to its bank. The company closed $4.5 million to add to its already $8 million that it closed in October. The privately held co...

The Tech Market is Looking Up

...s, just as the PC revolution drove the IT market in the past. DEMO 2003 alum VIEO Makes Good While 66 companies bask in the glow of their new produc...ouched by today's IT configuration management solutions. This DEMO 2003 alum is already winning praise. InfoWorld magazine named the VIEO 1000 the Best ...

Onfolio unlocks web research

...ail." With so little consensus from customers, the social network business model question will continue to loom large. End notes DEMOmobile alum Twingo Systems is joining the big leagues. The company has been snapped up by Cisco Systems for $5 million in cash. Cisco says it will use Twingo's Se...

This FlashMob is something super

...o, what are you doing April 3? Find out how you can be part of history in the making at http://www.flashmobcomputing.org . End Notes DEMO 2004 alum Six Apart is finding success overseas. The company announced that Japanese telecom company NTT Communications licensed its Type Pad blogging software....

Mobile content: Where brand meets markets

...n eye on AGmobile. This old-line company has a lot to teach new, wireless- era content providers. For more information, see . End Notes DEMO alum iRobot is helping to save lives in Iraq. The U.S. military is using about 100 of the firm's unmanned PackBot robots to search and destroy explosives o...

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Biophysics

...ions with biophysics experts. Biophysics and Computational Biology Symposium. CB2 History. Cindy's Guide. MBTG ... Bobby R. Scott, Biophysics alum ('74) and Senior Scientist at the Lovelace ... ...