Innovative collaboration brings Arctic science into the classroom
An upcoming expedition to study the Yukon and Mackenzie Rivers is not simply a research project for R. Max Holmes, an associate scientist at The Woods Hole Research Center. It is also a means to integrate education and outreach into his work. In June and July, Dr. Holmes, an ecosystem scientist with broad interests in the responses and feedbacks of ecosystems to environmental and global ch...Mayo Clinic collaboration discovers protein amplifies DNA injury signals
A Mayo Clinic-led research collaboration has discovered that the protein MDC1 amplifies weak DNA injury signals so genetic repair can begin. Once amplified, even low-level damage signals become strong enough to activate the cell's natural repair processes while the injury is most tractable to repair. How this "distress call" was communicated wasn't clear until this finding, which appears...Mayo Clinic collaboration mining of ancient herbal text leads to potential new anti-bacterial drug
A unique Mayo Clinic collaboration has revived the healing wisdom of Pacific Island cultures by testing a therapeutic plant extract described in a 17th century Dutch herbal text for its anti-bacterial properties. Early results show that extracts from the Atun tree effectively control bacteria that can cause diarrhea, as claimed by naturalist Georg Eberhard Rumpf, circa 1650. He documented his tra...Big collaboration links learners to science on a tiny scale
In the classroom, st...DEMO 2003 Closes with Focus on Collaboration and Communication
Scottsdale, AZ - DEMO 2003 continued to buzz with innovation and excitement on its closing day, focusing on a myriad of new technologies that included timely next-generation systems designed to protect and defend the national IT infrastructure as well as collaboration tools and evolving email services. In addition to an array of new product demonstrations, technology leaders discussed the possibi...Regional collaboration is key to state's future
Our state boasts significant competitive advantages in terms of talent, technology, and capital, but alone we lack the critical mass needed to compete with our most significant competition - the East and West C...Cieslewicz, Barrett talk economic collaboration
Barrett, who appeared with Madison M...Collaborations planned between British Organization and Indian health care industry
The United Kingdom Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) is looking for collaboration and interaction with Indian Health care Hospitals. The Confederation of Indian Industry, CII had meetings with UKTI for new collaborations between // British organizations and Indian Health care providers. David Hawkins of UKTI had discussion with Leading Indian health care providers such as Apollo Hospitals...More collaborations and strengthening of India’s AIDS control body require
India has an estimated 5.1 million HIV positive people and we are ranked the second largest country with highest amount of HIV positive people next to South Africa//. UN Secretary General and special envoy for HIV/AIDS for Asia and the Pacific Nafis sadik said that the steps taken by India to check the spread of HIV/AIDS is in good progress but more has to be done for an effective str...Crusade Against Cancer: Collaborations On The Anvil
The IBM Corp., based in Armonk, N.Y., announced this Tuesday its decision to join forces with three research centers, as part of an overall effort to help accelerate cancer research, diagnosis and treatment//. IBM will collaborate with the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Molecular Profiling Institute and the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center under separate agreements. <br...Mayo Clinic and Indian Health Service Form Clinical Practice Collaboration
Mayo Clinic and the Department of Health and Human Services, on behalf of the Indian Health Service (IHS), will sign a Memorandum of Understanding pledging to collaborate in seeking ways to reduce the burden //of cancer and other diseases in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. The public signing will incorporate several American Indian ceremonial elements, including drummers...International Collaboration Takes Aim at Rabies
The Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories (MBL) of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) and the Serum Institute of India today announce //the formation of an historic collaboration to bring to the world a new, more cost-effective approach for preventing rabies in people. The institutions will collaborate to test and manufacture a new monoclonal antibody (MAB) created by...Millipore Corporation Announces New ReNcell Data from Collaboration with ReNeuron
BILLERICA, Massachusetts --- June20, 2007 --- Millipore Corporation today announced the release ofnew data concerning its ReNcell neural stem cell lines. Theresearch was conducted by the Department of Physiology atUniversity College London and ReNeuron Group plc, whose ReNcelldistribution agreement with Millipore was announced in 2006. The data will be presen...Micromet Achieves Milestone in BiTE Research Collaboration with MedImmune
CARLSBAD, Calif., April 23, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/Micromet, Inc. today announced the achievement of a milestone inits research collaboration with MedImmune, Inc. for the developmentof new BiTE(R) molecules targeting carcinoembryonal antigen (CEA),a validated tumor- associated antigen frequently expressed onvarious human carcinomas. Preclinical data recently presented atthe 2007 Annu...Lexicon-Genentech Collaboration Yields Potential Therapeutic Targets
Data Presented at Society for Biomolecular Sciences Conference THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 18, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Lexicon Genetics Incorporated announced that data was presentedtoday highlighting potential therapeutic targets related to itscollaboration with Genentech, Inc. at the Society for BiomolecularSciences 13th Annual Conference & Exhibition in Montreal,Canada. These...