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AADE, Emory University and Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Institute Partner to Educate and Improve Access to Care for Atlanta-area Minorities with Diabetes

ATLANTA, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) today announced the launch of an Atlanta-based program aimed at improving self-management of diabetes among minority populations. In partnership with Emory University's Latino Diabetes Education Program...

The Cooper Institute Launches Nationwide Testing With Pearson VUE for Certified Personal Trainer (CI-CPT) Exam

DALLAS, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Cooper Institute, the Dallas-based nonprofit research and education facility, now offers the Certified Personal Trainer (CI-CPT) certification exam nationwide through Pearson VUE professional testing centers. Previously only offered at The Co...

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation Only Hospital in New Jersey to Offer New Bionic Foot to Amputees

SADDLE BROOK, N.J., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation ( http://www.kessler-rehab.com ) is the only hospital in New Jersey and one of the first rehabilitation centers in the country to offer amputees the new PROPRIO FOOT(R), a prosthesis that provides greater...

Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute Announces Diagnostic Screening and Clinical Research Collaborations With Response Genetics, Inc.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute (ALCMI) today announced the execution of a letter of intent (LOI) to collaborate with Response Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGDX ) on molecular diagnostic testing and banking of advanced-stage Lung...

Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council Partners With the National Institute of Mental Health

RADNOR, Pa., July 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council has been selected as the NIMH Outreach Partner for the state of Pennsylvania. Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council joins Outreach Partners in each state, Puerto Rico and the District of Colum...

The Aspen Institute and TIME Convene Debate on Health Care at The Aspen Health Forum

More Than 100 Health Care Experts to Discuss The Very Latest in Health Reform, Policy, and Biotech ASPEN, Colo., July 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Aspen Health Forum brings together more than 100 experts in health care, including world-class medical scientis...

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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation Announce Innovative Diabetes Drug Discovery and Development Partnership

- Program Focuses on Expanding Pipeline of Drugs For People with Type 1 Diabetes - NEW YORK, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation said today that it has entered into a novel collaborative research agreement with the Genomics Institute of th...

National Cancer Institute Research Identifies Unique Mechanism of Brostallicin's Anti-Tumor Effectiveness

SEATTLE, July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cell Therapeutics (CTI) (Nasdaq and MTA: CTIC) announced today that researchers from the Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology at the National Cancer Institute presented new preclinical research identifying unique anti-tumor mechanisms of br...

Lupus Research Institute Highly Encouraged by Benlysta(TM) Trial Results

First Phase 3 Lupus Drug Trial in Decades to Show Effectiveness NEW YORK, July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) and its National Coalition of state and local organizations congratulate Human Genome Sciences (HGS) and GlaxoSmithKline on the high...

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health Features Discovery of Asbestos-Related Pain Origin from Scientists at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit

DETROIT, July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scientists at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute's National Center for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers (NCVAC) have discovered a probable reason for the unrelenting chest pain experienced in certain patients with asbestos-r...

CEL-SCI to Present Data from Multikine Clinical Trials at National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) Seminar Series

VIENNA, Va., July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE Amex: CVM ), a late stage cancer immunotherapy company, announced today that Dr. Eyal Talor, CEL-SCI's Senior Vice President of Research and Manufacturing, has been invited to present to the NIH, NCI's Clinical Cent...

USC Keck School of Medicine's Dr. Alan Epstein Receives Prestigious National Cancer Institute RAID Award for Breakthrough IL-2 Molecule Therapeutic

LOS ANGELES, July 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Southern California today announced that Dr. Alan Epstein of the USC Keck School of Medicine has received approval for a $3.5 million drug development project through the Rapid Access to Intervention Development (RAID) program of...

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MammaPrint Breast Cancer Diagnostic Test

Description:...filing test that predicts the risk of metastasis in breast cancer patients. It is based on groundbreaking research performed at the Netherlands Cancer institute and the Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital in Amsterdam, The Netherlands....
Company:Agendia Corporate

Ocuvite® PreserVision® Tablets AREDS formula

Description:...age-related eye study (AREDS) 10-year trial. 4 tablets per day format. The 10-year clinical Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) by the National Eye institute (a division of the National Institutes of Health) showed that a unique vitamin and mineral supplement may help slow the progression of age-related mac...
Company:Bausch & Lomb, Inc.

Clinical Proficiency Testing Programs

Description:... American Proficiency institute offers innovative proficiency testing solutions with outstanding customer service and technical support. As a result, API is one of the largest profic...
Company:American Proficiency Institute

TonoPach

Description:...mains the single most important metric for the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma. However, as discovered in a large, randomized, five-year National institute of Health (NIH) study published in mid-2002, the patients central cornea thickness (CCT) is an important and necessary biometric parameter in risk ass...
Company:Neuvas, Inc.

Prospera® I-125 Seeds

Features:... calibrated by direct comparison against a standard source of the same model (i.e., identical configuration) which has been calibrated by the National institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The standard was measured by NIST using a wide-angle free-air chamber at the direction perpendicular to the long ...
Company:North American Scientific

Prospera® Pd-103 Seeds

Features:...onization chamber and sorted into an appropriate range. The efficiency used for calibration was established through intercomparison with the National institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). ...
Company:North American Scientific

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Full-body scan

...Behind the Body Scan Craze . Retrieved on August 30 , 2006 . ^ Whole-body Scans More Marketing Than Science, Say Medical Physicists. American institute of Physics. (August 26, 2002). Retrieved on August 30 , 2006 . ^ Diederich S, Wormanns D. (Aug 2004). "Impact of low-dose CT on lung cancer ...

Medical Scientist Training Program

...uch alliances exist between Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts institute of Technology , the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carn...alifornia, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine and the California institute of Technology , among others. At most programs trainees follow establishe...

Neurobiological Brain Disorder

...iatry More information on Neurobiological Brain Disorders: National institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Clinical Brain Disorders Branch of the Departments of the National institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Endocr...

NeuroArm

... surgery . University of calgary (2007-04-17). Retrieved on 2007 - 04-19 . ^ IMRIS Pioneers New MRI Techniques . National Research Council - institute for Biodiagnostics (2006-01-16). Retrieved on 2007 - 04-18 . ^ NeuroArm timeline . University of calgary (2007-04-17). Retrieved on 2007 - ...

Mumijo

...ding full-scale clinical trials. Most reliable information on mumijo is known from Russian sources. Composition Research done in Vernadsky institute of molecular chemistry in Moscow described the generalized formula for the base of mumijo as Ca Si [ ( K , Na ) C 4 H 10 C H 20 ]. It ...

Ocular oncology

... External links The Ocular Oncology Service The Eye Cancer Network Eye Cancer - Medline Plus Ocular Oncology - Bascom Palmer Eye institute William Charles Caccamise Sr. A photographic cache of eyelid and conjunctival malignant lesions . EyeRounds.org. Specific types De...

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Zinc

...nute amounts, is essential for life; luckily is it found in most types of food, with the best sources being meat, shellfish, legumes Linus Pauling institute at Oregon State University Zinc has been used since ancient Egyptian times to enhance wound healing, ... Zinc is necessary for the functioning...

Wilson disease

...herited Wilson's disease information sheet compiled by the National institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) ... What is Wilson's Disease ? Is there any ... Wilson's Disease (National institute of Neurological Disorders and ... ( Wilson's Disease Association) ... Ho...

Whiplash

...finition, treatment, prognosis, and related publications. From the National institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Read about whiplash caus...ur access to chiropractic news, articles, research, patient ... Insurance institute for Highway Safety's Whiplash Page ... Whiplash is an injury to t...

Weight loss

...ort. Start today with a free... Information resources to reduce and control weight , scientific articles on obesity and more. From the National institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney ... For the episode of the United States version of The Office, see Weight Loss (The Office) ... Weight ...

Weight Control

...trol , physical activity, and related nutritional issues. From the National institute of Diabetes and Digestive and ... The Weight - control Information Ne...rol weight , scientific articles on obesity and more. From the National institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney ... Some Weight Control Basics...

Von Hippel-lindau Disease

... information sheet compiled by NINDS, the National institute of Neurological ... Disorders A - Z " von Hippe...... Von Hippel - Lindau Disease (National institute of Neurological Disorders and ... Article: Intradu...von Hippel - Lindau Disease from the National institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (USA) ... ...

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La Jolla Institute discovers novel tumor suppressor

SAN DIEGO (August 3, 2009) La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology researchers studying an enzyme believed to play a role in allergy onset, instead have discovered its previously unknown role as a tumor suppressor that may be important in myeloproliferative diseases and some types of lymphoma...

DNA computation gets logical at the Weizmann Institute of Science

Biomolecular computers, made of DNA and other biological molecules, only exist today in a few specialized labs, remote from the regular computer user. Nonetheless, Tom Ran and Shai Kaplan, research students in the lab of Prof. Ehud Shapiro of the Weizmann Institute's Biological Chemistry, and Comp...

SRI announces selection by the National Cancer Institute as a Chemical Biology Consortium center

Menlo Park, Calif.July 22 , 2009SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, announced today that SRI's Center for Cancer Research was selected by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for a leading role in the newly-formed "Chemical Biology Consortium" (CBC), a...

OJ worse for teeth than whitening says Eastman Institute researchers

With the increasing popularity of whitening one's teeth, researchers at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, part of the University of Rochester Medical Center, set out to learn if there are negative effects on the tooth from using whitening products. Eastman Institute's YanFang Ren, DDS, PhD...

Partnership to accelerate Trudeau Institute discoveries to patient care

Saranac Lake, N.Y. - The Trudeau Institute and Health Research Incorporated (HRI) have established a unique partnership aimed at advancing the commercialization of medical and scientific discoveries made at the institute to maximize their benefit to public health worldwide. The Trudeau Insti...

Stanford's Woods Institute awards new round of Environmental Venture Projects

The Woods Institute for the Environment has awarded four new Environmental Venture Projects (EVP) grants for interdisciplinary research aimed at finding practical solutions promoting global sustainability. Four Stanford University faculty teams will receive a total of $791,692 over the next ...

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Burnham Institute for Medical Research and Magellan BioScience Group, Inc. Announce Drug Discovery Collaboration

Magellan BioScience Group, Inc. (Magellan), a pioneer in innovative drug development from marine sources, and investigators at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research at Lake Nona (Burnham) announced today that they will begin a multidisciplinary drug discovery collaboration to identify novel ...

Pharmaceutical Institute Launches New E-Course Focused on Health Policy

RALEIGH, N.C., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharmaceutical Institute (PI), a leading provider of specialized training solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry, today announced the release of a new e-course titled, Introduction to Health Policy . The course is the newest addition to the c...

DNA Genotek Partners with Roswell Park Cancer Institute to Accelerate Breast Cancer Research

DNA Genotek to Provide Method for Easy, Reliable and Non-Invasive DNA Collection On-Site at Komen Western New York Race for the Cure® Ottawa, ON (PRWEB) June 12, 2009 -- DNA Genotek , a leading provider of products for biological sample collection, today announced ...

Scripps Research Institute Highlights Groundbreaking Work of aTyr Pharma Scientific Co-Founder

Research Published by Scripps Associate Professor Xiang-Lei Yang Further Validates aTyr Pharma's Discovery Engine for Proprietary Drugs SAN DIEGO, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The June 1st, 2009 edition of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) News & Views highlights newly published researc...

AGA Institute and Horizon Therapeutics Launch 'Connect to Protect' Program to Educate Physicians and Consumers on Risks Associated With NSAID Use

- Webinar on June 9 to discuss the prevalence and prevention of NSAID-induced ulcers available at www.connecttoprotect.com - BETHESDA, Md. and CHICAGO, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute and Horizon Therapeutics, Inc. today launched C...

Genomas and Institute of Living Among Organizers of Pharmacogenetics Symposium at 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association

Field Moving Toward Genotype-Guided Psychotropic Therapy SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Gualberto Ruano, M.D., Ph.D., President of Genomas, and Director of Genetics Research at Hartford Hospital and Simon Kung, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic will co-chair a ...

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Agilent Arabidopsis 3 Oligo Microarray Kit from Agilent Technologies

Description:... the primary model organism for gene expression research in higher plants. The content on this microarray is derived from the ATH1 v.5 database of The institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and from the Arabidopsis MPSS database at the University of Delaware. Nearly 40,000 features represents 28,500 genes from ...
Company:Agilent Technologies

Rice Oligo Microarray Kit, 22K from Agilent Technologies

Description:... representing estimated coverage of 60% of the rice (japonica) genome focuses on well annotated genes selected by Dr. Shoshi Kikuchi, (Japan) National institute of Agrobiological Sciences. Kit contains 5 standard 1 x 3? glass slides each containing an identical 22K oligonucleotide microarray printed using...
Company:Agilent Technologies

Arabidopsis 2 Oligo Microarray Kit (V2), 22K from Agilent Technologies

Description:...r investigating plant organ functions, growth stages, and stress response. Each microarray contains content derived from the ATH1 v. 3 database of The institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and represents 21,500 genes. Kit contains 5 standard 1 x 3? glass slides each containing an identical 22K oligonucleo...
Company:Agilent Technologies

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Apoptosis

...e 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Brenner, and Horvitz would go back to the US in 1978 to establish his own lab at the Massachusetts institute of Technology. Brenner's original interests were centered in genetics and in the development of the nervous system, but cell lineage and differentia...

Artificial life

...w they applied to natural phenomena such as the patterns of seashells and the nature of plant growth. Norman Packard , who worked with Wolfram at the institute for Advanced Study , used CAs to simulate the growth of snowflakes, following very basic rules. Computer animator Craig Reynolds similarly used th...

Avian influenza

...ce and must be prepared for each subtype. Increasing virulence In July 2004 researchers, headed by H. Deng of the Harbin Veterinary Research institute , Harbin , China and Professor Robert Webster of the St Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis, Tennessee , reported results of experiments in...

Biodiversity

...phine from the poppy plant (pain relief). According the National Cancer institute , over 70 % of the promising anti-cancer drugs come from plants in the tro...pics External links ActionBioscience , a project of the American institute of Biological Sciences that examines biodiversity, environment, genomics a...

Bioinformatics

...BioPython BioRuby EMBOSS EnsEMBL GMOD : The Generic Model Organism Database Project Organizations European Bioinformatics institute National Center for Biotechnology Information European Molecular Biology Laboratory Open Bioinformatics Foundation: umbrella non-profit or...

Biochemistry

... first biochemic association was founded in Oldenburg on July 17th 1885.The institute of Biochemistry (Schuessler) Biochemischer Bund Deutschland (Ev) is still "...rther information may be obtained in the English language by contacting The institute of Biochemic medicine (Asia Pacific) A branch of the Biochemischer Bund Deu...

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Z-DNA

...NA formation is a dynamic process, largely ... Twenty years after visualizing a surprising left-handed form of the DNA double helix, Massachusetts institute of ... DNA, dubbed Z-DNA by the ... Z-DNA is stabilized in vivo by negative supercoiling of DNA, which occurs ... The Z-DNA conformation, f...

Zinc finger

...) domains are relatively small protein motifs ... PR-domain zinc finger protein PRDM1. RNA editing complex, ... The European Bioinformatics institute ... Zinc finger (Znf) domains are relatively ... PR-domain zinc finger protein PRDM1. Transcriptional regulator, Tri6 ... Using the zinc...

Xenopus

... 10. Wellcome ... Xenopus Full-Length cDNAs. Xenopus Gene Collection (XGC) has ... A Xenopus Newsletter. Sequence Resources. DOE Joint Genome institute (JGI) X. tropicalis v4.1 ... Adult Xenopus laevis are carnivorous and eat submerged in water. ... Xenopus laevis tadpoles are filter feeders an...

Vitelline membrane

...elline membrane genes contain a 114 base pair ... melanogaster genes encoding vitelline membrane proteins. ... The European Bioinformatics institute ... GO:0030704 vitelline membrane formation. Function ... Crystal structure of vitelline membrane outer layer protein I ... Zoology infor...

Virology

...standing training in virology ... Connecticut Virology Club. ... The institute for Molecular Virology is a research institute located in Bock ... focus on the UW-Madison campus for research and trainin...

Vestibular system

... Ear ... Vestibular System ... ... caused by the abnormality in functioning of visual, vestibular , and body's sense of space. From National institute on ... of the vestibular system are the ... Rehabilitex, Inc. is a Medicare-certified facility, dedicated to achieving physical ... The vestib...