NJIT Presidential Award winner takes stem cell research another step
Treena Arinzeh, a young professor who last year won a Presidential Award, the nation's highest scientific honor, is bringing the promise of stem cell research one step closer to reality. Arinzeh, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at NJIT, is researching the use of stem cells to induce bone repair. Her research will help diabetics whose impaired bones will not properly heal...On a fly's wing, scientists tally evolution's winners and losses
The complete sequencing of human chromosome 17 and mouse chromosome 11 offers unique insights into the evolution of the genome of higher mammals, said a Baylor College of Medicine researcher who participated in this effort reported in today's issue of the journal Nature. The work represents the first time that a mouse chromosome has been completely sequenced and annotated, said Dr. James...And the winners in medical design are
Instead, 14 other jurors and I were locked in a conference room at the . Over three days, we carefully and diligently selected the winners of this year's <a h...Winners of past business plan contests secure funding, credibility
Several emerging technology companies have earned much-needed start-up momentum, and attracted the attention of investors, after submitting winning business plans to a competition that has attracted hundreds of ideas. The Governor's Busine...UWM announces winners of RGI awards
The competition, designed to enhance the university's research portfolio and contribute to economic development, was conducted as part of UWM's Research Growth Initiative. RGI, lau...Winner of Burrill competition courted by North Carolina investors
Din and Newport stand in front of the display promoting their winning business pla...The winners and losers of the internet break-up
The politico-technocrats a...Aussie Nobel Prize Winners Receive Their Awards
Professor Barry Marshall and Doctor Robin Warren, the Australian Nobel Prize winners for medicine received their awards from the King of Sweden in a glitzy ceremony at Stockholm yesterday. // The Nobel Committe was unequivocal in praising the team for their belief in their concept. Professor Marshall and Dr Warren were of the opinion that stomach ulcers are caused by bacteria and not b...Oscar Winners Live Longer Than Co-Competitors
A new study has found that awards and accomplishments could have a profound impact on the survival rate of an individual. Oscar winners have been on an average found to live for four years longer // than nominees who had lost the race and went home and empty-handed. The interesting study conducted on actors and actresses can be found in the latest issue of the Harvard Health Letter. H...Sanitation Emerges as the Winner
An international poll to find out about the best medical discoveries of the last century was conducted by the British Medical Journal.//Sanitation and the flushing lavatory won the race with 1795 votes. The discovery of antibiotics came as a close second with 1642 votes. Fifteen discoveries were short listed which included vaccines, anesthesia, antibiotics and DNA. While doctors conside...