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...these areas -- 17.6 percent -- of the top ten U.S. academic medical centers.News releases from the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center are availableto reporters by direct e-mail, fax, or U.S. mail, upon request. They are alsoposted electronically to the medical center's home page( http://www.med.upenn.e...... industrial scientists and bring themtogether with academic researchers, she said. A new direction in catalysis research, Gray said, is to combine traditionalchemical catalysis with the newer area of "biocatalysis." "This coupling happens in nature all the time, and we hope to be able to adaptthese processes ...NSF teams with DOE to fund Environmental Molecular Science Institutes
... Each EMSI will provide a unique program for academic scientists andengineers from multiple disciplines to work with industrial colleagues and withstudents to improve understanding of how nature and technology affectenvironmental systems at the molecular level. The EMSI teams at Columbia,Northwestern a...Whitaker makes largest individual grants ever totaling more than $30 million
... and research programs at both of theseoutstanding academic institutions," said G. Burtt Holmes, Chairman of t...entists. Over the past20 to 30 years, more than 80 academic biomedical engineering departments andprograms have been created in the United States. It is the fas...Book By Shipman Wins Phi Beta Kappa Award In Science
...959. Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa isthe oldest academic honor society in the United States. Shipman will receivethe award during a ceremony next month in Washington, D.C.. Some previous winners of the prize include Stephen Jay Gould for "WonderfulLife: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History," Linu...New Company Formed Through Licensing Of Cardiac-Hypertrophy Technology From Texas Institutions
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...these areas -- 17.6 percent -- of the top ten U.S. academic medical centers.News releases from the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center are availableto reporters by direct e-mail, fax, or U.S. mail, upon request. They are alsoposted electronically to the medical center's home page( http://www.med.upenn.e...Key Asthma And Allergy Molecule Pictured
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...rticle, collaborators at the Geron Corporation and academic colleaguesdemonstrate that the cells with introduced telomerase do not produce tumors inmice. The fear that telomerase may cause cancer resulted because telomeraseactivity is a marker of cancer cells. While most normal cells, which have finiteli...NSF's Highest Honor For New Faculty Fosters Integration Of Research And Education
...pients to date. The CAREER program rewards academic talent in all areas supported byNSF's research and... knowledge that beginning teachershave. Create an academic program in urban science education at Teachers College andlink the program to local urban school ref...A Fresh Look At Love And War Between The Sexes
...metes. That has been the recent subject of lively academic debate, as has thepurpose of sex in the first place. Since sexual reproduction reduces ourgenetic contribution to the next generation by 50 percent and appearsridiculously inefficient compared to simply dividing in half like an amoeba,it's a mystery...Allelix Clones Receptor For Intestinal Growth Factor GLP-2
...intestinal epithelial cellgrowth activity. Several academic researchers are studying ALX-0600 to betterunderstand its mechanism of action and to explore its potential for variousgastrointestinal disorders.......these areas -- 17.6 percent -- of the top ten U.S. academic medical centers....Aldo Leopold Leadership Program Selects First Cohort
...xt two years," Vergun said, "are primarily tenured academic environmentalscientists who are active in research and teaching. These mid-career scientistsexpect to take more of a leadership role in communicating environmental scienceto a broad audience--within their areas of expertise and influence." Their ar...Secrecy In Science Focus Of AAAS-MIT Colloquium
...egular flow of information. Whatare the effects on academic communication when industries cut off this normalflow of information, particularly in genomics, DNA-based patenting, andcomputing? Experts in intellectual property from the industry, university, andlegal arenas will discuss the sharing of research da...Easy-To-Understand Book Written To Appeal To Students, Pet Owners
...nes tend to lack a scientific foundation, and many academic booksaren't accessible to a general audience." Case, who also owns and operates the Autumn Gold Dog Training Center in Mahomet,Ill., takes the reader through a dog'sbasic development. "All dogs and wolves go through very distinct developmentalperiods......ightsomeof the issues now facing the consortium of academic researchers, regulatoryofficials and pharmaceutical industry representatives who together make up theworldof new drug development. Members of the media will have an unprecedented opportunity to hear andinterviewleading authorities from all of these s...Genetic testing and modified diets may save babies born with genetic defect
...University BaptistMedical Center and at some other academic medical centers The study was supported by the National Institute of Diabetes andDigestive and Kidney Diseases and the American Digestive Health Foundation. Theteam also included investigators from the University of Texas SouthwesternMedical ......vate practice has been generally far slowerthan in academic medical centers." Dr. Turner and her co-workers are followingthe data on the women through 1998 to see who gets antiretroviral therapy up totwo years after they gave birth....