Schepens Eye Research Institute receives 'Roadmap' grant to develop center for curing eye diseases
... wound healing, and infections. In the second year pilot projects will test the hypotheses, and in the third year results will be evaluated. (See detailed abstract on Schepens website at http://www.theschepens.org/nih_roadmap.htm ) In addition to solving some of the major biomedical dilemmas involved in ...High resolution satellite imagery assists hunt for infectious 'kissing bugs'
...fects. Following the completion of this Matagalpa pilot project, the same techniques - including use of satellite imagery may be employed for Chagas control elsewhere in Nicaragua and Central and South America. About HUMAN The Humanitarian Mapping Service (HUMAN) project is funded by ESA as part of...Chernobyl study: Risk of thyroid cancer rises with radiation dose
... an opportunity surfaced when a Russian helicopter pilot involved in the initial efforts to contain the Che...initial work in Russia was simply to conduct small pilot studies to establish in concrete terms whether we could carry out all phases of an epidemiological s...Blood pressure hormone may inhibit growth of lung cancer
...rted by the National Institutes of Health and by a pilot project grant from the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University....Only 21 states offer newborn screening tests recommended by March of Dimes
...lected populations within the state or are running pilot programs that do not include all babies. Although most states have approved screening for hearing deficiency, seven states currently do not ensure that at least 90 percent of babies actually get tested, the March of Dimes says. Dr. Howse says the M...Donaghue Women's Health Investigator Program awards grants to three at Yale
...novel treatment strategies. Proctor will generate pilot data on 20 women with hereditary hemorrhagic telan...ded to date, the granted scientists have generated pilot data establishing the basis for further studies and findings that could be immediately applied. Bas...$6 million appropriation to focus Sandia research on drinking water desalination, removal of arsenic
...responsibility of AwwaRF. Sandia's role will be to pilot promising new technologies as they get close to commercialization. WERC will handle transfer of the technologies to companies that will commercialize them and sell them to the water utilities. The pilot-scale testing program, led by Sandia researcher...'Rolling Store' provides model for overcoming barriers to healthy foods and better health outcomes
...SDA, in Little Rock, Arkansas, created a six month pilot project to examine the impact of the availability of better food choices. All of the 40 rural, low-income, African-American women participating in the study were given information on healthy eating and exercise weekly, plus incentives, by a peer heal...Strengthening independent junior research groups in collaborative research centres
...er Unit funding after successful completion of the pilot phase as a permanent component into the Collaborat...res Programme, the committee decided to extend the pilot phase by five years to gain further experience with this funding instrument, which was introduced in...NIH launches first center in Nationwide Chemical Genomics Network
...from numerous NIH institutes and centers. Up to 10 pilot centers will be funded at academic institutions and other locations across the country in Fiscal Year (FY) 2005. "These chemical genomics centers will be coordinated to build a network in the academic research community for identifying a broad range ...UC Riverside professor to spend year with US State Department
...ses in the Washington, D.C., area. The three-year pilot program is administered by the National Academies and supported by a partnership between the MacArthur Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation, the United States' science, technology and engineering academic community and professional scientific soci...Cranberry breeding program may soon bear fruit for growers
...e those growers who may be ready to scale up their pilot HyRed plantings to the commercial level, WARF is now offering reasonably priced licenses that will allow growers to market and sell the cultivar's fruit. The licenses are required to regulate and protect HyRed's genetic integrity. All licensing incom...MCG pursues markers to improve ovarian cancer treatment, diagnosis
...herapy is one goal of a Medical College of Georgia pilot study. "We want to identify new, more specific mar...r Coalition provided the opportunity for funding a pilot project to do this, we seized the opportunity," said Dr. Ferris, principal investigator on the study...NSF funds summer research program abroad for undergraduates at UC San Diego
..., middleware, distributed data and networking. The pilot project builds on the NSF's previous efforts to promote collaboration between U.S. and international researchers as part of the Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assembly (PRAGMA). The group was formed to establish sustained collaborations...Survey reports fall in stem cell transplants for breast cancer
...enefit. However he urged caution. "Although these pilot studies in solid tumours have been invaluable as they have provided important proof of the concept that graft versus host may have potential, it is critical that we don't repeat the mistake that has occurred with autologous transplants in breast canc...Media advisory: Sea of Cortez expedition to launch March 26
...ea Studios in Monterey. Skipper Frank Donahue will pilot the commercial fishing boat, Gus D, which will be docked at the end of Municipal Wharf II - a commercial fishing pier located directly east of Monterey's Old Fisherman's Wharf. For directions and parking visit http://www.monterey.org/harbor/parking....Researchers show chronic sinusitis is immune disorder; antifungal medicine effective treatment
...ugh a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind pilot trial using the fungicide Amphotericin-B applied intranasally, the researchers found that the treatment group showed a significant decrease in the inflammatory thickening of the sinus membranes compared to the control group. Inflammation in the mucu...Envisat fishes up facts behind Chilean giant squid invasion
... farming association Salmon Chile has co-founded a pilot scheme with oceanography firm Mariscope Chilena, investigating the feasibility of a satellite-based early warning system for harmful phytoplankton blooms explosive growths of sometimes toxic marine algae. "The AATSR results show the appearance of t...Sequencing project results in six-fold reduction of effective size of maize genome
...orth Plant Science Center, the overall goal of the pilot sequencing project in maize is to derive an effective strategy to sequence the maize genome. To meet this goal, the Maize Genomics Consortium will generate approximately 800,000 total sequence reads using the methyl-filtration and high-Cot methods, w......arming association, Salmon Chile, has co-founded a pilot scheme with oceanography firm Mariscope Chilena to investigate the feasibility of an operational satellite early warning service for algae blooms. "Since the end of last year, high concentrations of phytoplankton have been measured from in situ wate...