Aspirin is safer than warfarin and just as effective for treating blocked arteries in the brain
...s warfarin with fewer side effects. The study was funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). "This trial is good news. A simple low-cost drug works just as well as one that requires complicated and expensive monitoring an...Two Columbia neuroscientists named Howard Hughes investigators
...techniques or approaches, which are unlikely to be funded through conventional mechanisms." These new appointments bring the number of HHMI investigators at Columbia University to a dozen. Additional members of this prestigious group include the Nobel Laureates Drs. Richard Axel and Eric Kandel, as well as...NASH clinical research network launches new trial for treatment of liver disease
...inical Research Network and the clinical trial are funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestiv...twork and the PIVENS and TONIC clinical trials are funded by the NIDDK and an industry partner, Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Additional funding is provided by the ...Ophthalmologists and physicists team up to design 'bionic eye'
... research from benchtop to bedside. The project is funded in part by the U.S. Air Force and VISX Corp., which licensed the technology through Stanford's Office of Technology Licensing. Harvey Fishman, who is not an author of the current paper but directs the Stanford Ophthalmic Tissue Engineering Laboratory...New alloy verified for safer disposal of spent nuclear energy fuel
... Society's Welding Journal, caps a four-year study funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Spent Nuclear Fuel Program. The article, titled "Physical and Welding Metallurgy of Gadolinium-enriched Austenitic Alloys for Spent Nuclear Fuel Applications - Part II," won the society's Warren F. Savage Awar...Emory scientist finds different paths lead to similar cognitive abilities
...tional Primate Research Center. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, The SETI Institute, The Smithsonian Institution, and Emory University....Webcast: NIH Director Zerhouni and IOM President Fineberg to discuss health disparities
...n interdisciplinary collaboration, the Roadmap has funded the creation of a center on health disparities and pregnancy outcomes and has called for professional training of future clinical research leaders from diverse backgrounds. HSPH has received Roadmap funding for an interdisciplinary training program f...Where bacteria get their genes
...he scientifique (CNRS) in France. The research was funded by the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. Lateral gene transfer, unique to the bacterial world, has long been recognized as common. But until now scientists did not know which of a bacterium's genes came from lateral gene trans...Arsenic removal from drinking water is focus of new projects
...ur new research projects on arsenic. The research, funded by the Midwest Technology Assistance Center for Small Public Water Systems, will address the new standards, which will change the acceptable level of arsenic in public groundwater supplies from 50 micrograms per liter to 10 mg/l. The center, housed ...21-22 April AAAS forum to discuss Pentagon R&D spending, other policy issues
... hit affecting basic research grants such as those funded under the University Research Initiatives program and the Defense Research Sciences program. Advocates have argued that science and technology funding should account for at least 3 percent of the defense budget. The last four budgets have met that go...Microscopes at microscopic size
...le human cell. An interdisciplinary research team, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have developed optical biochips no larger than a single cell that could lead to faster development of new drugs an...Designing vaccines by computer
... test when searching for new vaccines. Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and working at the Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research are using a very simple concept to help speed up the development of vaccines. They are studying fragments of 'foreig...Society of Nuclear Medicine to offer first $25,000 Mallinckrodt Seed Grant
...lear Medicine . SNM's grants and awards program is funded by both the Education and Research Foundation for the Society of Nuclear Medicine and the SNM Technologist Section (SNMTS) Professional Development and Education Fund. This program provides research grants and fellowships, educational scholarships an...Ume researchers have mapped the dams of the world
...2005. The research project has amongst others been funded by WWF Sweden, United Nations Educational, Scienti...ources Institute. Christer Nilsson was last autumn funded by the Swedish Research Council to continue his study. His research group will now investigate how t...Why is Scotland's population shrinking and ageing? - A new research initiative
...l questions." The following six research projects, funded by this partnership initiative and supported by the General Register Office for Scotland, will address some of the key issues underlying Scotland's changing demography: 1. Why is fertility in Scotland lower than in England? Researchers from the Univ...Study reveals dramatic difference between breast cancers in US and Africa
... and the National Women's Cancer Research Alliance funded the study, which was presented April 18, 2005, at the 96th annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. Also contributing were Jinhua Xu and Audrey Kramtsov from Chicago; Roland Ndoma-Egba of the University of Calabar in Nigeria; K...Compounds in plastic packaging act as environmental estrogens altering breast genes
...n the plastic is old or scratched. In two studies funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia have demonstrated that two plasticizer compounds, BPA and BBP, are environmental estrogens capable of affecting gene expression in the ...Researchers find promising cancer-fighting power of synthetic cell-signaling molecule
...rsity and Wayne State University. The studies were funded by the National Cancer Institute. "Many agents suppress cancer cells in a Petri dish and then not in the whole animal, or have unacceptably high toxicity for normal tissues," said Georgia Tech Professor of Biology Al Merrill. "Finding that Enigmols ...Next-era targeted therapy overcoming Gleevec's shortcomings
...will benefit from both agents." The study is being funded by Novartis, which manufacturers both AMN107 and Gleevec. Giles presented first results of the therapy in a fewer number of patients last December at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. AMN107 is a refinement of Gleevec because ...Extreme life discovery in Yellowstone bodes well for astrobiologists, says Colorado U. study
...in the April 21 issue of Nature. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation and NASA. "This is the first description of these microbial communities, which may be a good diagnostic indicator of past life on Mars because of their potential for fossil preservation," said Walker. "The prevale...