September/October 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...30-year relationship with a patient and the strong ties they formed. Although she was trained to keep emotionally distant from patients in order to maintain the best therapeutic milieu, this relationship taught her that in some instances, closeness, rather than distance, is more therapeutic because it rec...First Max Planck Partner Institute in China
...mental bioscience institutes in Shanghai and close ties to a number of Max Planck Institutes, the models c... of the Max Planck Society thus guaranteeing close ties to the CAS and the cooperating MPS institutes. One important task of the Partner Institute will be t...UCSD bioinformatics researcher studies tumor genome architectures with career award
...uantitative department but wants to maintain close ties with biological researchers. "I think this award shows UCSD is a great environment for doing work at the intersection of biological sciences, quantitative mathematics and computer science," says Raphael. "It is an award for UCSD, not just for me."...First x-ray laser gets funding
...o build research programs that will strengthen the ties between SLAC and the main campus in very substantial ways," said Professor Arthur Bienenstock, vice provost and dean of research and graduate policy at Stanford. "LCLS will represent a major investment in scientific infrastructure at [SLAC], making y...Cracking the olfactory code in bees
...hich suggests there's a species-specific code that ties together the insects' brain and behavior. Future studies should only improve our ability to investigate the correlations between brain and behavior, the authors say. Such studies would go even further toward cracking the codes underlying animals' per...Scientists collaborate to assess health of global environment
...ts totaling nearly 2,500 pages and focusing on the ties between ecosystems and human well-being. A set of 33 case studies, termed sub-global assessments, also will be released in late 2005 or early 2006. Each case study will focus on a particular area, Mooney said. "This is really important because the gl...PNAS highlights for the week of April 4 - 8
...er to retrieve salt, and recovery of a wood paddle ties the salt production to river delivery by canoes. The workshops were far from royal Maya leaders in the cities, the author says, indicating an economy more complex than previously thought. Reducing the "Toll" of Nerve Pain According to a newly pub...Study reveals dramatic difference between breast cancers in US and Africa
...nection. Olopade grew up in Nigeria, retains close ties with cancer specialists there and returns frequently to teach, for research -- and to visit. She worked with Nigerian researcher Francis Ikpatt, who is completing a three-year post-doctoral fellowship in Olopade's laboratory, to gather the tumor samp...Fundamental genes regulate human blood stem cells
...specifically in HSCs. The role of one gene, HES-1, ties in with previous research pointing to the importance of the cell-cycle-associated Notch signaling pathway. The second gene, HLF, is a DNA-binding transcription factor involved in preventing premature HSC death. Bhatia and colleagues showed that raisi...Stem cell treatment improves mobility after spinal cord injury
...al stabilization at the acute phase, when rods and ties are placed in the spinal column to restabilize it after injury. Currently, drug treatments are given during the acute phase to help stabilize the injury site, but they provide only a very mild benefit, and they do not foster regeneration of insulatio...PNAS highlights for the week of May 16 - 20
...tees in the House and that it has close membership ties with the House Rules Committee rather than with th...hose connections. This led to the finding of close ties between the House Rules Committee and the Select Committee on Homeland Security. The researchers als...What makes someone your sister or brother? No easy question in 2005
...r' relationships are now about far more than blood ties and living in the same home, warns a new study sponsored by the ESRC. As 21st Century children and young people create their own, complex understandings of who and what is a sibling, the important social implications need to be taken on board, says a...Stem cell research in New York City receives pivotal boost from The Starr Foundation
...ive builds on the already existing strong research ties among the three organizations as well as on the scientific strengths each organization currently brings to stem cell-related research. Of the total gift, $10 million already has been awarded. The gift will enable the three institutions to retain and ...Chinese Minister of Sciences visits Ghent biotechnologists
...lse for Flemish biotech to establish collaborative ties and to become acquainted with the Chinese market. Biotechnology has become an important sector in China as well. Between 2000 and 2005, the Chinese government has injected some 500 million euro into the field. A thriving industry has sprung up - esp...UIC researchers show protein routes messages in nerve cells
...toskeleton," said Featherstone. "This work finally ties the receptors to the cell framework to provide a complete picture." Confirmation of these mechanisms in a mammal such as a mouse or a rat can help researchers understand how nerves need to be reconnected after spinal cord injury, or may open doors to...The doctor is in: UH engineering students find medical mentors
...efforts and technology transfer. Since the strong ties between mathematical and physical science and academic medicine are vitally important, such collaboration is a key to the translation of biomedical science into new therapies and prevention strategies for patients....UW-Madison small-scale research receives big boost
...lo, a number of UW-Madison spin-off companies have ties to the center, including: nPoint, founded by engineering professor Max Lagally; Platypus Technologies, co-founded by engineering professor Nicholas Abbott); Imago, founded by former engineering professor Tom Kelly; and Virent Energy Systems, founded ...New genetic link to high blood pressure found
... other dopamine receptors and see if there are any ties with blood pressure traits and trends. Meanwhile, Burmeister plans to continue to look at the Tecumseh study DNA samples and behavioral survey data for other possible relationships....Genetic testing for breast cancer could benefit minorities but is underused
...lity gene. "We still have a lot to learn about the ties between genetics and breast cancer in African Americans as well as many other minority groups," Olopade said. "But we already know enough about the risk factors and the disease to help those most at risk by designing protocols for prevention and ear......med the government's belief the counterfeiters had ties with terrorists who moved from Eastern Europe to the Middle East. In 2000, the Drug Enforcement Administration began using Ehleringer's method to test thousands of drug samples each year. Slight differences in the nitrogen-15-to-nitrogen-14 ratios ...