ACTG 315 Preliminary Results: Drug Cocktail Restores Partial Immune Function
...fter the recompetition for ACTG fundingincluded an award to establish the ACTG ImmunologyAdvanced Technology Laboratories. This network of 16 immunologylaboratories has since set up standardized immunologic assaysand now serves the ACTUs that comprise the ACTG. "ACTG 315is the first field-test of this ne...New Test May Improve Treatment Of Kidney Disease
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...ssor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, a MERIT award inrecognition of his "consistent and excellent con...g grant applications. The $2-million MERIT award is an eight-year grant extending Dr.Bernstein?s original NIH grant awarded in 1988 when he first joi...Hollywood Increases Film Portrayals Of People With Disabilities
...cal problems quickly in his mind wonthe Best Actor award for "Rain Man" in 1988, very few autistic people aresavants. "We have seen a dramatic increase in what I call 'disability movies,'but most film critics will tell you there is very little reality basis in thefilm," said Safran, who teaches a c...Chemical Society's Highest Award Goes To Ronald Breslow
... has no higher honor than the Priestley Medal. The award is namedfor Joseph Priestley, who reported the discovery of oxygen in 1774, and itsfirst recipient, in 1923, was Ira Remsen, the chemist credited with bringinglaboratory research to the American university. "What I do is make new molecules wi...Scientists Report Cancer Fighting Drug As Possible Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis
...pported by a Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholarship award of the NMSS. Rockefeller began in 1901 as The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, thefirst U.S. biomedical research center. Rockefeller faculty members have madesignificant achievements, including the discovery that DNA is the carrier ofgene...Three INEEL Inventions Win International Recognition
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...eceive $5.76 million over the next four years. The award will support ongoing UCSF work in the basic, clinical, and behavioralscience areas of HIV/AIDS, with an emphasis on developing new treatmentapproaches, understanding the biology of HIV transmission to prevent infection,and improving the effectiveness...National Science Foundation Awards Knowledge And Distributed Intelligence Grants
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...tino's work was funded by an Ohio State fellowship award during her firstyear of graduate school.......ual Meeting, including the Plenary Session and all award lectures, will be webcast and will be available through the virtual pressroom. Lastly, media will be able to access archived press releases from the 1998 meeting. Third Annual Public Forum The meeting will feature AACR's Third Annual Public Forum, ...New Teacher Award Honors NSF Program Director
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...rded the center's mental health program itshighest award for clinical service delivery, the Gold Achievement Award. "This is an important move for the APA to endorse practice guidelinesfor persons with HIV/AIDS," says Dr. McDaniel. "Although the APA has providednational leadership for the past 10...