Philanthropist Paul F. Glenn launches labs for aging research at Harvard Medical School
BOSTON, MA--Seeking to accelerate the pace of research into the molecular mechanisms that govern aging, philanthropist Paul F. Glenn, an alumnus of Harvard Law School and founder of the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research in Santa Barbara, California, has committed $5 million to Ha...Miniaturized lab permits saliva screening on the go
.... Their plan would increase ease of detection and accelerate response time whether it was used in the middle of a public health incident or in a busy doctor's office. At a special session on saliva-based diagnostics at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science today in Wash...'EuroVacc 02' HIV vaccine trial begins in February 2005
...nds for fundamental and clinical research so as to accelerate the development of a safe and effective vaccine against HIV infection. The Foundation also promotes educational and training programmes relevant to vaccine development worldwide....Leadership gift from Sulpizio Family for new state-of-the-art cardiovascular center at UCSD
...vascular programs in one center of excellence will accelerate and improve our efforts to diagnose, treat, and even prevent the devastating affects of heart disease and stroke through innovative clinical research." Anthony DeMaria, M.D., an internationally respected cardiologist and researcher who specializes i...Children's Hospital Oakland opens new $5.6 million infectious disease lab
...D), which was designed as a national model to help accelerate the pace of research into pneumococcal, meningococcal, chlamydia trachomatis, anthrax and other infectious diseases. The CIVD will bring together a variety of research programs focused on understanding the immunobiology of infectious diseases, both e...Increased physical activity not linked to ALS risk
...hysical activity, a higher level of activity could accelerate the onset of the disease; although other exposures during physical activity might also explain the association with early onset ALS." The study revealed that in patients with higher leisure time physical activities before the age of 25, onset of the ...A much-needed shot in the arm for HIV vaccine development
...ny S. Fauci. "By working together, we will greatly accelerate progress toward the critical goal of developing a ... that this scientific strategic plan will not only accelerate the development of a lifesaving HIV vaccine but also boost African capacity in health research to ad...Rice student wins award for revolutionary MRI research
...ndividuals, corporations, and other foundations to accelerate research in nanotechnology by increasing the visibility of nanotechnology research, expanding research funding, and recruiting the best nanotechnology researchers from around the world to come to Texas....NIH action plan charts future challenges for liver disease research
...ted the Liver Disease Research Branch to focus and accelerate research on liver disease at the NIDDK and to coordinate liver-related research across the NIH and among other federal agencies. The Branch worked with the Liver Disease Subcommittee of the congressionally authorized Digestive Diseases Interagency C...Four teams awarded inaugural translational cancer research grants
... the best scientists and physicians in the U.S. to accelerate progress against this dreaded disease. The teams led by cancer researchers Theresa A. Guise, M.D. (University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Va.), Mark R. Parthun, Ph.D. (The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, ...UGA researchers receive NIH contract to create a stem cell-based drug assay for SMA
...e (NINDS) at the National Institutes of Health, to accelerate the process of developing safe and effective treatment of SMA. The goal of the SMA Project is to identify and complete preclinical research and development of candidate therapeutics for treating SMA by late 2007. The UGA team hopes to have the first...Research by scientists affiliated with the Earth Institute at Columbia University
...rbing particles, such as black carbon or soot, may accelerate ice and snow melting. Dorothy Koch and James Hansen discuss what global climate models reveal about the origins of black carbon, in the Arctic. Model results suggest a larger contribution of soot and other particles from South Asia to the Arctic than...New study in NEJM suggests levodopa may slow progression of Parkinson's disease
...d reasonable doubt, we found that levodopa did not accelerate the pace of Parkinson disease," said Dr. Fahn. "Now patients can feel more secure about the drug and may wish to start it sooner rather than later." The co-principal investigator, Ira Shoulson, M.D., professor of neurology at the University of Roche...Senators Lautenberg and Corzine secure $1 million to accelerate smart gun development at NJIT
...lion in federal appropriations funding for 2005 to accelerate the development of a safer and more secure personalized handgun at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). The senators secured similar funding last year for 2004. The senators' announcement will take place during a testing of a smart gun proto...Brookhaven Lab and BioSET develop a synthetic peptide that enhances the effect of BMP-2
... currently used clinically for spine repair and to accelerate the healing of long bones," Pea continued. "These devices show effectiveness in inducing bone repair, but there is concern over the high levels of the growth factors that are currently required. An agent that decreases the amount of BMP needed or one...Air pollution may cause and speed up artery disease
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 7 Air pollution may trigger and accelerate narrowing of carotid arteries, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2004. Researchers found an association between long-term air pollution exposure and the early stages of atherosclerosis (hardening o...Scientists pinpoint flaw, offer new promise for stroke treatment
...st treatment doctors currently have for stroke can accelerate the death of brain cells in addition to dissolving blood clots, researchers report in the journal Nature Medicine . But they also found good news: Another drug currently used to treat patients with severe sepsis counters the harmful effects, offerin...Biotech breakthrough in islet cell replacement for type 1 diabetes
...ontrolled delivery of biological factors that will accelerate engraftment and control the recipient's immune response. One of the program's aims is to develop alternative sites for islet implantation, for example, in the abdomen, rather than use the current method of transplanting islet cells into the liver. ...Long-sought key to hearing may be found in protein discovery
...ue for TRPA1. Having the transduction channel will accelerate a search for the remaining protein pieces, and these in turn may be causes of inherited deafness."...... partnership of Europe and Developing Countries to accelerate the clinical development of better and more adapted therapeutics and prophylactics for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and to build or strengthen research capacity in countries in which these diseases are health priorities. The EDCTP builds upon ...