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... minds in immunologyand flows from NIAID's plan to accelerate clinical trials for novel approachesto modulate im...ly human clinicalstudies. Network researchers will accelerate testing of these and othertolerogenic approaches, and will develop and evaluate methods to monitor t...Canada's Most Powerful Supercomputer Now At Sick Kids
...omputer that will allow scientists to dramatically accelerate researchinto diseases that affect children. The Hospital's new Silicon Graphics Origin2000 is the most powerful supercomputer of its type in Canada and the largest inthe world devoted exclusively to health and biological research in the publicsector....Pursuing The Next Generation Of Arthritis Treatment
To accelerate the introduction of more effective, safer treatments forarthritis, the University of California San Francisco has established a specialresearch center for testing promising experimental drugs for the disease. The Rosalind Russell New Arthri...Microwaves May Provide Early Detection Of Breast Cancer
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...after brain damage or injury could allow doctorsto accelerate recovery and bring about more successful rehabilitation. Similarstrategies could be developed to promote learning, a kind of brainreorganization that occurs every day. Since the brain reorganization in this experiment occurred rapidly, itpro...Targon And Duke Cancer Center Sign $3.75 Million Agreement To Produce Advanced Anti-Cancer Drugs
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