Canada's Most Powerful Supercomputer Now At Sick Kids
...r partnership with them will lead to extraordinary advances notonly at Sick Kids but at the many other centres who will be able to access thisincredible resource." "Almost overnight the volume and complexity of biological information has grownexponentially," explains David Wharry, President of Silicon Graphic......o spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) anddescribe advances in determining the chromosomal location of a newataxia-related gene at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Academy ofNeurology. Stefan-M. Pulst, M.D., Carmen and Louis Warschaw Chair in Neuruology atCedars-Sinai, is scheduled to present two e...7,000 Pharmaceutical scientists to share latest drug developments and discoveries
...nces during the 20th Centuryand examine how recent advances in research, development and technology willlead t...nd health care and a recap of the most significant advances made in thepharmaceutical sciences over the past century," said AAPS Annual Meeting ProgramChair Jay...New biological target identified for cholesterol-lowering drugs
...l and Harvard Medical School. "One of the greatest advances in cardiology in the last 25 years has been thedevelopment of the statin drugs," Braunwald adds. "They've been shown innumerous trials to lower cholesterol and decrease the risk of heart attack. Thisarticle suggests that statins may have an importan...Advances in 'On the Spot' tests have huge public health implications
...ions to high risk groups. The down sides of such advances also need to be considered, says Prof Borriello an...ment of near patient testing kits will bring great advances in detecting and controlling infections....NSF award to five Georgia universities for new Science and Technology Center
...ith behavior make this a crucial time for enormous advances in neuroscience.This award will enable us to transmit the excitement of these discoveries to anew generation of investigators." The Science and Technology Center program is an initiative to explore frontiersof science while also creating educational ...Cedars-Sinai is first site in California offering LDL apheresis to treat severehypercholesterolemia
...f a patient's life. Researchershope, however, that advances in drug therapy may someday allow the frequency oftreatments to be reduced. The technique is similar to plasmapheresis. Blood is separated into plasma andred cells, with the red cells being passed immediately back to the patient.Before the remainin...Alcohol researchers identify new medication that lessens relapse risk
...he FDA, Dr. Mason said. "As neuroscience research advances knowledge of how alcohol acts on the brain,that knowledge will continue to be applied to develop new medications," saidRichard Fuller, M.D., Director, Division of Clinical and Prevention Research,NIAAA. "Medications development is a top NIAAA priorit...9th European Congress on Lung Disease
...ches to the prevention of lung cancer. Very recent advances in this fieldhave opened the way to pre-invasive cancer treatment, which stops the formationof cancer cells using an aerosol that will soon undergo human trials.Also in the field of lung cancer, the meeting will be told how it is becomingpossible, us...Gene responsible for cerebral venous abnormalities found
...ormations (CCM) genecould herald important medical advances for individuals and families with thiscondition--especially for the Mexican-American community, which appears to showa higher incidence of CCM than other ethnic groups. "With DNA testing, we can now pick up the mutation in kids who are notsh...Scientists grow heart tissue in Bioreactor
...Massachusetts Institute of Technology havereported advances in characterizing the structural and electrical properties ofheart tissue, and they've defined key parameters for growing the tissues. Their results are reported in the August issue of the American Journal ofPhysiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiol...Global prevention, funding and accountability debated in fight against HIV/AIDS
...d publichealth system to assure that the marvelous advances from our biomedical researchenterprise can be effe...nan ability and willingness to pay for therapeutic advances for a relativelysmall target population in the West, said Peter F. Young, AlphaVax Inc. Lesssuccess...Issues surrounding genetic medicine and the Jewish population to be explored at conference
...plimentary kosher lunch will be served. Continuing advances in genetic testing and medicine have opened the doors toimportant preventive strategies and, at the same time, raised issues related tohow this knowledge may be used by health care consumers and the community atlarge. "Over the last few years, we've ...Over 400 heart attacks every year in young women smokers could be prevented
... that keeps cardiologists and others in touch with advances that have themost impact on the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease. Forfurther information, please contact Jill Shepard, Public Affairs Division,British Medical Association at 44-171-383-6529 or e-mail jshepherd@bmj.com....Targeted toxins may revolutionize pain therapy
...y for Neuroscience symposiumentitled "Exciting new advances in pain research and treatment using receptorinternalization technologies" on Thursday, October 28, in Room C124. A pressconference to highlight the findings will be held in room C226 on Wednesday,October 27 at 9:00 a.m....Director of AIDS Research Center to give Wistar Institute's 1999 Jonathan Lax Memorial Lecture
...ram that applies the latest basic medical research advances to the prevention, treatment and cure of AIDS. Jonathan Lax was a Philadelphia businessman, inventor, teacher, AIDS activist and former president of Philadelphia FIGHT, a community-based clinical research network. He died of AIDS in 1996. The ...American Heart Association updates 'mini stroke' guidelines
...ons are among the significant medical and surgical advances that have occurred over the past five years for th...ho has not. The significant medical and surgical advances over the past five years that led to the updated guidelines are: New antiplatelet agents. Thes...UK College of Medicine researchers develop novel technologies to study neural genes
... map the genes to specific nerve cells. Technical advances made by the research teams will accelerate the mapping process by detecting products of multiple genes at the same time. Department of Pharmacology One of the UK College of Medicine research teams is led by Philip Landfield, Ph.D., professor and ...Business and political leaders honored for their commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS
...gators. The UCSF ARI is dedicated to cutting edge advances inHIV clinical care, prevention and health services, policy, immunereconstitution, and vaccine development.......ladder treatment and related complications, making advances in this field a vital healthcare consideration....