End AIDS drug waiting lists, HIV care providers tell policymakers
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...the country. Importantly, all of our projects fuse basic sciences with clinical application and will make a significant difference to our understanding and treatment of stroke, dementia and mental illness." The call for research proposals followed two themes: 'Pathfinders', to develop novel and exciting re...Columbia researchers receive $3 million to combat genetic killer of infants & toddlers
...her with his colleague Tsuyoshi Kashima, M.D., the basic biology of the SMN gene to find ways in which to recover its activity in patients. He is interested in how information in the chromosome is converted into messenger RNA to produce the SMN protein and is trying to understand the defect in that proces...New substance that improves the photodetection of bladder cancer gains market approval
...t in designing a substance that would increase the basic ingredients needed for its synthesis in the cell. The molecule they came up with, hexaminolevulinate (HAL) causes cells to over-manufacture photoactive porhyrins, and because its further metabolism is slowed down in cancer cells, photoactive porhyrin...Society of Hospital Medicine to launch new medical journal
...l medicine physicians with continuing education in basic and clinical science to support informed clinical decision-making, better educate all clinical practitioners about the value of and processes inherent in hospital medicine and foster responsible and balanced debate on medical issues or healthcare tre...Unsafe water and poor sanitation causes 4000 children to die each day
...te that although access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation can have a strong positive effect on human health, the development and management of water resources as a whole has significant health implications. Man-made reservoirs and irrigation schemes help provide food and nutrition but they can al...Pioneering nanosystems degree wins approval
...ibed nanosystems engineering as the application of basic chemistry and physics to analysis and design of devices and systems with nanoscale (one-billionth of a meter) features. He said products already featuring nanoscale properties include cosmetics and stain-free clothing. In the near future, he said, e...OHSU scientists develop MRI approach to improve breast cancer detection
... opportunity for cancer researchers to unravel the basic molecular causes of the different image signatures."...When the brain, not the ears, goes hard of hearing
...s together applied research on hearing at RIT with basic neuroscience and aging research from the University of Rochester. Frisina is the associate director of the center; the director is his father, D. Robert Frisina, founding director of NTID and an adjunct professor at the University. Other faculty memb...Study: Young adults can be motivated to eat fruits, veggies
... given much thought to eating healthier might need basic information about the importance of good nutrition, while someone who already knows why eating healthy is important might make better use of quick and easy recipes that use fresh fruits and vegetables. Nitzke's team included researchers and cooperati...Lack of specific collagen type leads to osteoarthritis
...dical Center who are carrying out a broad range of basic and clinical research into better understanding and treating osteoarthritis....Advances in Uterine Leiomyoma Research: 2nd NIH International Congress
...orking in the fields of biomedicine, epidemiology, basic research, therapeutics, and translational medicine to foster an exchange of scientific information among members of the uterine leiomyoma (fibroids) research and health care communities. Fibroids are the most common gynecologic neoplasm in women of r...U of T researchers describe 'Joe Canadian' tongue
... sounds, Bressmann and Irish were able to describe basic mechanisms underlying the normal functioning of a tongue. This ultrasound data became the baseline to which partially resected tongues were compared. "We used the data from the normal speakers to model a prototypical 'Joe Canadian' tongue," says Bres...Methamphtetamine's ruinous effects on children documented in Midwest study
...es for them staying after school, or providing for basic necessities, and the children often are eligible for free breakfast and lunch programs. "All of that may be completely up for grabs when they get home," Haight said. Haight and her research colleagues interviewed 35 people who had regular contact wi...Dedicated hospital stroke centers improve quality of acute care
..., in part, on BAC recommendations. "We have three basic requirements: compliance with our standards, which really assures a quality process of care delivery; use of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines; and accountability through performance measurement for quality improvement," said Potter, who is...The research assessment exercise is damaging UK medicine
...f clinical academic staff have been cut to recruit basic scientists whose research is likely to favour RAE ratings. The knock-on effect of reductions in academic staff is for staff in the NHS to carry an additional teaching burden, which is often difficult to fulfill. The authors write that the RAE should ...Rat whisking may provide insight into debilitating eye disorder
...o said their findings underscore the importance of basic scientific research. Nguyen called the connection...end to fund research on diseases at the expense of basic science may be unwise and counterproductive. "We need to understand how a system works when it ...NHS Trusts meeting government target on stroke units 'in name only'
... some specialist stroke units often failed to meet basic standards. A "significant number" had no dietician or social worker, and nearly one in five had no speech and language therapy. Three out of five had no clinical psychology. The authors conclude: "This study suggests that in many hospitals [the targ...Testosterone supplements for elderly men
...e eligible for the study. They will be asked some basic questions and undertake a few simple tests to assess their eligibility, and have their testosterone levels measured. Only volunteers found to have low testosterone levels can be included in the trial. Participants will make five visits to the Wellco...... Cognitive Neuroscience. "Our goal is to carry out basic research on how people learn and to connect scient...brain mechanisms involved as people learn in these basic content areas." The four co-principal investigators, Scott Grafton, Director of the Dartmouth Brain ...