Common Drug-Capsule Coating Not As Inert As Previously Thought
...apsulation and as a protective surface coating for biomedical applications. Its popularity as a surface coating has been based -- in part -- on thebelief that the material forms an inert, steric barrier that prevents proteinsand other biological materials from sticking to foreign or man-made materials. Recent w...X-Rays: How Big A Risk To Kids? UF Researchers Seek Answers
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... someday will be the carrier of drugs or genes for biomedical applications and therapies. Karen Wooley, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry at Washington University, recently announced a new breakthrough in the particle that K. Bruce Thurmond, II, a graduate student in Wooley's group, first synthesized in...Scientists Report Cancer Fighting Drug As Possible Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis
...ller Institute for Medical Research, thefirst U.S. biomedical research center. Rockefeller faculty members have madesignificant achievements, including the discovery that DNA is the carrier ofgenetic information and the launching of the scientific field of modern cellbiology. The university has ties to 19 Nobel...Epilepsy Drug Found To Stop Cocaine's Effects In Animals
...el for basic and applied research in the physical, biomedical andenvironmental sciences, and in selected energy technologies. The Laboratory isoperated by Brookhaven Science Associates, a not-for-profit research managementcompany, under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy....Magnetic Hearing Aid Could Open New "Window" For Hearing Impaired
...thencouraging results. Jonathan Spindel, Ph.D., a biomedical engineer andassistant professor at the University of Virginia's Department ofOtolaryngology, is preparing to take the next step toward developing a fullyimplanted prototype for humans. "Our tests to date have shown that the signals produced with ou....... So far, PAHO has sent sanitary, structural, and biomedical engineers to St.Kitts and disaster and supply management experts to Antigua, Haiti and DominicanRepublic. "In an emergency, it's very important that we manage the inventory,classification and distribution of donations efficiently and that people not...Microwaves May Provide Early Detection Of Breast Cancer
...rofessor ofelectrical and computer engineering and biomedical engineering. Interstitialpersonnel include Marvin Frazier, Robert Moulton, Samuel Shelfo and RaymondZalewski. Consultants include Dr. John Aarsvold of the Department of NuclearMedicine at the Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center and Dr. Mel...Radically New Type Of Surgery Tested On First Patient
...a research professor of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineeringat the University of Virginia, conducted feasibility studies. Then in 1990, thefour researchers and Sanderling, a venture capital company in Menlo Park,Calif., formed Stereotaxis Inc. The company moved to St. Louis in 1995 becauseWashingto...Factors Other Than Race Explain Whether Men In Study Had Health Insurance And Received Health Care
...seek services as readily aswhites, trusted less in biomedical institutions, or felt less welcomed by thehealth care system. The scientists also stressed that race and class, while oftencorrelated, do not measure the same thing, so that it is important forresearchers to be precise when using race as a v......cal function that has more recently beenapplied in biomedical research. Using a specific type of this function with aspecific set of data, researchers found annuity values declined about 5 percent. The Halmstad Prize is given annually by the Actuarial Education andResearch Fund (AERF). Nominations are ...Far Few Drugs Are Tested On Children
...lems that may occur." "Recent advances in biomedical research have not been translated intoadvances in child health," says Tim Westmoreland, a Washington lobbyist workingwith the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation in Santa Monica. "For years,doctors and parents have been put in the untenable po...Media Advisory: Surgeon General To Speak
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...ar pharmacology;Theodore W. Berger, a professor of biomedical engineering at the USC School ofEngineering; Xiaping Xie, a research assistant professor in biomedicalengineering; and Michael Foy, a professor of psychology at Loyola MarymountUniversity who also works as a research associate in the USC Program in N......idely in WWII to extinguishgasoline fires. In the biomedical area, Julian's research made it possible toproduce large quantities of synthetic progesterone and hydrocortisone at lowcost. In 1953, he established the Julian Laboratories, a successful enterprise that hesoldfor more than $2 million in 1961. He l...New Vaccine Provides Protection From HIV In Monkeys
...imate research. Its programs cover a wide range of biomedical andbehavioral sciences....Nerve Cells Live Long And Talkative Lives In Sculpted Colonies On Silicon Chips
... from the USC School ofEngineering's department of biomedical engineering hope to someday be able toimplant simi... collaborators like Ted Bergerof the department of biomedical engineering, or neurobiologist Michel Baudry ofthe department of biological sciences, can both obser...Near-Sightedness In Children Linked To Light Exposure During Sleep Before Age Two
...tional Institutes of Health, the primary funder of biomedical research andtraining in the nation -- $201 million in federal fiscal year 1998. In addition,the institution continued to maintain the largest absolute growth in funding forresearch and training among all 125 medical schools in the country since 1991......., M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and biomedical engineering, invented the test while he was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he hopes it will be used widely to identify those at risk of sudden death. Cambridge Heart Inc. developed the test for commercial use, and the FDA approved ...