$60 Million Brain Institute Opens At University Of Florida
...ity of Florida Brain Institute building, southeast corner of UFHealth Science Center behind Shands at UF. Turn north off Archer Road ontoNewell Drive. How: Senior scientists will be on hand for interviews and to explain their useof highly advanced research technologies in studies of brain and spine dis...1999 AAPS Annual Meeting abstracts debut online
...sm; and regulatory affairs. Scientists fromevery corner of the globe--including Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, Estonia,Iran, Jordan, Korea, the Russian Federation, South Africa and Thailand--willpresent papers at the annual meeting. The selected papers are peer-reviewed by100 scientists, known as scree...Duke team seeks novel vaccine strategy for HIV
... Haynes -- a time-span that seemsto be just around corner considering he has spent 15 years studying the virus. "Making a vaccine has turned out to be more difficult than we ever believed. The virus is more complex than we thought and is very cunning in its ability tosubvert our immune systems. However, th...Psychologist finds low-cost methods to prevent pharmacy mistakes
...l attention for his work to reduce mistakes at the corner drug store. Grasha is working with six corporations to conduct field tests of procedures and devices aimed at reducing the number of errors made when prescriptions are filled. Although automation and technology are often recommended to reduce human ...Conference on youth and violence to be held May 12-13, 2000
...ast Washington Street, conveniently located at the corner of Washington Street and Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago. Cosponsors for the Conference are the American Psychoanalytic Association, DePaul University School of Law, the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine at the University of Illinois a...UC Davis recycling expert wins Stockholm Water Prize
...ef. "I know hewill not mind our basking in a small corner of his well-deserved spotlight." Throughout the world, Asano has promoted the use of reclaimedwater instead of drinking-quality water for purposes such asagricultural and landscape irrigation, industrial processes,toilet flushing, environmental enhan...Eye drops delay onset of glaucoma in people at higher risk
...them, they miss objects to the side and out of the corner of their eye. Without treatment, people with glaucoma may find that they have no side vision. Over time, the remaining vision may decrease until there is no vision left. The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study Prior to the Ocular Hypertension Treatme...Study sheds light on 'dark side' of the knee
...tle-studied area of the knee -- the posterolateral corner -- is a leading cause of knee reconstruction failures. The posterolateral corner is the outside region of the knee just posterior to the kneecap. "To our knowledge, no one has studi...'Power nap' prevents burnout; morning sleep perfects a skill
... a background of horizontal bars in the lower left corner of a computer screen. Their scores on the task wo...tching the location of the task to the lower right corner of the computer screen for just the fourth practice session. As predicted, subjects experienced no ...International Congress of the Transplantation Society beginning Sunday
... centers and trained professionals in nearly every corner of the world. But many programs are providing a service under some of the most challenging circumstances. Hopefully, this congress will have some impact on the donor shortage crisis, not only through the exchange of ideas on how to best improve organ...Wake Forest pediatric heart surgeon to repair heart defect on live Webcast
...f Medical Procedures," box located in the top left corner of the Web page. You must have "Real Player" to view the Webcast. ...Report cites risks associated with over-the-counter cosmetic contact lenses
...cluding gas stations, beauty salons, video stores, corner stores and flea markets. They did not receive any... contact lenses from gas stations, hair salons and corner stores for years, along with her friends, teenage sisters and mother. A 30-year-old woman continue...Using fMRI technology to understand hyperlexia
...ications cues. However, he could sit silently in a corner and read books for hours. Now at age eleven, Ethan attends a public school with an aide, and was recently voted class president. He has an insatiable curiosity for books, magazines, and television, but still has difficulty in social situations. A...'Science' showcases research on forgetting
...As I saw the plant falling off the sill out of the corner of my eye, I reflexively went to catch it. At the very last second, I stopped myself, midstream when I realized that the plant was a cactus." Anderson's research indicates that stopping unwanted memory retrievals build on the same brain mechanisms th...Moving the mind's eye depends upon an intact eye movement system
...r gaze. This way of effectively looking out of the corner of the mind's eye is thought to be particularly important for alerting us to danger. Researchers have made the seemingly paradoxical discovery that even though eye movement itself is actually dispensable for such an attention shift, eye muscle functi...