X-ray Microscope Designed To Study Jet Engine Components Now Probes Tooth Dentin
...ves the mineralmaterial from the dentin, leaving a framework of collagen tissue and tinytubules that run from t...rm, allowing the material to penetrate the exposed framework before hardening. The UCSF researchers study how quickly and efficiently different acids work inthe ......orm their healthcare systems and provide a useful framework for implementing change. Finally the historical role of WHO as guardian of international public health should not be forgotten as diseases such as diphtheria and malaria have reappeared in areas from which they had been virtually eliminated, whilst c...Wistar Scientist Awarded American Cancer Society Grant For Study Of Tumor Suppressor Proteins
...es of theP16INK4 protein are expected to provide a framework for the design of P16INK4imitations that can be used in the treatment of cancers caused by abnormal CDK4activity. The Wistar Institute, established in 1892, was the first independent medicalresearch facility in the country. For more than 100 years, ...Managed Care Symposium Sponsored By Society Of Actuaries Examines HEDIS, Stakeholders' Views
...ata quality will be discussed, and we'll lay out a framework forsystematically evaluating a complex array of performance measures to studyhealth care quality." Said Chernew, "(Health care consumers) like easy access, low prices,popular physicians. So what is the value of performance measurement? HEDIS...Psychologist Detects Brain-Activity Changes In Maltreated Kids
...ren who suffered abusesuggests that the biological framework of emotions also can be molded by achild's experience with the world. Pollak's work, which is supported by the National Institute of Mental Health andthe UW-Madison Graduate School, focuses on a persistent public problem. In 1995,more than 1.5 millio...IOM Report Offers New Look At U.S. Vaccine Priorities
...ccines should be developed. Rather, it provides a framework to consider alongwith other key factors such as technical feasibility and public health urgencywhen making decisions about vaccine research and development. "We expect that the NIH and other policy makers in government, academia andindustry will find...USC Historian Sifts World's Oldest Printed Medical Books For Clues To Riddle Of Gender
...ife. Chinese physicians had long worked within the framework offered by yin-yangtheories to classify and systematize patterns of disease and their cures,treating the sick with herbal infusions, moxibustion (burning powdered herbs onthe skin to produce heat) and acupuncture in particular. It was in the Songdyna...Measles Eradication Plan Approved
...O-CDC collaboration is being carried out under the framework of PAHO'sRegional Vaccine Initiative, endorsed by all Heads of State in the Americas in1988. It calls for partnerships among countries in the Region and internationalorganizations in vaccine research, development and production, as well assurveillanc...Advance reported in search for skin cancer treatment
...reof the enzyme-substrate complex, it provides the framework to think about themode of action of the enzyme, ma...elop experiments to testthese predictions. Such a framework was not previously available." This research is funded by the National Institutes of Health....Why prostate cancer homes to bone
...rom the "matrix"molecules that form the structural framework of blood vessels and organs. Inorder to penetrate this membrane, the cancer cells had to first be stimulated tomigrate to it and then have the ability to digest their way through theMatrigel. When prostate cancer cells were tested against extracts o...UK College of Medicine researchers study technologies to deliver drugs to the brain
...ctor of the NINDS. "The centers'multidisciplinary framework provides the collaborative environment necessary totake full advantage of emerging discoveries in the basic and technologicalsciences that are the prelude to clinical advances. It is my hope that thescientists at the different centers will work toge...Strain makes for stronger engineered tissues
...d in the open spaces, eventually building theirown framework as the scaffold degraded. As the tissues were developing, theresearchers clamped them to devices that repeatedly exerted a gentle pullsimilar to what natural blood vessel tissue experiences as blood pulses throughthe vessel. Tissues that were expos...Self-assembled nano-capsules resemble bacterial cell walls
...d. Actin is a protein that provides the structural framework in eukaryotic cells and forms the molecular basis for biological functions as diverse as hearing, muscle contraction and cell division. When mixed with special liposomes, the researchers found, actin immediately undergoes a hierarchical self-assembl...GPs prescribe significant numbers of "off label" drugs to children
...But they say, "it is essential that the regulatory framework ensures medicines in children are safe, effective, and of high quality."...New research expands understanding of treatment for ADHD
...ld eventually provide practitioners with a clearer framework for prescribing the medication. ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder in childhood. An estimated 3 to 5 percent of the general population suffers from the disorder, which is characterized by agitated behavior and an inability to foc...Dual sensor could provide more information, earlier warning for diabetics
...the laboratory, researchers created the electronic framework for a tiny sensor that could be implanted in the human body. The first device of its kind to measure the glucose-insulin ratio, it could help predict changes leading to high or low blood sugar levels, according to Joseph Wang, an author of the paper ......Trials Network (HVTN) last year, creating a global framework in which to conduct clinical HIV vaccine research. At that time the domestic site had been identified. Since then the HVTN has been expanded to more than 13 countries, in addition to the 10 U.S. sites. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center pl...New recommendations proposed for safe use of herbal medications by patients having surgery
... the associated risks. Their goal is to provide a framework for physicians "practicing in the current environment of widespread herbal use" and to encourage patients and physicians to discuss the topic openly and in detail prior to surgery. "While most of these substances appear to be safe for healthy people,...DFG to support twelve new Clinical Research Units
...scientists and innovative research projects in the framework of a Research Unit at the Medical Departments, with the setting up of a Clinical Research Unit being conditional on the establishment of a research professorship. What is new is that the higher education institution concerned is obliged to provide 50......ts to any group, we undermine the whole protective framework of human rights by taking away its central plank-the equal rights and dignity of all human beings."...