Dartmouth hosts International Ewing's Sarcoma Symposium
... wife Dana established the foundation, in part, to fund pediatric cancer research. Their son Rett, 18, has been fighting Ewing's sarcoma for over eight years. My family has a personal connection to this horrible disease, said Charles Nearburg, and we're dedicated to supporting research that addresses Ewi...Duke Cancer Center, ABC2 join to test brain cancer drugs
...reative partnership with ABC2, which is helping to fund the drug discovery process for brain tumor drugs at Duke. Funding from ABC2 will support researchers in the Brain Tumor Center at Duke as they test new and existing compounds that may act against the most common form of brain cancer, malignant glioma...Doctors need training courses in communication skills
...y on the cancer charities supported by industry to fund this type of thing. It isn't good enough to wait for medical school training to filter through senior doctors, who are the primary role models for juniors, need training....'Star Wars' like technology closer than galaxies far away
...United States Department of Defense, is helping to fund the device's development. "The device increases the intensity of the ultrasound and focuses it to generate heat inside the body with pinpoint accuracy. So the treatment doesn't affect surrounding tissue," Crum said. The HIFU device is being develope...Most child care is provided by 'informal' providers, study finds
...y, mobile resources and consultation. A $300,000 fund to test these strategies in Seattle and King County will be announced today by the Project Lift-Off Opportunity Fund, a public-private funding partnership for children. The money will allow six organizations to establish and strengthen programs for F...Restricting R-movies linked to decreased teen smoking, drinking
...from the National Cancer Institute. The award will fund research to further clarify the connection between exposure to movies and teenage smoking and to understand parents role in restricting this exposure. Related Findings: Dalton and Beach are part of a prolific research group at Dartmouth dedicated to ...Studying growth, poverty and well-being in Africa
...ition to the research projects, the AID grant will fund technical assistance from the collaborating universities and a series of small grants to support U.S.-based researchers seeking to work in Africa. The small grants portion of the award will be administered by CAU, which is a private, coeducational ......cy for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will fund the center through its first five years of operation. The centers mission will be to examine medication errors and address practical ways to prevent their often-fatal effects. "Sadly, medication errors are among the most common and potentially prev...Statement by Dr. Colwell on Nobel Prizes in Science and NSF onnection
...ceived NSF funding. As the only federal agency to fund fundamental research across all fields of science and engineering, NSF is the agent of the American public to invest in a more secure and productive future. We are honored with this stewardship, and honored by the accomplishments of this year's NSF-...Virginia Tech students discoveries can help prevent water-borne diseases
...ve professional organization has been persuaded to fund a students original research," Edwards says. "Its unusual for a Ph.D. student to lead an effort that wins a competitive grant through AWWARFs unsolicited proposal process." Scardina will use the grant to "get a handle on the magnitude of the problem...Big plans on a small scale: NSF funds centers for nanoscale research
... estimated to total $65 million over five years to fund six major centers in nanoscale science and enginee...onmental technologies, while other NSF grants will fund small, interdisciplinary research teams and individuals doing exploratory research in a wide range o...UNC physicians seeking patients for blood clot, medication studies
...mbosis, he said. "We need to encourage Congress to fund centers in thrombophilia," Moll said. "Currently, no government-funded centers exist in this country. Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium have used these centers very successfully to improve the health of patients, save health-care money and even pre......titutes of Health (NIH) announces its intention to fund 10 research grant awards under the new International Studies on Health and Economic Development (ISHED) Program. FIC spearheaded the development of the ISHED, working closely with four co-sponsors at the NIH: the National Institute on Aging, the Nat...New AstraZeneca awards program recognizes, supports future leaders in neurology and psychiatry
...straZeneca. Importantly these awards will look to fund innovative opportunities for education that would otherwise not be funded. Applications are available through the AstraZeneca corporate Web site at http://www.astrazeneca.com/youngminds/ ....Fogarty International Center announces new AIDS international training and research program grants
...warded a total of $15 million to fund six new awards, three competing renewal awards, and 32 competing supplements to U.S. universities under the fourth funding cycle of the FIC AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP). As the ...NIH funds unique diabetes program that combines research with technology development
...netic Resonance Center. The NIH typically does not fund technology development, which makes this grant unique, said Newgard."Study sections at the NIH don't often look favorably upon proposals unless there's a very clear hypothesis and there's a very discreet biological problem that you are seeking to sol...Minister Of Health launches Canadian Institutes of Health Research
...r the first personnel awards under CIHR. This will fund studentships, fellowships and salaries for nearly 400 researchers from 22 universities across Canada. $ 6.7 million over three to five years for the capacity-building Health Career Awards Program co-funded by CIHR, the Social Sciences and Humaniti...'Smart scalpel' detects cancer cells in seconds
...ffice, which supports discovery-oriented research, fund the materials research underlying this work. Original disbelief The device is an outgrowth of more than two decades of work at Sandia on compound semiconductor materials and microcavity laser structures. It could be said to have its roots 14 years ...Tuberculosis Foundation selects Core Research Scientists
...ons in its Vaccine Innovation Program, designed to fund novel tuberculosis vaccine research....Copper-lowering drug stabilizes advanced cancer in anti-angiogenesis trial
...y in negotiations with a pharmaceutical company to fund further research, part of which will be directed at testing the efficacy of new compounds with similar copper-lowering effects. The research was funded by Food and Drug Administration grants, gifts for Brewer's work on TM, National Institutes of H...