Researcher at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center wins lifetime achievement award
...phoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma. The award is named for the founders of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the de Villiers family, whose son, Robert, died of leukemia. The award consists of a medal and a grant of $100,000 given over a two-year period, which will support a research fellow in Witte's labo...The Gerontological Society of America confers 2003 Lawton Award to Columbia University's Gurland
... Quality of Life in Health and Aging. The award is named in memory of M. Powell Lawton for his outstanding contributions to applied gerontological research. It also honors an individual for exemplifying one or more of Lawton's outstanding professional and personal qualities. The winner traditionally presen...NYU School of Medicine attracts a powerful MRI machine
...ome 420 kilometers of superconducting wire. Tesla, named after the famous inventor Nikola Tesla, is a unit of magnetic flux density that describes the "strength" of the magnet. One Tesla equals 10,000 Gauss. The Earth's magnetic field, which is strong enough to turn a needle on a compass, is 0.5 Gauss. A ...Institute scientists offer tips for keeping children healthy and happy
...ted October as Child Health Month. Oct. 9 has been named National Depression Screening Day by the American Psychiatric Association and Oct. 10 has been set aside as World Mental Health Day, with a special focus on emotional and behavioral disorders of adolescents, by the World Federation of Mental Health. ...Duke to lead first comparative trial of hepatitis C therapies
...nistered in combination with ribavirin. The trial, named IDEAL (Individualized Dosing Efficacy vs. flat dosing to Assess optimaL pegylated interferon therapy), is sponsored by Schering-Plough Research Institute. John McHutchison, M.D., director of gastroenterology and hepatology research at the Duke Clinic...$85 million awarded for research on human immunity and biodefense
...ys NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. NIAID has named five Cooperative Centers for Translational Research on Human Immunology and Biodefense. Approximately $85 million over four-and-a-half years will support research at Baylor Research Institute (Dallas, TX) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, MA) Emo...Dr. Judah Folkman honored with American Heart Association/Novartis award
...He was among the researchers to discover a protein named endostatin that inhibits not only blood vessel growth that nourishes cancer but also the growth of atherosclerotic plaque as demonstrated by Karen Moulton, M.D., in Folkman's lab. Maria Rupnick, Ph.D., also in Folkman's lab, showed that angiogenesis...Northwestern Memorial remains Chicago's 'most preferred' hospital
...itment to our core values." Of the 3,000 hospitals named by consumers in the study, Northwestern Memorial i... model, we are pleased to recognize the facilities named as leaders by those they serve. Northwestern Memorial deserves recognition for the emphasis it has ...Nevirapine sustains advantage over AZT during breastfeeding period
...important public health breakthrough." This study, named HIVNET 012, has tracked the efficacy over time of a single dose of NVP to a mother and her infant in comparison with a more complicated AZT treatment in preventing HIV transmission. HIV can be transferred to an infant before birth, during birth or th...Infectious disease expert to speak at American Academy of Ophthalmology's annual meeting
...in Anaheim, Calif. The Jackson Memorial Lecture is named after Edward Jackson, MD, who was professor and chairman of ophthalmology at the University of Colorado, president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology in 1903, and the first chairman of what is now the American Board of Ophtha...Three Abbott chemists honored as Heroes for development of HIV therapy for children
... Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Ill., have been named Heroes of Chemistry by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, for developing Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir), an antiretroviral agent used to treat HIV in adults and children. The Abbott team, Dale J. Kempf, Ph.D., Dani...Two to receive American Academy of Ophthalmologys Distinguished Service Award
...contributions. Dr. Gass has delivered more than 30 named lectureships, including the Academy's Jackson Memo...lso has had a Macula Society lectureship and medal named in his honor, The Gass Medal for Outstanding Contributions in Macular Disease. Although retired, Dr....Three Pfizer Inc chemists win Heroes award for epilepsy treatment for children, adults
...mists from Pfizer Inc, Ann Arbor, Mich., have been named Heroes of Chemistry by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, for developing Neurontin®, an anticonvulsant used to treat childhood as well as adult epilepsy. The Pfizer Inc team will be honored Sept. 7 at the Ameri...Three Merck chemists win Heroes of Chemistry award for major asthma treatment advance
...hemists from Merck Research Laboratories have been named Heroes of Chemistry by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, for discovering and developing Singulair®, to help control asthma in adults and children as young as 12 months. Merck Research Laboratories is located i...Wyeth chemists honored for Prevnar first combined pneumococcal vaccine for infants
... Wyeth Pharmaceuticals of Sanford, N.C., have been named Heroes of Chemistry by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, for developing Prevnar, the first and only combined vaccine to help protect infants and young children against invasive pneumococcal disease. The disease is...Decrypting the role of Cripto in tumor growth
...was first discovered 15 years ago and was suitably named for its mysterious lack of relationship to known proteins and signaling pathways. Since then Cripto has been shown to play an essential role in embryonic development. It has also been shown to act as a coreceptor for Nodal, a member of the TGFbeta fa...U.S. News & World Report ranks The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia the top pediatric center
...ildren in the United States. "We are proud to be named America's best hospital for children," says Steven... The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was also named the number one children's hospital in America two consecutive times by a comprehensive data-based st...Robo-thespians help mothers of kids with cancer
...discusses with another 'bot character, a counselor named Gina. The live mother taking the course is able to control the actions of Carmen by choosing thoughts -- presented in "thought bubbles" -- of the thought or emotion motivating the animated mother figure. The user-mother's choices are worked out dram...Russell Berrie Foundation gift to Columbia University propels diabetes treatment into new era
... Center at Columbia University. The Berrie Center, named for Mr. Berries mother, is the only comprehensivediabetes research and treatment center in the New York tri-state area. The most recent gift will help Columbia, which is already at the forefront of diabetes research and treatment, to open yet anothe...DuPont R&D leader named American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow
...l Research and Development, Uma Chowdhry, has been named among its newly elected Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members. Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, journalist Walter Cronkite, three Nobel Prize winners and four Pulitzer Prize winners are among the 2003 class of 187 Fellows and 29 F...