NIAID Phase III HIV vaccine trial to determine correlates of protection will not proceed
...ll continue Until recently, NIAID and USAMRMC had proposals underway to begin large-scale, Phase III HIV vaccine efficacy trials in the near future. Both trials were to test similar prime-boost vaccine combinations (a canarypox-virus-based primer vaccine followed by a gp120 subunit booster vaccine), although...Calling all young minds 2002 AstraZeneca CNS awards program launched
...ssist them in the advancement of their career. The proposals can cover a wide range of activities including: innovative research, educational efforts, travel, and materials. The decision of each award winner is made by an independent steering committee of distinguished experts in their field. Further informa...Tobacco industry strategies for influencing European community tobacco advertising legislation
...he EC legislature, to substitute industry-authored proposals in place of the original directive, and if necessary to use litigation to prevent implementation of the directive after its passage. Stanton Glantz (one of the investigators) comments: The tobacco industry sought to delay, and eventually defeat, the...Physics tip sheet #9 April 17, 2002
...ns within atoms and other subatomic phenomena. Two proposals for an attosecond streak camera are able to resolve pulses of light with attosecond durations (10^-18 seconds or a billionth of a billionth of a second). X-ray photons that ionize atoms are used in these studies and the electrons that are ejected fro...GlaxoSmithKline Drug Discovery and Development Award 2002
...solve clinical problems in HIV/AIDS. The research proposals will be considered according to: potential importance to the field and health in general; originality; appropriateness of the methodology and scope of the project; and the researchers' ability to conduct the proposed research. Research projects submi...Proposals to regulate cosmetic surgery will not protect the public
Government proposals for regulating cosmetic surgery in the United King..., according to an editorial in this weeks BMJ. The proposals demand only that surgeons be medically qualified and have attended some postgraduate courses, despit...Learn and Serve announcement and call for proposals
...roposals will be available on June 1st, 2002. The proposals will be due to the reviewers by July 1st, 2002. The awards will be given for a class to be held in Spring 2003, and the award will be effective from September 1st, 2003 to July 31st, 2004. To apply for the next round of funding, contact Merrille We...Reproductive tourism: Italy faces 'womb drain' as ART becomes better in other European countries
...s could be reversed if the Italian senate ratifies proposals that would encourage multiple pregnancies, accordi... in women becoming pregnant with triplets2. Their proposals would lead to a reduction in efficacy and would endanger the safety of the mothers and babies. Once...Italy now faces worldwide storm of protest over fertility proposals
...orldwide condemnation by fertility experts for IVF proposals that could encourage multiple pregnancies and put ...ion and Embryology, who have already described the proposals as "disastrous". The Federation represents fertility specialists in 55 countries*. In a meeting yes...Retiree drug costs will remain steep under house plan, Emory study shows
... impacts of President Clinton's health care reform proposals for the White House. He also directed the adminis...s in dealing with Congressional health care reform proposals during the 103rd and 104th sessions of Congress. He has held faculty appointments at the University ...Jefferson Lab/Hampton University partnership results in new medical instrumentation center
...ea hospitals. Keppel is in the process of writing proposals that would fund Center personnel in medical physics, engineering and applied technology. In addition to five students and two part-time administrative assistants, Keppel expects up to 10 individuals from Hampton University, the Lab, and EVMS to staff...Medicare+Choice bills may stop exodus of plans, but are not likely to expand enrollment in HMOs
BETHESDA, MD - As Congress considers legislative proposals aimed at saving Medicare+Choice, a new study publi...iciaries. Under the worst case of the four policy proposals to boost sluggish M+C reimbursement, enrollment would shrink to just 3.3 million by 2005, according ...Food irradiation is focus of two-day symposium, Aug. 19-20
...ation has prompted manufacturers to submit several proposals to the FDA for new packaging materials for use during the irradiation of prepackaged food. (The paper on this research, AGFD 131, will be presented at 1:35 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 20, at Marriott Copley Place, Salon D.) Vicki Loveridge, senior food...Radical solutions needed to tackle NHS nursing shortage
... workforce are being proposed. The merits of these proposals should be openly debated and their evidence base evaluated, they conclude....Fred Hutchinson receives $12.7 million to lead prostate-cancer consortium
...ing survival in prostate-cancer patients. Research proposals will be solicited from investigators within the four participating institutions. Established by Congress in 1992, the organ-based SPORE program was created to promote collaboration between basic and applied scientists to speed the testing of new app...U.S.-Russian team announces breakthrough in fight against tuberculosis
...collaborative research, the CRDF gives priority to proposals that include former Soviet defense scientists," explained Tom Owens, Senior Vice President of the CRDF. The SciClone Pharmaceuticals-Verta project employs 27 Russian former biodefense scientists. CRDF funding for the project was provided through ...Internal medicine organizations agree on principles of recertification program
...ommittee on Recertification on recommendations and proposals for new components and potential new pathways for recertification. The liaison committee is charged with preserving the separation of education and evaluation responsibilities between the two organizations. The agreement stipulates greater flexibili...Soaking in the genius of Mother Nature
...s often can't realistically expect to succeed with proposals to the National Institutes of Health or the National Science Foundation on their first or even second go round, he said. "Trying to find other agencies isn't always easy, but COS is really helpful for this," he said, "and the smaller agencies often h...GlaxoSmithKline Drug Discovery and Development Research Grant Program 2003
...solve clinical problems in HIV/AIDS. The research proposals will be considered according to: potential importance to the field and health in general, originality, appropriateness of the methodology and scope of the project, and the researchers' ability to conduct the proposed research. Projects submitted for ...Avon Foundation-AACR launch new international scholar awards
...ACR to apply. The AACR will open the call for Host proposals from Principal Investigators (PIs) in Spring 2003. PIs will be invited to detail the opportunity available for an Avon Foundation-AACR Scholar within their institutions, and these opportunities will be promoted to potential Scholars during the Summer...