Indiana University Imaging Center receives $6M grant for kidney research
... The grant recognizes the imaging technology and expertise that has been...developed at IU using advanced light microscopy systems to conduct...research in kidneys and other organs in vivo, said Bruce Molitoris,...M.D., chief of the nephrology division and director of the Indiana...Center for Biological Microscopy.</p...Extremely drug resistant TB a growing problem in India
ATS 2007, SAN FRANCISCO -- Extremely drug resistant TB, or XDR-TB, is a serious problem in India, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference, on Monday, May 21.... The study, the first in India to look at the prevalence of XDR-TB, found this type of TB accounts for 8% of multi-drug-resistant cases, compared with about 4% in the United States.......India's DBT and IAVI forge partnership to develop 'next generation' vaccine candidates
(NEW DELHI AND NEW YORK May 2, 2007) The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) signed an agreement today to address a major obstacle in AIDS vaccine development: the design of candidate vaccines to elicit neutralizing antibodies against HIV. A new Indian Medicinal Chemistry Programme, co-spo...UN engages banks to light up rural India; Solar loans, energy access transform life for poor
... ... Even a few hours of 20 to 40-watt solar-powered lighting in homes and small shops nightly has b...Texas A&M study proves pollution from China And India affecting world's weather
... Renyi Zhang, professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M and lead author of the paper, says the study is the first of its kind that provides indisputable evidence that man-made pollution is adversely affecting the storm track over the Pacific Ocean, a major weather event in the northern hemisphere during wi...U of M discovers protein linked to elevated BMI in people of American Indian and Mexican ancestry
... ... Lead investigator Gary Nelsestuen, a professor in the College of Biological Sciences department of biochemistry, said the abnormal protein may promote metabolic efficiency and storage of body fat when f...HIV burden in India may be much lower than official estimates
... Lalit Dandona and colleagues from the Administrative Staff College of India collaborated with colleagues from the Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad, India, to estimate the number of...Indiana University researchers discover unique marker to identify breast cancer protein
... The research, led by Linda H. Malkas, Ph.D., Vera Bradley Professor of Oncology and professor of medicine, and Robert J. Hickey, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, involves a protein, PCNA, that plays a vital role in the processes that control cell replication, repair and death. The research team identified an antibody that can different...Telemedicine improves breast screenings for rural Indian reservations, U-M researchers find
... ... "Mobile mammography i...Chronic diseases and injuries now number one killer in rural India
Cardiovascular disease is now a leading cause of death in rural India, according to new research published by The George Institute for International Health and The University of Queensland. The findings from a large survey conducted in Andhra Pradesh, India, highlights the rapid growth of chronic diseases and injuries in developing countries. Published this week in the International Journal of...Bioethics program in predictive health established at Indiana University
... The program will complement other developments in the life sciences in Indianapolis, including the Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) and the Indiana Predictive Cardiovascular Health Project (IPCHP). IPCHP, a part of the Fairbanks Institute is a long-term predictive study created in March 2006 that is dedicated to building healthier communities....India-Australia cancer care research headed up by CQU academic
... ... This partnership was consolidated in...National response needed in India to bring HIV epidemic under control
... Sujata Rao, Director General of the Government of India's National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) and Ashok Alexander, Director of Avahan- the India AIDS Initiative of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, are calling for full implementation of the planned national response in order to bring the HIV epidemic under control. This should include an increase in HIV prevention measures in hi...Study reveals high rate of diabetes in rural India
Populations in rural India may be set for an epidemic of diabetes according to new research conducted by The George Institute for International Health and published today in Diabetes Care. In a large-scale survey of rural India, 13% of adults aged 30 or above were found to have diabetes in a developing area of Andhra Pradesh with a further 16% exhibiting features of pre-diabetes.... Prior studie...Indiana seed fund invests in breast cancer detection startup company
INDIANAPOLIS One of Indiana University's newest life science ventures, CS-Keys, Inc., has been awarded $285,000 from the Indiana Seed Fund. ...... The company's focus is on early detection of breast cancer through a new diagnostic tool developed in the laboratory of Linda Malkas, Ph.D., the Vera Bradley Professor of Oncology and professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine....New long-distance wireless networking developed at UC Berkeley brings eye care to India
Berkeley -- Thousands of residents of rural villages in India are receiving quality eye care thanks to a collaborative effort between an Indian hospital network and the researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Intel Corporation who have developed a new technology for low-cost rural connectivity.... This new technology, based on "Wi-Fi" wireless networks, allows eye specialis...How to cut energy waste in China, India, Brazil said crucial to forestalling climate change
With world energy prices and climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions ballooning in tandem with a surge in energy demand from the hot economies of China, India and Brazil, the world has a major stake in the success of energy reduction efforts, particularly in those three countries, warn experts concluding a four-year international project....... Without significant gains from energy efficiency e...Lilly Foundation gift to Indiana University Cancer Center
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana University Cancer Center's future as a premiere clinical and research institution has received a boost with a $7.5 million gift from the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation....... The gift is the largest one-time donation from the Lilly Foundation to an institution or cause. The funds will be used to recruit nationally recognized cancer scientists to strengthen the research i...Daughters of Indian immigrants continue trend of giving birth to small babies
STANFORD, Calif. - U.S.-born Asian-Indian women are more likely than their Mexican-American peers to deliver low birth weight infants, despite having fewer risk factors, say researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford's School of Medicine. The finding confirms previous research that showed a similar pattern in more recent immigrants, and suggests that physicians should consider...HIV infection rates down one-third in south India, University of Toronto study
A University of Toronto Indo-Canadian study reports a remarkable one-third decline in new HIV infections in the worst hit regions of India, indicating that with condom use and awareness programs, the country's AIDS epidemic is far from hopeless. ...... The study, which appears online in the Lancet's March 30 issue, tracked HIV prevalence among young women attending pregnancy or antenatal clinics...HIV-1 prevalence decreasing in southern India
HIV-1 prevalence has decreased by more than a third in southern India, according to an article published online today (Thursday March 30, 2006) by The Lancet....... Researchers have predicted that India will see major increases in HIV-1 prevalence. Rajesh Kumar (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India), Prabhat Jha (University of Toronto, Canada) and colleague...American Indians with alcohol problems have more medical conditions
Alcohol abuse and dependence are known to be major health problems among American Indians, yet little research has examined alcohol's detrimental effect on organ systems among these populations. Looking at two American Indian tribes, a study in the April issue of has confirmed that a significant relationship exists between alcohol disorders and medical conditions, specifically: sprains and str...India could be facing alarming rise in tobacco use
India could be facing a new wave of increased tobacco use, according to an Article published in this week's issue of The Lancet. Study researchers found that sixth-grade students (average age 11 years) in Delhi and Chennai used significantly more tobacco than eighth-grade students (average age 13 years). Early use of tobacco predicts greater likelihood of addiction, longer lifetime use, and highe...Chinese, Tibetan and Indian herbal medicines may help people with irritable bowel syndrome
Traditional herbal medicines may improve symptoms of abdominal pain, disturbed bowel movements, and/or bloating and distension caused by Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). This was the conclusion of a systematic review of clinical studies that is published in the latest update of The Cochrane Library.... ...Authors searched for studies that evaluated the effectiveness of traditional herbs including...10 million 'missing' female births in India due to selective abortion
Over the past two decades around 10 million female fetuses may have been aborted in India, according to a study published online today (Monday January 9, 2006) by The Lancet....... In India fewer girls than boys are born. In their study Prabhat Jha (St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada), Rajesh Kumar (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India) a...Indians suffer poor health services while private sector expands for foreigners
Public health services in India are suffering while the private sector is rapidly expanding to cater for foreigners and richer citizens, says an editorial in this week's BMJ.... ...At less than 1% of gross domestic product (GDP), India has one of the lowest levels of public spending on health care in the world. Meanwhile successive Indian governments have subsidised the private sector with tax...Elsevier partners with Diabetes India
Singapore, November 17, 2005 Elsevier, the world-leading scientific and medical publisher, has announced a new publishing partnership with Diabetes India (DI) and the launch of a new journal, Diabetes Research & Metabolic Syndrome in June 2006. Diabetes Research & Metabolic Syndrome will cover two main clinical areas--diabetes and metabolic syndrome focusing on both vascular damage causes and th...Lance Armstrong Foundation establishes Endowed Chair in Oncology at Indiana University
AUSTIN, Texas -- When 25-year-old Lance Armstrong, already a world-class cyclist, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of testicular cancer in 1996, he sought the pioneering treatment developed by Lawrence H. Einhorn, M.D., a leading clinical oncologist at the Indiana University Cancer Center and an Indiana University Distinguished Professor. ......The Lance Armstrong Foundation is honoring...International conference on AIDS India presents lifetime achievement award
October 20, 2005--Chennai, India Today, the 5th International Conference on AIDS INDIA presented Dr. Henry Gabelnick, Executive Director of CONRAD, with their Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his contribution to reproductive health and microbicide development. The presentation took place during the inaugural ceremony of the conference in Chennai. ...... "I'm incredibly honored to...HIV mortality in India drops with introduction of generic antiretroviral therapy
The survival rate of HIV-infected patients in India has risen in response to a 20-fold drop in the price of antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to an article in the Nov. 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. The introduction of generic drugs into the country has encouraged people to seek HIV treatment because of the cheaper cost, the article states.... ...Many of the...Blood-based TB test matches up to old skin test in study among health workers in India
Berkeley -- In a head-to-head matchup between a new blood-based tuberculosis (TB) test and the traditional tuberculin skin test, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in India found that the two methods of detecting latent TB infection are equally good. ......The results of the study, to be published in a special June 8 theme...M. D. Anderson announces collaboration with India's largest yoga research institution
HOUSTON - The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (Research Foundation), Bangalore, India, today announced a research collaboration to scientifically validate the age-old belief that mind-body interventions have a beneficial impact on the health of cancer patients....... The effort builds on a cooperative, cross-cultural relationsh...