Young scientists awarded for achievements in cancer research
...undergraduates majoring in science. Dr. Bardos, a native of Hungary, came to the United States after World War II to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Notre Dame. He went on to hold a full professorship at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he was a member of the faculty unti...New health information resource from Tufts for Asian-language speakers
..., nutrition, substance abuse, SARS and HIV/AIDS. A native speaker of an Asian language would go to the main ...ntial health information for Asian Americans whose native language is not English. It's also following a Tufts tradition providing electronic resources in ou...UCI epilepsy researcher receives nation's top neuroscience prize
...develop new anti-epileptic treatment strategies. A native of Hungary, Soltesz received his doctorate in comparative physiology from L. Eotvos University in Budapest and completed postdoctoral research assignments at universities in England, Canada and the U.S. before joining the UCI faculty in 1995. Soltesz...Novel stem cell trial in heart failure patients to begin
...ths after stem cell injections, when the patient's native heart is removed for organ transplantation, and we... a different area of the heart. That way, once the native heart is removed, pathologists will be able to compare the differences between tissue samples from b...Mayo Clinic researchers report on effectiveness of treatments for hot flashes
...racemosa) is an herbal remedy derived from a plant native to North America and a member of the buttercup family. The black cohosh study findings should help patients and their physicians look for other methods that can help control the common symptoms in women during menopause. "The findings demonstrated ab...Arteries bio-engineered from elderly cells
... and arteries would then be expected to "age" like native arteries. It is estimated that about 100,000 out of 1.4 million Americans who need small vessel grafts are unable to get them because their own or prosthetic vessels are unsuitable. While polymer vessels can be used when large vessels are required, t...Rice bioengineer wins ASME's Van C. Mow Medal
...ge constructs with properties approaching those of native cartilage." Established in 2004, the Van C. Mow Medal is given annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of bioengineering through research, education, professional development, leadership in the development of the...Percutaneous aortic valve replacement
...ss steel stent. After balloon predilatation of the native valve, this bioprosthesis is crimped over a balloo...grade approach-) up to the diseased fibro-calcific native aortic valve, using regular cardiac catheterization techniques. The bioprosthesis is then released b...National study shows black immigrants' health erodes the longer they live in US
... major cause of poor health for American blacks -- native and foreign-born alike. Rice's Michael Emerson and UC-Irvine's Jen'nan Read examined the health of about 3,000 black immigrants coming from the top regions of black emigration: The Caribbean, Africa, South America and Europe. The researchers focused...Can pomegranates prevent prostate cancer? A new study offers promise
... elsewhere has shown that the pomegranate, a fruit native to the Middle East, is rich in anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activity and is effective against tumors in mouse skin. In fact, pomegranate juice has higher anti-oxidant activity than do red wine and green tea, both of which appear promising as a...$50 mil. gift from the Simmons to expand cancer care, clinical research programs at UT Southwestern
...ons gift will allow us to do that." Mr. Simmons, a native Texan who is one of the few self-made American billionaires, is the middle son of rural schoolteachers. After he graduated from UT Austin in 1952 with a master's degree in economics and a Phi Beta Kappa key, he worked first for an agency of the U.S. ...Penn researcher wins awards from two major cardiovascular research organizations
...ority health, aging, and women's health issues. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, she holds a B.A. from Syracuse University, Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University, Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from Cornell University, and Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University School of Pu...Backyard treatment may yield leukemia treatment
...es from the root of the plant coleus forskohlii, a native of India that is used in the United States as an ornamental plant. Early results on CML patient cells both in culture and in mice showed that forskolin reduced the cancer cells' ability to grow by up to 90 percent. "We believe these are significant...Study confirms that stents releasing medication help keep heart bypass vein grafts open
...ents can be inserted into a grafted vein or into a native coronary artery during a balloon angioplasty proce... reduced scar tissue formation and re-narrowing in native coronary arteries, the new study is one of very few to focus on drug-eluting stents used in saphenou...Dr. Tallie Z. Baram wins nation's top epilepsy research award
...t the side effects of drugs designed for adults. A native of Israel, Baram earned a doctorate from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. After receiving her medical degree from the University of Miami in 1980, Baram completed pediatrics and neurology residencies at the Baylor College of Medi...Research clarifies how brain replenishes memory-making molecules
...d said. "This is a direct, quantitative measure of native AMPA receptor trafficking in real time." The scientists hope to next study AMPA receptor trafficking in response to increased neuronal activity, in order to provide more insight into the mechanism underlying learning and memory. Lead author on the pa...The Wistar Institute licenses rubella vaccine seed stock to Microgen of Russia
... prevention. "Rubella takes a terrible toll in my native land and other countries," says Maestro Rostropovich. "I applaud Wistar for providing the vaccine seed stock to Microgen on favorable terms. My foundation is determined to ensure that this vaccine becomes widely available in Russia and the N.I.S. to ...Many foreign-born women in Miami are not vaccinated for rubella
...due to historically low vaccination rates in their native countries. Vaccination rates were even lower among women who had not been screened for rubella immunity --just 2 percent received vaccinations, according to the study in the latest American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Of the 1,991 women whose med...Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel to discuss the 'New Science of the Mind'
How did Eric Kandel, a native of Vienna who majored in history and later escaped from the Nazis become one of the world's most famous neuroscientists? How did his career evolve from early studies of reflexes in the lowly squid to the founding of a bioengineering firm whose work ...Brain processing of speech sounds is different in some southern English speakers
...ds, will have the same brain response when hearing native English speakers use the "l" and "r" phonemes. "But Brianna's study was the first to show the same effect in dialects of the same language." After Conrey finished her thesis and graduated from Rice in 2002, she continued her research in Potts' lab t...