The Alzheimer patient who sang 'Oh, what a beautiful morning!'
...the journal. The 1,000 prize, launched in 2004, is awarded annually and named in honour of Dr. David Horrobin, the renowned researcher, biotechnology expert and founder of Medical Hypotheses, who died in 2003. The authors adapted standard psychological tests of musical recognition and appreciation to use th...Grants from research to prevent blindness surpass $7.9 million in 2005
...ntary health organization supporting eye research, awarded 81 grants, totaling more than $7.9 million in 2005. "RPB remains committed to fueling the vision research engine that we, in our earlier years, helped to build in departments of ophthalmology across the country," said Diane S. Swift, President, RPB. ...Newest M.D. Anderson SPORE to fund breast cancer research
...ity of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has been awarded a National Cancer Institute Specialized Programs o...ince 1996. With the three-year, $4.6 million grant awarded exclusively for breast cancer research, M. D. Anderson continues to hold more SPORE grants than any ...Manchester oral health pioneer wins second major honour in six months
...Dentistry at The University of Manchester has been awarded the prestigious H. Trendley Dean Distinguished Scientist Award for 2006 by the International Association of Dental Research (IADR). The honour has been bestowed for Professor Blinkhorn's ground-breaking research on public health and health services, ...Research to prevent blindness awards $110,000 grant to Department of Ophthalmology at Case
Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has awarded a grant of $110,000 to the Department of Ophthalmology at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to support research in the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases. The research will be directed by Jonathan H. Lass, M.D....International research reveals proven ways to reduce drug costs
...isk Management Advisory Committee. In 2004, he was awarded a Rockefeller Foundation Residency to gather information about drug costs around the world. He relied on published information as well as personal interviews. "The goal of the project was to provide essential information to health planners, politicia......Florey Institute, University of Melbourne has been awarded a Pfizer Fellowship worth $1 million. Dr Hannan's ... the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute has also been awarded the second Pfizer Fellowship for 2006. Stephen Nutt's project concentrates upon blood cells and the ...Brain research wins $1 million
...tralia's leading neuroscience researchers has been awarded $1 million dollars to fund his ongoing cutting-edg... the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute has also been awarded a Pfizer Fellowship for 2006. This is the fourth year of the Pfizer Fellowships, bringing the total ...Virtual microscopy project wins educational technology award
... Informatics Research Group of the university. The awarded project utilizes advanced digital imaging and network technology to digitise, store, and view microscopy specimens over the internet. 'Virtual specimens' incorporated into educational applications on a web server can be viewed by students on an ordi...UCI wins $2.4 million grant to study how brain understands language
...5 -- A UC Irvine cognitive neuroscientist has been awarded a National Institutes of Health grant for $2.4 million over five years to unlock the secrets of how the brain translates sound waves into meaningful language. Greg Hickok, professor of cognitive sciences, will lead a team of scientists from UCI, UC ...Federal grant funds research on novel HIV therapy
...center $6.7 million program project grant recently awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to explore a novel approach to HIV treatment. Encompassing basic science research, animal studies and clinical trials in adult patients, the new grant focuses on a potential Achilles' heel in the huma...Global skin cancer research consortium wins 7m
...se thanks to a Leeds-led consortium which has been awarded over 7m of funding. Led by Leeds' dermatologist Professor Julia Newton-Bishop, the international Genomel consortium brings together teams from around the world who are working on the genetics of melanoma and identifying who is prone to developing the...GroPep to pursue promising asthma drug following preclinical study results
...a development program for asthma. The Company was awarded an AusIndustry R&D Start Grant towards the psoriasis application in December 2004. Given the decision to cease work on this indication, the Company will seek a mutual termination of the grant but expects to apply for support for the asthma indicatio...Visually impaired people prefer to watch television enhanced with special processing
... by Peli and his colleagues,*(DigiVision, Inc. was awarded a "Connect 2005 Most Innovative New Product Award" for their "Video Enhancement Cable." Connect is a San Diego organization which has recognized innovative new products in the San Diego region for the last 18 years.) Though not part of the study resu...UCI receives major grant to develop 'gene signature' for prostate cancer prognosis
... grant is one of six the National Cancer Institute awarded nationwide to collaborative research groups to explore how information derived from comprehensive molecular analyses can be used to impact the care of cancer patients and ultimately improve outcomes. For more information, see www.cancer.gov ....Growth factor protects brain against damage from stroke
...ls to replace damaged neurons. Ford was recently awarded a five-year R01 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders to begin pre-clinical studies of neuregulin-1 as a stroke therapy. As part of this project, Ford will test neuregulin-1 in additional animal models and conduct imaging studie...Mathematics used to discern immune response to infectious diseases
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine a five-year, $9.1 million contract to develop sophisticated mathematical models for investigating how the immune system responds to the pathogens that cause flu, tuberculosis (TB) and tularemia, an espe...In autism and related disorders, recognizing emotion is different than identity
...h Senior Scholarship. Earlier this year Barton was awarded the Norman Geschwind Prize for Behavioral Neurology from the American Academy of Neurology....Feinstein Institute neuroscientist wins top honor in Parkinson's research
... American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) has awarded the 2005 Fred Springer Award -- the world's highest honor in Parkinson's disease research -- to David Eidelberg, MD, director of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research's Center for Neurosciences. The award was presented Sunday at the associatio...$3.2 million MERIT Award for study on disability and recovery in older persons
The National Institute on Aging has awarded Yale School of Medicine researcher Thomas M. Gill, M.D., a $3.2 million MERIT award for outstanding research to continue his "PEP" study to better understand how older persons manage day-to-day activities and remain independent at home. Titled "Epi...