US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
...tion between the service academies is healthy, but cooperation is also part of the game." Along with Marshall and Padua, UNC researchers include Drs. Bing Yu, associate professor of allied health sciences in the School of Medicine; Kevin M. Guskiewicz, professor of exercise and sport science in the College of ...Charter activation brings space dimension to European emergency exercise
...ify activation of the European mechanism of mutual cooperation in civil protection. So additional rescue teams will be mobilised from Belgium, Germany and Italy, coordinated by the European Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) in Brussels, which has been providing active assistance during disaste...The Neurosciences and Music in Leipzig: Registration boom and over 140 posters
...man Cognitive and Brain Sciences of Leipzig and in cooperation with the New York Academy of Sciences. This conference is conceived as the ideal continuation to the two previous meetings on the relation between Music and the Neurosciences: the meeting on "The Biological Foundations of Music", promoted by the ...Internet program launched to prevent blindness in diabetic patients
... is being established at the School of Medicine in cooperation with the Department of Ophthalmology. William P. Moran, M.D., formerly head of the Section on General Internal Medicine, is co-investigator....Immune system lab model overcomes ethical limits on human hematopoietic stem cells studies
...ue of Journal of Immunology. The study was done in cooperation with The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME), the University of Tennessee (Memphis), EMD Lexigen Research Center (Billerica, MA) and the University of Massachusetts (Worcester, MA). The breakthrough is particularly important because it solves an eth...Sensor warns of gastrointestinal problems
...ents, Herber is developing a prototype catheter in cooperation with Sentron Europe BV. They want to produce the sensor, if the measurements prove to be successful. Interest has also been expressed in using the sensor to measure carbon dioxide levels in the brains of intensive care patients, as this can provide ...Empathetic voice improves doctor-patient communication
...e' resulted in better treatment practices and more cooperation from patients. Dr. Cordella found that doctors mainly used three 'voices' when talking to patients: the 'doctor voice' (seeking information), 'educator voice' when seeking to inform and educate the patient about their condition, and the 'fellow huma...International adoptees have fewer behavior problems than domestic adoptees
...Volksgezondheid, and Stichting Kinderpostzegels in cooperation with the Adoptie Driehoek Onderzoeks Centrum. Dr. van IJzendoorn is supported by the NWO/Spinoza prize of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. Editorial: International Adoption, Behavior, and Mental Health In an accompanying edito...Researchers discover 'window on the brain' that could help treat disorders
...al applications. The research will be conducted in cooperation with several teaching hospitals, including those at the University of Washington and Harvard University Medical School. Using high-performance computation to solve the distortion problem recently drew acclaim from the international computer science c...Anti-inflammatory function of Alzheimer's disease drugs revealed
...toral fellow in Prof. Yirmiya's laboratory; and in cooperation with Hermona Soreq, the Charlotte Slesinger Professor of Cancer Studies at the Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at the Hebrew University, and Prof. Tamir Ben-Hur of the Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine. Alzheimer's Disease is a degenerative ...Envisat monitoring China floods as part of Dragon Programme
... taking place as part of ESA's Dragon Programme of cooperation with the National Remote Sensing Centre of China (NRSCC) within the Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC. These Envisat images are a means for the authorities to identify floodwater extent and coordinate mitigation efforts, and should be a f...GlaxoSmithKline announces FDA approval of Fluarix
...ly at a critical time. We appreciate the spirit of cooperation and commitment on the part of the FDA and US Department of Health and Human Services. Now we look forward to working with health authorities to encourage vaccination among those who are most vulnerable." FLUARIX™ [Influenza Virus Vaccine] Cli...Biosensor reveals new information about suspected cause of Alzheimer's disease
...y, the worlds largest scientific society. Haes, in cooperation with Van Duyne, Northwestern professor William Klein and research associate Lei Chang developed a method to detect small harmful proteins in cerebrospinal fluid using nanoscale optical biosensors. The proteins, known as ADDLs (amyloid ?-derived diffu...Contaminated water presents bigger crisis in the Gaza strip
...n for both Israelis and Palestinians, but requires cooperation between the two parties. The plan is a unique three phase effort among the researchers as a part of the European Union Fifth Framework Program. The first step involved investigating sources of salinity and contamination patterns in the area. Second,...MCW Research Foundation licenses invention for stroke treatment
...rofessors of physiology at the Medical College, in cooperation with Taisho scientists. The Research Foundation awarded Taisho exclusive, world-wide rights to further develop and commercialize the drug. Dr. Roman, director of the Medical College's Kidney Center and a member of its Cardiovascular Research Cente...Do the Europeans turn ill sitting up so late?
...high level research training program is created in cooperation with the European universities, graduate schools and sleep research societies. Dr. Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen (Stenberg) says:"We can choose relevant courses from the available universities, schools and research societies and provide the trainees with a...The Epilepsy Foundation issues Call to Action
...atment options. The Call to Action was created in cooperation with medical experts and representatives from leading medical professional and voluntary health organizations. Anticonvulsants are used to control seizures in people with epilepsy, but are more frequently prescribed for the treatment of non-epileptic...New ASU center will assess societal implications of nanotechnology
...an opportunity to put into practice a new model of cooperation between the social sciences and humanities on one hand and natural sciences and engineering on the other." George Poste, director of the Biodesign Institute at ASU and co-principal investigator for the center added that "by encouraging natural scient...UNC wins eight top NIH 'Roadmap' grants, more than any other university in the country
...a tradition here. Last year, because of this close cooperation and sharing, Carolina faculty members won six large Roadmap grants." With the emphasis the university has placed on supporting Roadmap and Roadmap-like efforts, it's no surprise that UNC investigators have done even better this year, he said. "To our...International conference on AIDS India presents lifetime achievement award
...AD have signed a "Memorandum of Understanding" on cooperation in microbicide research. The principal objective of the agreement is to facilitate broad cooperation in the development of new, safe and accessible methods of preventing the transmission of HIV/AIDS an...