M.D.-Ph.D. student wins Hertz fellowship
...ed on its scientific merits." The Hertz fellowship covers tuition and fees, and it can be renewed for up to five years. It also includes a $28,000 stipend for the year....Minimally invasive solid tumor biopsy may replace surgery to get diagnostic specimens
...eal refers to the membrane lining the abdomen that covers the internal organs. The only disadvantage to this technique is that there is only a small amount of tissue remaining for tumor banking (saving the tumor for future studies) after allocating enough for laboratory analysis, Hoffer says....Swamped city: New Orleans and nature
... the book, which is published by LSU Press, Colten covers a period from around 1800 to modern times, tracing the efforts by residents and government to "modify" New Orleans' natural environment. Perhaps the greatest challenge city leaders faced during this time period, Colten said, was water. "The primary ...Why good cells go bad in progression of MS
...de T-effector cells damage the myelin coating that covers nerve cells, causing the disease's symptoms. While another subset of white blood cells called T-regulatory cells normally control the activation of T-effector cells, investigators found that the chemical messenger interleukin-12 or IL12 allows some c...Street-level London air pollution warnings coming via mobile phones
...bout their travel routes. The prototype service covers Central London and Croydon in South London. Croydon is one of the largest boroughs by area and the largest by population, with 330 000 residents. YourAir is being developed by Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants (CERC) as a demonstration s...Younger is better when implanting cochlear implants, IU study finds
...ool of Medicine researchers in which an instructor covers his face with an opaque screen and asks the child to do various tasks with the toy. The Svirsky and Holt study may help doctors and families decide when to proceed with a child's cochlear implant. It may also help answer a question that would otherwi...Study: Americans willing to pay more for greater vaccine coverage
...d your family to have a health insurance plan that covers the latest innovations in adult and childhood vacc...ked to select one of two health plans: a plan that covers existing childhood and adult vaccines (basic vaccine coverage) or another that would cover existing ...Three NYU faculty named to the National Academy of Sciences
...hree books. His interest in financial econometrics covers equities, interest rates, exchange rates, and options. Engle was an assistant professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1969-74. He moved to the University of California, San Diego in 1975, becoming an associate professor and then...Child magazine editor addresses region's first annual women's and children's health care conference
...lists. Cicero, as senior editor of Child magazine, covers children's health and nutrition and oversees all of the magazine's rating stories, including the immensely popular "The 10 Best Children's Hospitals." She is also a freelance writer for Prevention, Glamour and Self magazines. Child magazine is a na...