New study shows antibiotic treatment does not reduce risk of secondary cardiac events
... investigator. The ACES results are confirmed and extended by the similarly negative findings of the PROVE-IT trial published in the same issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. PROVE-IT tested a different antibiotic, a fluoroquinolone, and used a different treatment schedule with participants who were...Rice, NC State win NAS/Keck Futures funding
...f traditional hydrocarbons but which have not been extended to fullerenes. They will also try to determine what properties correlate to cell uptake and what properties correlate to cellular activity. Barron and Monteiro-Riviere's project was one of 14 interdisciplinary research programs in nanoscience and nan...'Nanoshells' simultaneously detect and destroy cancerous cells
... of the cancer cells. The technique can be readily extended to target other types of cancer or disease processes that have known surface markers.The additional ability of the particles to absorb light is used to generate heat, which then destroys the cancer cells. "Nanoshells are very unique in that we can en...Fink receives National Pharmacy Leadership Award
...ignificant contributions to the profession over an extended period of time. He has twice received the "Great Teacher Award" from the UK National Alumni Association. He has also twice been recognized nationally for his leadership and scholarly contributions to his specialty area of the law and in 2004 the Ame...Brain region recovery possible in former methamphetamine users
... can recover or partially recover as a function of extended drug abstinence has important implications both for the neurobiology of addiction and substance abuse treatment," the authors conclude. "Additional longitudinal studiesare needed to further understand the underlying physiological changes of stimulant...