Bone marrow researcher recieves Pew Award
...ffect. "Dr. Calvi's work is unique, ambitious and holds great potential for patients, all in the spirit of the Pew awards," said Bradford C. Berk, M.D., Ph.D., chairman of the Department of Medicine at the Medical Center. "The award represents a great win for her research effort, and the Pew award program...New drug abuse treatment shows promise
...in killer abuse in 2002, officebased buprenorphine holds the promise of bringing new patients into treatment. While heroin and prescription opiate pain killer abuse has substantially increased over the years, the availability of treatment has not increased with the demand. Along with her colleagues, Lynn S...ARVO announces 2006 Friedenwald Award winner
... from the University of California, San Diego. He holds eight patents and has authored over 100 scientific publications....4D proton therapy, radiation-resistant tumors, interpreting medical images
....radiology.arizona.edu/krupinski/index.html ), who holds joint appointments in the radiology and psychology...is the final link in the imaging chain. He or she holds the final responsibility for interpreting the image data and making a diagnostic decision that will ...Rice bioengineer wins ASME's Van C. Mow Medal
..., 200 conference proceedings and abstracts, and he holds some 25 U.S. patents. He has mentored more than 130 medical residents, post-doctoral researchers, graduate students, undergraduates and high school students. Moreover, three companies -- Osteobiologics, Xilas Medical and VidaCare have been founded b...BIDMC investigator receives Novartis Award in Diabetes
...School with both M.D. and D.Sc. degrees, Mantzoros holds an M.Sc. degree in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health and an M.M.Sc. degree in Clinical Investigation from Harvard Medical School. After completing clinical and research fellowships in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism throug...Transplantation of sperm stem cells restores fertility after chemotherapy
...ntation of one's own germ cells after chemotherapy holds promise for restoring fertility, a major hurdle has been the risk of contamination by leukemic cells, which may induce relapse. Now, in a study appearing online on June 16 in advance of print publication in the July 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical...Fine tuning drug levels in neuroblastoma patients is effective, St. Jude researchers show
...ncer drug topotecan in children with neuroblastoma holds promise for maximizing the drug's effectiveness while reducing its toxicity, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Neuroblastoma is a tumor of nerve tissues in the neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis. This cancer usually a...A vaccine approach to treating Parkinson's disease
...ans. While this research could take many years and holds no promise of prevention or cure, the researchers are hopeful that the mouse studies are a step in the right direction. "This shows the first demonstration of a vaccine for this family of disease," Masliah said....Nanoparticles carry cancer-killing drugs into tumor cells
...opharmaceutical company in Ann Arbor, Mich. Baker holds a significant financial interest in the company. Other U-M collaborators in the research study are Zhengyi Cao, M.D., and Shraddha S. Nigavekar, Ph.D., U-M research associates; Istvan J. Majoros, Ph.D., research investigator; and Thommey P. Thomas, P...New memory drug works best in combination with older remedy
...alifornia-based Saegis Pharmaceuticals Inc., which holds a worldwide exclusive license granted by the drug's developer. Gallagher, a Krieger-Eisenhower Professor and the chair of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the university's Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, said these s...UVa Health System doctors study surgery to stop epileptic seizures
...t devices. Deep brain stimulation with electricity holds the promise of controlling seizures. Similarly, a device surgically implanted in the brain's cortex uses an electrical current to arrest seizures when they begin. "It's clear that the modern goal of epilepsy treatment is to free patients from seizure...Researchers demonstrate use of gold nanoparticles for cancer detection
...e and inexpensive to use," said Ivan. "We think it holds great promise in making cancer detection in humans... is not ready to be used in patients, Ivan said it holds much promise for oral cancer patients he treats in his practice at UCSF Medical Center. "Oral cancer...New complicated grief treatment holds promise for millions, Pitt researchers report
New treatment for complicated grief holds promise for millions of Americans, University of Pittsburgh researchers report in the Journal of the American Medical Association PITTSBURGH, May 31 Each year in the United States, approximately 2.5 million people die, each leaving behind, on av...In a finding that holds lessons for restaurateurs and advertisers, researchers have found that visual words can influence the perception of smells--with pleasant words influencing olfactory brain regions to perceive an odor as pleasant. The research is publishing in the May...Lighting of the future among topics at BGSU Emerging Technology Forum
...ther speaker, at 2 p.m., will be Brigitte Wex, who holds a master's degree from BGSU and is working toward a Ph.D. in photochemical sciences at the University. Also among the day's activities will be a lunchtime poster session, featuring work by graduate students in the Center for Photochemical Sciences, a...St. John's Wort only minimally effective in relieving major depression, review confirms
...dicine, part of the National Institutes of Health, holds that St. John's Wort is not a proven therapy for depression.The review appears in the most recent issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates medical research. Systematic re...Sabin Gold Medal awarded to vaccine developer Dr. Albert Z. Kapikian
...e Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, a position he holds today as a member of the Civil Service. Dr. John La Montagne's 30-year career at NIH also was recognized at the ceremony. Dr. La Montagne contributed to international efforts to fight emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, including those rela...Breast CT reaches clinical testing: May improve on mammography
...gy of the future." Boone, a medical physicist who holds six scientific patents, has served as a consultant to the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Army Breast Cancer Research Program. He is vice chair for research in the UC Davis Department of Radiology and...Recombinant DNA technology may enable oral, rather than injectable, delivery of protein drugs
... do." On behalf of Shen and his collaborators, USC holds the patent to the new recombinant fusion protein technology. The research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health....