How can we protect patients with weakened immune systems from influenza?
... the immune system. Children's Hospital is a world leader in studying and treating this syndrome. Three projects involving adults are led by researchers in the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Two projects involve cancer patients: those receiving stem cell transplants for multiple myeloma (a cancer...BIDMC's Harvey Goldman, MD, receives distinguished pathologist award
...rael Deaconess Center (BIDMC) and an international leader in the field of anatomic pathology was presented w...sia that complicates inflammatory bowel disease. A leader among his peers, Goldman has served as president of the New England Society of Pathologists, the Gas...Anti-depressant use associated with increased risk for heart patients
...ents, the researchers said. According to Duke team leader Lana Watkins, Ph.D., the researchers believe their findings add further support for the potential role oft non-pharmocological approaches to treating depression, such as exercise, in reducing the risk of death in depressed heart patients. She said th...Man-made prostate created by women
...ector of MIMR's Centre for Urological Research and leader of the research project, said the discovery will have a significant impact on prostate cancer and BPH research. "If we can understand how to make normal prostate, we can work out how BPH develops as part of the normal ageing process," she said. "We w...Jefferson Pancreatic Cancer Conference Feb. 24 highlights treatments, trials, vaccine research
...sky. "The recruitment of Dr Yeo, who is a national leader in pancreatic cancer surgery, the momentum of a substantial number of new clinical and research recruits, together with the talent already here at Jefferson, provides a unique opportunity for the Kimmel Cancer Center and Jefferson to take a national ...Hormone linked to good hearing as we age
...ational Institute on Aging that is recognized as a leader in research on age-related hearing loss. The center includes scientists from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology and neuroscientists from the University of Rochester. "The inner ear is especially sensiti......ntrifugal LVAD in a clinical trial in the US is a leader among companies with third generation LVADs. The VentrAssist has now been implanted in patients aged between 10 and 75 years in Australia, UK, the United States, Norway and New Zealand. The longest duration implant of the VentrAssist to date is mor...Bank of America grant to expand community-based childhood immunization program in northern Manhattan
...lation and Family Health at the Mailman School and leader of the Northern Manhattan Start Right Coalition, "Support from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation will enable the Coalition to embed their successful community immunization program directly into the healthcare system, ensuring that community h...Binghamton University receives $1.7 million NYSTAR award to enhance flexible electronics research
...c applications. Binghamton University has become a leader in the field of flexible electronics through its Center for Advanced Microelectronics Manufacturing (CAMM), which was established in 2005. Drawing the IEEC and CAMM together in a unique partnership, the funding will build upon their combined strength...Awards totaling $6.2 million to create major genetic testing lab at University of Iowa
...a's Center for Macular Degeneration (CMD), a world leader in the discovery of the genetic basis of blinding eye disease, will be able to significantly advance its mission with the creation of a large-scale nonprofit genetic testing laboratory, made possible by two gifts totaling $6.2 million. The new labor...Computer systems assisting orthopaedic surgeons
...ilitated through EUREKA - Dr Templier, the project leader from French company Surgiview comments: "I liked this very much because EUREKA was very efficient in accelerating the funding process compared to other European funding mechanisms. We really appreciated how quickly our project idea obtained support a...Mayo Clinic collaboration discovers protein amplifies DNA injury signals
...e Chen, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic oncology researcher and leader of the Mayo Clinic team. "This is just one mechanism involved in communicating injury to the repair processes, but it's an important start to understanding how we might one day design new treatments that help this repair system recover from injury or...Mount Sinai expands cutting-edge molecular testing
... very excited to partner with Roche Diagnostics, a leader in the diagnostics industry," said David Zhang, MD, PhD, director of the Molecular Pathology Laboratory at Mount Sinai. "With the combination of Roche's cutting edge technologies and our expertise in clinical molecular diagnosis, we will be able to o...Researchers develop portable 'vein finder' for faster, more accurate injections
...ritical issues for vessel detection," says project leader Michael Gray, a research engineer at the Electro-Optical (EOSL) Systems Laboratory within the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). "Even if you locate a vein at the skin's surface, it's still easy to miss when you try to insert a needle into the t...Antidepressant therapy for major depression in children and adolescents
Dr. Graham Emslie, a world leader in research into the use of antidepressants in children and adolescents, along with colleagues Amy Cheung and Taryn Mayes review the evidence from published and unpublished randomized controlled trials on the benefits and harms (including suicide and...AstraZeneca and M. D. Anderson Cancer Center form umbrella scientific collaboration agreements
...s M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, a recognized world leader in cancer research, today announced entering into scientific collaboration agreements that will allow for integrated pre-clinical and clinical research on new treatments for cancer, focusing initially on aerodigestive diseases (e.g., lung cancer, hea...Gold nanoparticles, radiation combo may slow Alzheimer's
...including Parkinson's and Huntington's, says study leader Marcelo J. Kogan, of the University of Chile in Sa...zation chartered by the U.S. Congress and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed jour...Largest study of in-hospital cardiac arrest suggests how to improve outcomes for children and adults
..."Not all cardiac arrests are the same," said study leader Vinay Nadkarni, M.D., a specialist in Critical Care Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "Our results suggest that hospital caregivers need to carefully tailor their resuscitations to a patient's situation, and not follow a blanket pr...New synthetic compounds appear to prevent brain cell death
...zation chartered by the U.S. Congress and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio....CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent benefits from clinical success, worldwide growth in 2005
...lishing Cordis Corporation as the worldwide market leader in drug-eluting stents." In 2005, the SIRTAX study, published in the NEJM, found statistically significant differences favoring the CYPHER Stent compared with the Taxus stent across a variety of measures, including major cardiac adverse events (MACE)...