AACR establishes new lectureship in honor of Dr. Jane C. Wright
...ons to research in this field. Dr. Wright made her mark in cancer research analyzing a wide range of anti-cancer agents, exploring the relationship between patient and tissue culture response, and developing new techniques for administering cancer chemotherapy. She was among the first researchers to test...UT Southwestern lead site for study of a new multiple sclerosis drug
...itive outcomes for patients during the study would mark a breakthrough for treatment of primary progressive MS. For more information, call 214-648-6449....Enrollment progress for European approval trial
...grow to several billion dollars per annum. The CE mark In Europe, the letters 'CE' on a manufactured pro...ctive (AIMDD) 90/385/EEC. Approval to apply the CE mark to a product indicates it can be legally sold within the European Union (EU) and the European Free T...Cutting-edge technologies signify a new era for colorectal cancer screening
...map of the colon and the ability for physicians to mark the location of polyps on this map. Researchers conducted initial testing on the scope's force via an inanimate colon model instrumented with four force transducers. Transducers were located at four points: proximal to the simulated anus, the prox...Long-term outcomes studied for stem cell transplant recipients
... time of transplantation mortality at the 10-year mark was similar to that of the general population. Further analysis highlighted the most likely causes for death in those patients that did not survive and hinted at ways that such deaths might be minimized. For those patients who died during the study p...Scientists observe infectious prion proteins invade and move within brain cells
..." He explains that once researchers learned how to mark the prion proteins, they added them to a culture of nerve cells and then began watching and taking photo images with a confocal microscope. Confocal microscopy uses laser light to scan many thin sections of a fluorescent sample, resulting in a clean ...Psychologist: Make culture part of the new collaborative science
...n though cultures differ in what they consider the mark of a healthy individual, [we want to show] that different components of well-being will still be linked with biology." Where independence and individualism are signature features of American culture, Japan has traditionally been a culture of interdep...New NIAID grants strengthen national biodefense and emerging infectious diseases research network
...vine, and Colorado State University (Fort Collins) mark the completion of a national network of academic centers that conducts research to counter threats from bioterror agents and emerging infectious diseases. Each institution will receive approximately $10 million per year for the next four years to hea...Benefits of continuous NSAID use in ankylosing spondylitis
...o high levels of spinal joint damage at the 2-year mark than patients in the continuous-treatment group. The between-group difference in radiographic progression remained stable and significant after adjusting for baseline values of joint damage and disease-activity variables. As noted...Researchers demonstrate use of gold nanoparticles for cancer detection
...own as quantum dots uses semiconductor crystals to mark cancer cells, but the semiconductor material is potentially toxic to the cells and humans. "The wonderful thing about colloidal gold is that it has been used in humans for 50 years," Ivan said. "For example, a radioactive form of it has been used to ...Doctor 'report cards' may keep some heart patients from getting angioplasties
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- No one likes to have a bad mark on a report card. But a new study suggests that heart doctors who are publicly "graded" on their angioplasty results may be shying away from performing the procedure on the high-risk patients who are most likely to drag down their averages. The study...The rich die differently from you and me, U-M study shows
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---The inequalities that mark American life maintain their hold through age and even death, a new study shows. Wealthier elders are significantly less likely than poorer ones to suffer pain at the end of their lives, according to a University of Michigan study forthcoming in the ...Decline in performance of candidates taking a postgraduate medical examination between 1997 and 2001
...ferencing', in which examiners determine the pass mark by assessing the desirable knowledge based on individual questions. Thus the standard required to pass all components of the examination is now fixed and independent of the standard of the candidates sitting at that diet....BMJ highlights lack of international cooperation to investigate scientific fraud
... to take the lead. He also suggests that we should mark suspicious studies as "dubious" on international databases such as Pubmed. Although the BMJ may have done more, it has still taken us over 10 years to try to resolve this issue, write BMJ editors, Fiona Godlee and Jane Smith. What more can journals d...Anxiety disorders can compromise success of alcohol-dependence treatment
...dy. That is, while we show that anxiety disorders mark a heightened risk for relapse to drinking following alcoholism treatment, it does not necessarily follow that treating the anxiety disorder would partially or wholly eliminate that risk." Both Kushner and Stewart noted that the debate continues as to...Detecting Alzheimer's in the eye, lifting fingerprints without touching the surface
... either only the background or onlythe fingerprint mark area, thus increasing the contrast of thefingerprint mark against the background, making it visible to theeyes or to a recording camera. Like most otherlaten...Insurance company rewards to doctors and hospitals may not improve care
...re," he says. "However, it may be that they simply mark the successful organizations without driving change." According to Dudley, another key issue is that, even if rewards work, insurers will have a hard time figuring out how much to pay, because few researchers have described the costs of improving q...Exercise vital to build strong bones
...ny by International Osteoporosis Foundation-IOF to mark World Osteoporosis Day WOD 2005. The launch took place during a press event organized by the Nationale Initiative gegen Osteoporose, a consortium of leading organizations and people fighting osteoporosis in the country. "This year's World Osteoporos...The 2nd WADA Symposium On Gene Doping
...nska Institutet. The second press conference will mark the release of the symposium's final document. Present will be IOC chairman Jacques Rogge, Professor Theodore Friedmann, Professor Arne Ljungqvist and Dr Olivier Rabin....Neurons generated in the adult brain learn to respond to novel stimuli
... of mice whose precursor cells had been labeled to mark those that were dividing, allowing identification of newly generated, adult-born neurons. These mice were then exposed either to a panel of unusual odors or to a normal environment. Several weeks later, the response of the adult-born neurons was eva...