Study proves genetic variations influence cystic fibrosis' severity
...Case, Drs. Mark D. Schluchter and Michael Konstan, professors of pediatrics; and Dr. Katrina Goddard, associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics. Thirteen other scientists and clinicians also contributed to the work and were listed as co-authors. In an accompanying editorial, Drs. Christina K. Haston...ASU secures $3.9 million to study spinal cord injuries and neurological disorders
...mobility." Jung and Abbas are also both associate professors in the Harrington Department of Bioengineering wit... addition to Jung, the team includes two associate professors in ASU's Fulton School, Stephen Phillips in electrical engineering and James Sweeney, Harrington Dep...MCW Research Foundation licenses invention for stroke treatment
...ories of Richard Roman, Ph.D., and David R Harder, professors of physiology at the Medical College, in cooperation with Taisho scientists. The Research Foundation awarded Taisho exclusive, world-wide rights to further develop and commercialize the drug. Dr. Roman, director of the Medical College's Kidney Cen...UCF tops $100 million milestone in research funding for 2004-05
University of Central Florida professors received a record $103.6 million in research fundi... million in research funding. College of Education professors received $17.3 million, and the College of Optics and Photonics faculty were awarded $15 million. Th...Patients learn more facts from videos but need contact with doctor to soothe their anxiety
...and Darius J. Karimipour, M.D., clinical assistant professors in the Department of Dermatology; and Peter C. Trask, Ph.D., formerly a professor at U-M and now at Brown University....Ability, not disability, at heart of yacht trek
...ting its centennial this year. Led by engineering professors Karen May-Newman and Michael Lambert, the SDSU stu... The students interacted with their "clients" and professors on the boat and in the laboratory, ultimately designing systems to solve a range of mobility and rel...Researchers link nursing injuries to staffing levels
...thored by University of Maryland School of Nursing professors Alison Trinkoff (Department of Family and Community Health) and Meg Johantgen (Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health) and Carlos Muntaner, currently a University of Toronto professor and a scientist at Toronto's Centre for Addiction a...Women more afraid of dentists than men: University of Toronto study
...er's degree candidate Brian Chanpong and dentistry professors Daniel Haas and David Locker, is the first-ever nationwide Canadian study of fear and anxiety about visiting the dentist. It is published in the June issue of Anesthesia Progress. The researchers say the level of fear among men is probably underrepor...UCSB professors among team awarded $13 million to mount nano-attack on plaque
...f the National Institutes of Health (NIH). UCSB professors participating in the project include Matthew V. Tirrell, PhD, Dean of the College of Engineering and professor of chemical engineering; Andrew N. Cleland, Ph.D., associate professor of physics; Patrick Daugherty, Ph.D., associate professor of chemica...Breast CT reaches clinical testing: May improve on mammography
...e machine in collaboration with UC Davis radiology professors Karen K. Lindfors and J. Anthony Seibert, and UC San Diego radiology professor Thomas R. Nelson. The breast CT project was funded by $6 million in grants from the California Breast Cancer Research Program, the National Cancer Institute and the Nation...'Nanoshells' simultaneously detect and destroy cancerous cells
...ekah Drezek, Ph.D., and Jennifer West, Ph.D., both professors in the Department of Bioengineering at Rice. "You can look for a molecular marker that may indicate a significant clinical problem, but you can't do anything about it [just through imaging]," says Drezek. "We don't want to simply find the cancerous ...Six organizations vie for INFORMS 'science of better' innovation prize
... overbuilt, schedule classes to spare students and professors from commuting during rush hour, reduce the fleet of buses required on-campus, and assign faculty and administration for tasks like proctoring standardized exams. As a result, operations research methodology is improving management of the entire camp...