AACR establishes new lectureship in honor of Dr. Jane C. Wright
... announce the addition of a new lectureship to its series of annual awards. The AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research-Jane C. Wright Lectureship will be given to an outstanding scientist who has made meritorious contributions to the field of cancer research and who has, through leadership or by example, furth...Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
...he journals Cell and the Journal of Cell Biology.A series of awards is given annually by the AACR the world's oldest and largest professional society representing cancer scientists from the United States and more than 60 other countries to recognize world-class accomplishments in basic research, clinical ...Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs and Dan Haney receive public service awards
...ed States House of Representatives in 1990 after a series of successful careers -- educator, businessman, and highly decorated U.S. Navy fighter pilot in Vietnam. Congressman Cunningham, a prostate cancer survivor, has been a strong and long-time supporter of funding for cancer research through his committe...... Jack's laboratory has pioneered and constructed a series of mutant mouse models of many human cancer types that also have been used to study cancer-associated genes. The topic of Dr. Jacks' talk is "Modeling cancer in the mouse." Sara A. Courtneidge, Ph.D. , Director and Professor in the Cell Adhesion and...2005 Wistar Institute Science Journalism award winner announced
...mitted as an entry. These may be selections from a series or a collection of stories representative of the entrant's coverage of the basic biomedical sciences. Books are not eligible. The work must have been published or broadcast in English between January 1 and December 31, 2005. The deadline for submissi...University of Chicago receives grant to study connections between religious beliefs and health
...igiosity. For that study, the researchers began a series of day-long interviews and medical tests that began in 2002 and will continue through 2006. The study includes 230 African Americans, Hispanics and whites between the ages of 50 and 67 from Chicago and the suburbs. The researchers are gathering exte...Smoking doubles risk of degenerative eye condition
...s across Britain. The participants all underwent a series of detailed eye tests and were asked about their smoking habits, and if they had given up, how long ago. After taking into account other risk factors, such as alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease, the results showed that current smokers wer...Public leadership in neurology award honors Leeza Gibbons for Alzheimer's awareness efforts
...foundation's signature program is Leeza's Place, a series of community-based locations that offer comfort, education, and care freely to people newly diagnosed with memory disorders and their caregivers. Leeza's Place centers are designed to develop continuums of care within communities. Three centers are o...NY Academy of Sciences reveals how scientists plan to combat bioterrorism & deadly pathogens
...rans-RCE Biodefense Seminars. This 13-part lecture series uses video and web conferencing to present informa...iefing includes: Overview of the NIAID-sponsored series Bulleted highlights and complete journalist's reports on presentations by experts in the field Chapt...Researchers find that chocolate compound stops cancer cell cycle in lab experiments
...on stresses that this research, which is part of a series of studies conducted at Georgetown on the chocolate-cancer connection, does not mean that people who eat chocolate will either reduce their cancer risks or treat a current case. Although the study was conducted in breast cancer cell cultures, the fin...Mesotherapy not proven as a safe alternative to liposuction
... allure of shedding unwanted pockets of fat with a series of simple injections, known as mesotherapy, sounds too good to be true - and it just might be. According to an ASPS Device & Technique Assessment (DATA) Committee report published in the April 15 issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS), the...Research reveals emotional trauma parents face when a child is diagnosed with diabetes
...h to 12 months. Half of the parents took part in a series of three interviews and the remainder were interviewed once. "The intensity of their emotions surprised us and is perhaps not realised by other healthcare professionals working in this field" says Lesley Lowes, who specialises in nursing children wit...Drugs targeted at muscle cells
...that the two drugs bind to PFAAR, which triggers a series of reactions within the cells. This, in turn, helps to boost glucose absorption into the cells. By specifically blocking certain processes in the cells, the scientists were also able to show that the effects of the drugs resembled those caused by phy...American Society of Travel Agents urges healthy travel for consumers
...ithKline. Twinrix is administered in a three-dose series given over 6 months. Twinrix is generally well tolerated. In clinical trials, the most common side effects included pain and redness at the injection site, headache, and tiredness. These effects usually are mild and do not last more than 48 hours ...Press registration reminder ESC Congress 2005, 3-7 September 2005
...ovided to all on-site press attendees, including a series of press conferences on the hot topics of the Congress and access to speakers, authors and ESC Spokespersons for comment and interviews. Details of the ESC press conference schedule and press release topics will be posted several weeks prior to the C...Being obese, underweight, associated with increased risk of death
...r greater). The researchers found: "In this unique series of nationally representative surveys of the U.S. adult population, we documented a substantial decline in the prevalence of key CVD risk factors over the last 3 to 4 decades, affecting obese, overweight, and lean segments of the population. Among obe...Football is a pain in the neck
...to cause neck injury. The study is the second in a series examining the risk of injury in community-based sports with a view to improving safety. The potential dangers of neck injury in football were highlighted last weekend by the death of Arena Football lineman Al Lucas from a presumed spinal cord injury ...High risk of second cancers in survivors of childhood soft tissue sarcomas
...ed to the increased risk of second cancers in this series of children with soft tissue sarcomas."...Insulin-producing cells from brain cursors
...ly mature into neural cells, and exposed them to a series of signals that are known to drive pancreatic islet development. They were able to produce clusters of insulin-producing cells that responded to glucose out of the body. When the cells were then transplanted into immunocompromised mice the cells cou......omit comet' is essentially an aircraft that does a series of parabolic maneuvers," Culbertson said. "The airplane basically goes into a parabola about 45 degrees nose-up, and then it begins to decelerate. When the deceleration matches the gravitational force -- which pulls us to earth -- you get a simulated...