Indiana University Imaging Center receives $6M grant for kidney research
... The grant recognizes the imaging technology and expertise that has been...developed at IU using advanced light microscopy systems to conduct...research in kidneys and other organs in vivo, said Bruce Molitoris,...M.D., chief of the nephrology division and director of the Indiana...Center for Biological Microscopy.</p...University hospitals wins multiple national IT awards for electronic patient data bank
... ... UH also was selected to receive the CIO 100 Awar...RAND presents first Victor Fuchs Research Award to economists at Carnegie Mellon University
... ... Th...University research wins royal accolade
... One of the UKs most prestigious corporate accolades, The Queens Award for Enterprise underlines the Universitys reputation as an international centre of excellence in research. The School of Pharmacy is home to teaching and res...UK and other European countries should introduce universal childhood hepatitis B vaccination
... ... Dr Jane Zuckerman, Academic Centre for Travel Medicine and Vaccines, Royal Free and University College Medical Sch...New Orleans levee report finished by panel including University of Texas at Austin engineer
... ... Dr. Robert Gilbert, the risk expert on the ASCE panel and a civil engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin, n...UCSD/Boston University find antidepressants may affect fetus
A University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine collaborative study with Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center found an increased risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) in newborns of mothers who used certain commonly prescribed antidepressants in late pregnancy. The results of the study will be published in the February 9 issue of the New England Journal of Medi...Boston University School of Medicine faculty member receives honorary degree from alma mater
... Wolf received his medical degree from the State University of New York College of Medicine at Syracuse in 1960 cum laude where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. He was an intern in medicine at the former Boston City Hospital, an assistant resident in medicine at the Pet...NY-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center doctors present at 2007 AUA Meeting
... ...Authors: Harry Fisch, M.D., Ithor S. Sawczuk, M.D., et al. ... Investigators assessed the prevalence and risk factors of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in uro...Emory University researchers find persistent and severe asthma associated with obesity
... ... "Approximately 65 percent of adults in the U.S. age 18 or older are either overweight or obese," says Brian Taylor, MD, a pulmonary fellow and researcher at Emory Crawford Long Hospi...Mid Sweden University leads development of digital color x-rays
... The readout electronics for each pixel in the cameras picture sensor must be squeezed into an area of 55 x 55 m, and whats more be x-ray safe. The Mid Sweden University researchers have solved these design problems. Furthermore, they have shown that Medipix2 can be...Commercializing university research -- Hopping robots, liquid shoes, electricity from heat
... The latest round of seed funding grants, the ninth since the von Liebig Center was set up in 2001, raises the centers grant total to more than $2.8...$2.6M grant awarded to New York University College of Nursing
New York, NY May 11, 2007 The Harford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University College of Nursing, in collaboration with the American Journal of Nursing, has been awarded a $2,622,560 grant from The John A Hartford Foundation to produce and distribute demonstration videos and a companion series of journal articles for teaching nurses the use of geriatric health assessment tools...Baby aspirin better for your health, University of Kentucky study says
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 9, 2007) " Nearly a quarter of a million Americans each year may be hospitalized with bleeding complications caused by needlessly taking a daily dose of an adult-sized aspirin rather than a baby aspirin to prevent a heart attack or stroke.... A study by a group of UK HealthCare Linda and Jack Gill Heart Institute cardiologists found that the commonly prescribed 325 mg adult t...Honor for University of Nottingham professor
... ... His election to the Academy is a resounding endorsement of his work Fellows are elected for outstanding contri...Largest ever grant for University of Copenhagenhagen
... With a donation of 600 million kroner from the Novo Nordisk Foundation it will be possible to build a new center for protein research at the University of Copenhagen, making Denmarks capital a global hotbed for health science research. The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research will be located in the Panum building at the Faculty of Health Sciences. After its op...University of Alberta hosts international conference on women in the knowledge economy and society
... The University of Alberta and RSC: The Academies (formerly the Royal Society of Canada) will host an international, interdisciplinary conference addressing the features of local and global cultures that encourage and impede women's active, creative and critical participation in the knowledge economy. Rooms of Their Own: Women in the Knowledge Economy and Society will run from Wednesday, May...Rush University Simulation Laboratory honored for innovation
... The Rush University Simulation Laboratory (RUSL), located at Rush University Medical Center, is a state-of-the-art simulation training center equipped with life-sized, computer-controlled 'virtual patients' capable of s...Hebrew University research shows developmental problems for siblings of autistic children
... ... In their research, they found that some siblings of children with autism ranging from fourteen months to four and half years -- were diagnosed with dela...Help the Aged funds the University of Nottingham to research pain affecting older people
... Dr David Humes, said: Our aim is to discover whether inflammation of the...Study recommends universal newborn screening for cystic fibrosis
... ... Cystic fibrosis is a life-shortening hereditary lung disease, but treatments are available. In some regions newborn babies have been screened for...Washington University surgeon develops treatment for foot deformity
... Congenital vertical talus (CVT), or "rocker-bottom flat foot," occurs in about 1 in 10,000 live births. Left untreated, the patient would walk on the inside of the ankle rather than the bottom of the foot, resulting in...University of Leicester research reveals rice bran could reduce risk of intestinal cancer
... ... ... The results of a controlled laboratory study in a preclinical model of gastrointestinal adenoma demonstrated that consumption of a high daily dose of stabilized rice...Treatment of in-hospital cardiac patients is focus of Jefferson University presentations
... ...(Embargoed for release 9 am, Tuesday, March 27; Abstract #1028-68) ... Although anemia is a common problem in heart failure patients, the medications the patients take to control their heart failure are not the cause of the anemia, according to rese...Aga Khan University team discover which patients keep on taking their medicine
Aga Khan University (AKU) is proud to share a peer-reviewed article, Factors Associated with Adherence to Anti-Hypertensive Treatment in Pakistan, which will appear in the March 14 issue of PLoS ONE, the international, open-access online journal from the Public Library of Science. The study on which the article is based is in line with the Universitys ethos: that research at AKU focuses on topic...Researchers from the University of Navarra analyze new kinds of cancer-fighting antibodies
... Specifically, the article discusses using monoclonal antibodies in order to...African scientists will train at Emory University in latest drug discovery techniques
... "As part of this collaboration, the scientists will work with academic researchers in departments and schools throughout th...Alcohol interventions that teach practical skills work best with high-risk university students
... ... "Most studies of the drinking habits of university students are conducted in the United States, but one can also find studies...Take fatigue seriously, says University of Alberta researcher
... ... Olso...Temple University Hospital investigates treatment for cervical dysplasia
... For numerous women afflicted with the common sexually transmitted disease known as human papillomavirus (HPV), the immune system can not prevent certain high-risk strains of the virus from cau...University Hospitals Case Medical Center researcher awarded
... The $250,000 award will help him research whether an under-the-skin pump is as effective as an intravenous drip in treating patients with neurological diseases with immune...NIH awards $1 million to Temple University Hospital for neurological treatment studies
... The NETT Network initiative is designed to facilitate high-quality clinical trials in multiple types of emergency neurological disorders affecting adults or children. The NETT network will bring together 11 national sites to perform wide-scale clinical trials testing the effectiveness of new treatments for neurologi...McMaster University researchers discover zip codes for protein
... ... Associate professor Ray Truants lab has discovered molecular zip codes or protei...$2.9M NIH grant expands successful parenting education program of Rush University
... The CPP equips parents of two-to-four year-old children with preventive parenting and positive child discipline strategies to help avoid...Emory University announces new Global Health Institute
... Emory's initial budget for the new Global Health Institute is $110 million, based on currently identified resources, including $55 million from the University's...Binghamton University researcher to study declining US fertility rates
... "It's one of the most profound social revolutions of the period," he said. "It has all kinds of ramifications for the social and economic history of the United States, including women's ability to participate...Indiana University researchers discover unique marker to identify breast cancer protein
... The research, led by Linda H. Malkas, Ph.D., Vera Bradley Professor of Oncology and professor of medicine, and Robert J. Hickey, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine, involves a protein, PCNA, that plays a vital role in the processes that control cell replication, repair and death. The research team identified an antibody that can different...Binghamton University researchers ready nanotechnology innovations for market
... Wang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, has worked to perfect electronic inks, infused with nanomaterials, that could find their way into wallpaper computer screens or clothes that regulate body temperature. Zhong, an associate professor of chemistry, has developed nanoparti...Woodruff Foundation gives major boost to Emory University's strategic plan
... The announcement of the extraordinary financial commitment, one of the largest in American higher education, came at Emory's Nov. 16 Board of Trustees meeting. Board of Trustees Chairman Ben Johnson, managing partner in the Atlanta firm of Alston & Bird, said, "Robert W. Woodruff and the Woodruff Foundation have been Emory's major p...GSA confers 2006 M. Powell Lawton Award to University of Washington's Teri
... The award presentation will take place at GSA's 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held from November 16th-20th, 2006 in Dallas, T...