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The Scripps Research Institute and IAVI Host Symposium to Launch Research Center Dedicated to Solving the Neutralizing Antibody Problem
LA JOLLA, CA and NEW YORK, NY – Today, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and The Scripps Research Institute officially launched a new research center, the IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center at The Scripps Research Institute. Scientists at the Neutralizing Antibody Center will focus on designing AIDS vaccines that elicit antibodies that work against a sufficient number of HIV types to protect from infection with the virus.
NorthShore Researchers Say Accurate Diagnosis Critical for Potentially Fatal Infection
NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) researchers advocate a renewed approach to accurately diagnose Clostridium difficile infection (CDI or C. diff) because of what they believe are forgotten principles that may lead to widespread misdiagnoses. Their paper, “Does My Patient Have Clostridium difficile Infection?” appears in the August 4, 2009 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians. ...Jefferson First Hospital in City to Offer New, Non-Invasive Tinnitus Treatment
The Jefferson Balance and Hearing Center of the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is the first hospital in Philadelphia to offer the FDA-cleared Neuromonics Tinnitus Treatment. This therapy is proven to interact, interrupt and desensitize tinnitus by delivering a customized neural stimulus, embedded in clinically modified music. ...UT Southwestern physicians, surgeons to present latest medical advances at 'Breakthroughs in Medicine'
UT Southwestern Medical Center’s top physicians will explain the latest developments in the critical fields of cancer, cardiology, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, urology and spine care during KRLD’s fifth annual “Breakthroughs in Medicine” on Saturday, Oct. 3....Study of UCLA hospital relocation provides insights for disaster planning
By Roxanne Moster -- By restricting elective surgeries, limiting incoming transfers and enhancing the efficiency of the discharge process, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center was able to reduce capacity before its relocation without interrupting emergency or trauma services, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. ...Both Distress and Fatigue Impact Resident Physician Errors, Mayo Study Finds
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers report that distress and fatigue among medical residents are independent contributors to self-perceived medical errors. The findings appear today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). ...Cancer Research UK ploughs £21 million into new Drug Discovery Programmes
CANCER RESEARCH UK is set to extend its drug discovery effort by investing up to £16 million in two new Drug Discovery Programmes at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research in Manchester and the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research in Glasgow. ...New cancer centre launched in Cardiff
Cardiff today (Thursday) joins a unique chain of Cancer Research UK Centres that are being launched across the UK. ...JHSPH to Lead Extremity Trauma Clinical Research Consortium
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been awarded $18.4 million by the Orthopaedic Extremity Trauma Research Program (OETRP) of the U.S. Department of Defense to establish an Extremity Trauma Clinical Research Consortium. ...UI cancer biology researchers receive federal grants
Researchers in the Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program in the University of Iowa Department of Radiation Oncology have received more than $3.7 million in federal funding through five different grants to conduct cancer biology research. ...Log in
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- Viagra’s Other Talents: To Help A ‘Signaling’ Protein Shield The Heart From High Blood Pressure Damage
- Postpartum Baby Blues Impact Majority of New Moms
- Could standard treatment for traumatic brain injury be wrong?
- Site for alcohol's action in the brain discovered
- Study reveals major genetic differences between blood and tissue cells
- McGill/JGH researchers successfully reverse multiple sclerosis in animals
- Vitamin D, curcumin may help clear amyloid plaques found in Alzheimer's
- An HIV-Blocking Gel for Women
- Evidence of direct link between mutated gene and autism, York U study finds
- Study reveals major genetic differences between blood and tissue cells
- Vitamin D deficiency is widespread and on the increase
- Breast Cancer Survivors Who Receive Lymphedema Education Are More Likely to Have Fewer Symptoms
- Scientists identify cells in fruit fly gut that start tumors
- The Scripps Research Institute and IAVI Host Symposium to Launch Research Center Dedicated to Solving the Neutralizing Antibody Problem
Gerc
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07 September, 2009 06:56:27
Very, very interesting
Prof. dr. V. Gerc
Gerc
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07 September, 2009 06:54:54
Very, very ineteresting.
Prof. dr. V. Gerc
Carole Martz
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26 August, 2009 01:23:24
Congratulations Nurse Fu and Dr Axelrod on publishing this important study. Thank you for validating what I always knew. Preoperative nursing education regarding lymphedema risk ...
Gary McCallister
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24 August, 2009 12:38:24
This doesn't change much of anything about how we treat patients and alleviate symptoms. All it dos is describe the parasite at a different ...
Doris Coward
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23 August, 2009 05:53:08
Where can I find the full report of this study?
Thank you.