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Skin Cancers Typically Found in Older Adults Are Being Found in Survivors of Childhood Cancer; University of Minnesota to Present Findings at American Society of Clinical Oncology 2003 Annual Meeting.
June 1, 2003... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS/ ST. PAUL, May 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nonmelanoma skin cancers typically seen in older individuals are being detected in childhood cancer survivors s at younger ages than the general...

Reduced Intensity Bone Marrow Transplantation Offers New Hope for Older Leukemia Patients.
June 1, 2003... Byline: City of Hope National Medical Center CHICAGO, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is an effective treatment for leukemia and other life-threatening hematologic diseases, but oncologists have traditionally...

Experimental Cancer Drug Shrinks Tumors, Extends Survival in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients.
June 1, 2003... Byline: Duke University CHICAGO, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- An experimental cancer drug named bevacizumab (trade name Avastin) is the first "anti-angiogenesis" drug to prove that it can shrink tumors and extend survival in patients with...

Survival for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients Taking Gleevec Projected to Be Longer Than for Traditional Therapy, According to Theoretical Model.
June 1, 2003... Byline: Duke University CHICAGO, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Newly diagnosed patients who take imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) as their first therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) can expect to live six years longer, on average, than...

New Treatment for Advanced Colorectal Cancer Offers Relief From Tumor-Related Symptoms.
June 1, 2003... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center CHICAGO, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The addition of oxaliplatin to standard chemotherapy in patients with advanced colorectal cancer increases tumor response rate, lengthens time to tumor progression and...

Better Communication Needed to Increase African-American Transplant Rates.
June 1, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most African-American kidney dialysis patients know about live donor transplants and might be interested, but they may not discuss those wishes with their...

MRI May Help Find Missed Breast Cancers in High Risk Women; High False Positive Rate Must Be Considered.
June 1, 2003... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center CHICAGO, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research presented today at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology finds that Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a highly...

Targeted Lung Cancer Treatment Causes Tumor Regression in Some Patients; Therapy Works Best in Never-Smokers.
June 1, 2003... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center CHICAGO, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study suggests that a drug called erlotinib (TarcevaTM) has promising activity in patients with bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma (BAC), a type of...

Accurate Diagnosis of Early Stage Uterine Cancer Requires Lymph-Node Check.
June 2, 2003... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that the accurate diagnosis of early stage endometrial cancer requires that the...

Early Study Results Promising: Oral Medication Active Against Skin Cancer; Abramson Cancer Center Research Presented at American Society for Clinical Oncology Meeting.
June 2, 2003... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System CHICAGO, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania today presented early study results showing that a new kind of drug, a Raf...

Summer of Mars Begins.
June 2, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Earth is finally catching up with Mars in our smaller, faster orbit, and the red planet will quickly become larger and brighter in our sky as a result. But this...

Children's Hospital Boston Finds That Hospital Capacity Can Be Increased by Smoothing Scheduled Patient Flow.
June 2, 2003... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the first publication on the application of variability methodology to estimate the direct impact of patient flow variability on access to medical care, doctors at...

John F. Kennedy University Student Receives Teaching Excellence Award.
June 2, 2003... Byline: John F. Kennedy University ORINDA, Calif., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- John F. Kennedy University's Department of Education student, Tina Giang, received the Teaching Excellence Award from The West Contra Costa Public Education...

Protein Critical for Development in Fruit Flies Found to Aid Healing of Cuts, Wounds in Mammals.
June 2, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have determined that a protein essential for the normal embryonic development of fruit flies is...

University of Iowa Search For Water on Mars Set for Launch Today.
June 2, 2003... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Iowa professor and space physicist Don Gurnett is hoping to receive an uplifting word from western Asia on Monday. That's because Gurnett heads a $7...

New Book on Silicon Valley Achievers Refutes Myth of Superwoman.
June 2, 2003... Byline: University of California, Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, Calif., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the past three decades, women have been told that they can have it all -- a high-powered professional career, loving family, and satisfying...

Innovative, Multicenter Study of Schizophrenia Will Follow Disease Traits in Hunt for Genetic Causes; $20-million, Seven-Center Grant headed by UC San Diego.
June 2, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Specific information processing abnormalities and brain-related circuit dysfunction in schizophrenia patients may be the keys to finding the genetic basis of...

Study: Stroke Victims May Retain Continuous Motion Ability.
June 2, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stroke victims may retain more motor coordination than previously thought, according to research led by Purdue University. The findings challenge current...

Gene Defect Produces Lupus-Like Disorder.
June 2, 2003... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have discovered a new type of genetic malfunction that causes an autoimmune disease in mice that...

Research Shows Similarities Between Infants Learning to Talk, Birds Learning to Sing.
June 2, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- How infants respond to their mother's touches and smiles influences their development in a manner much like what young birds experience when learning to sing,...

Study Reveals Tobacco Industry Political Spending, Influence on the Rise; Tobacco Lobby Increases as Anti-Smoking Programs Are Cut, Legislators Urged to Strengthen Tobacco Control Program, Increase Cigarette Tax.
June 2, 2003... Byline: American Cancer Society SACRAMENTO, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tobacco control advocates are citing a new study released today as evidence to support their proposal to increase California's tobacco tax by $1.50 per pack of...

Scientists Zero in on Pancreatic Cancer Genes; Further Research May Improve Diagnosis, Treatment for No. 4 Cancer Killer.
June 3, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer is like receiving a death sentence - one that, for many patients, is carried out within weeks or months of...

Expert on White Supremacist Groups Available for Interviews; Duke University Press to Publish Mattias Gardell's Study of Racist Pagan Groups.
June 3, 2003... Byline: Duke University Press DURHAM, N.C., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Eric Robert Rudolph, suspected bomber of an abortion clinic, gay bar, and the Atlanta Olympic Park has been apprehended and is now in Birmingham, Ala., awaiting...

Cooking Oil to Fight Fat, Cholesterol: Mcgill University Researchers Prove Tropical Oil Blend Beneficial to Weight Loss.
June 3, 2003... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new cooking oil designed by McGill researchers may soon offer relief to calorie counters and cholesterol watchers. Peter Jones, a professor at McGill's School of...

Hospitalized Children Experience Medical Errors at Same Rate as Adults.
June 3, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- As healthcare leaders from around the country continue to examine ways to improve patient safety in hospitals nationwide, a new study from researchers at the...

DNA Arrays Diagnose, Predict Survival for Sezary Syndrome Cancer Patients; New Technology Validated, Dozens of Potential Drug Targets Identified.
June 3, 2003... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using customized DNA arrays to assess the activity of 4,500 different genes in a leukemic form of lymphoma known as Sezary syndrome, researchers at The Wistar...

University of Minnesota Leads Effort to Break Impasse Over Safety of Genetically Modified Food.
June 3, 2003... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, parties on both sides of the controversy over genetically modified food are coming together to set industrywide safety standards. Led by...

Study Finds Transfer Gap for High-Minority Colleges.
June 3, 2003... Byline: Calif. State University, Sacramento SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by researchers at California State University, Sacramento has found lower transfer rates to four-year universities from California's...

Raspberry Extract Shows Promise as Cancer, Aging Fighter.
June 3, 2003... Byline: Clemson University CLEMSON, S.C., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pollution and sun exposure take their toll on our skin and can result in cancer development and skin deterioration. A Clemson University scientist's research on...

Machine-Preserved Cadaveric Kidneys Function Better After Transplantation.
June 3, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Use of a machine that pumps chilled fluid through a cadaveric kidney prior to the time it is transplanted can significantly improve the organ's function...

Management Consultant Marci Chambers, Non-Profit INROADS Receive Fisher College of Business Diversity Awards.
June 3, 2003... Byline: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Marci Chambers, president of Chambers Consulting of Columbus, and INROADS, a national non-profit organization that prepares young people of color...

College Admissions Practices Encourage Retaking SATs; Students From Less-Wealthy, Less-Educated Families May Be Penalized.
June 3, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Saturday, June 7, thousands of college-bound students will take the SAT I and II. For many of them, it won't be the only time they'll take the exam, due largely to the...

'R1edu' Recognizes Faculty for Work With Online Education; Consortium of 34 Major Research Universities Announces Winners of Annual Awards.
June 3, 2003... Byline: University of Washington Educational Outreach SEATTLE, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A partnership of the top US research universities involved in online education has chosen two professors and an engineering Ph.D. candidate as...

Protein Linked to Brain Cell Scarring After Injury.
June 3, 2003... Byline: University of North Carolina Healthcare System CHAPEL HILL, N.C., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study links a protein discovered a few years ago at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with formation of scar tissue...

Antidepressant Found to Reduce Hot Flashes; Menopausal Women Battling Hot Flashes May Have New Weapon to Add to Their Arsenal: Paroxetine.
June 3, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins and 17 other institutions found that a slow-release form of the antidepression, antianxiety medication, sold under the brand...

Use of Common Anti-Inflammatory Drug Fails to Slow Progression of Alzheimer's Disease; Study Published In Journal of the American Medical Association.
June 3, 2003... Byline: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hopes that naproxen, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), or rofecoxib, a COX-2 inhibitor, could slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease...

Short-Term Exposure to Estrogen Cuts Fish Fertility.
June 3, 2003... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- While several studies have focused on how estrogen from contraceptives may alter sex organs of juvenile fish, few studies have analyzed how exposure...

Post-Discharge Factors Could Explain Why Poor Heart Disease Patients Have Worse Outcomes.
June 3, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Duke University Medical Center analysis of the relationship between income and heart disease has shown that poverty is associated with worse short- and intermediate-term...

Weizmann Institute Scientists Solve 3-D Structure of Enzyme Involved in Gaucher Disease; Discovery May Help Design Effective Therapies for Genetic Disease That Mainly Affects Ashkenazi Jews.
June 3, 2003... Byline: American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science REHOVOT, Israel, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- An interdisciplinary team of Weizmann Institute scientists has solved the three-dimensional structure of an enzyme called...

Study Estimates Coverage of the Uninsured Would Add Up to $69 Billion in Overall Health Care Spending; Article in Health Affairs Indicates Newly Insured Would Use Additional Care Amounting to 3-6 Percent Increase in Health Spending.
June 4, 2003... Byline: Kaiser Family Foundation WASHINGTON, June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- If the country provided universal coverage under the current health system, the cost of additional medical care provided to the newly insured would increase health...

Live With a Gun, Die by a Gun? Study Links Guns in the Home With Increased Deaths by Gun-Shot.
June 4, 2003... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- If you keep a gun in your home, you dramatically increase the odds that you will die of a gunshot wound, according to research published in the June...

Pamela Jester Appointed Director of Continuing Education of the Bar.
June 4, 2003... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pamela J. Jester has been appointed director of Continuing Education of the Bar, a leading provider of legal education programs and publications. University of...

San Diego State Professor Receives International Award for Contributions to Sport Pedagogy; Thomas McKenzie Credited With Developing National PE Curricula.
June 4, 2003... Byline: San Diego State University SAN DIEGO, June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Thomas L. McKenzie, a professor in San Diego State University's Department of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, has received a top international award for his...

University of Michigan College of Engineering Creates Product Lifecycle Management Development Consortium.
June 4, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan College of Engineering ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Michigan College of Engineering has established the Product Lifecycle Management Development Consortium (PLM DC) to study...

Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business Welcomes Three New Accounting Faculty.
June 4, 2003... Byline: Rice University HOUSTON, June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- With research interests ranging from the impact of securities litigation reform to corporate governance mechanisms and executive compensation to recognition versus disclosure to...

Dr. Frank Bass Wins Top Marketing Research Award; Created Model to Predict Sales, Life Cycles of Consumer Products.
June 4, 2003... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Acclaimed University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) marketing and economics expert Dr. Frank Bass has won the prestigious Charles Coolidge Parlin Marketing...

NASA Will Send Two Robotic Geologists to Roam on Mars.
June 4, 2003... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover project kicks off by launching the first of two unique robotic geologists on June 8. The identical rolling rovers can see...

Joslin Study Shows Kidney Disease in People With Type 1 Diabetes Is Frequently Reversible in Earliest Stage; Findings May Lead to Improved Treatments for Preventing Kidney Complications.
June 4, 2003... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by Joslin Diabetes Center researchers published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is good news for the thousands of Americans with type 1...

Among Disabled, Exercise Can Boost Moods of Those With Most-Negative Traits.
June 5, 2003... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mounting evidence suggests exercise can improve one's mood. Now University of Florida researchers have found physical activity provides significant emotional...

Fathers' Absence Strong Risk Factor for Girls' Early Sexual Activity, Pregnancy.
June 5, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The absence of fathers in early life appears to be a more significant risk factor for girls' early sexual activity and adolescent pregnancy than previously believed,...

University of Minnesota Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications Continue to Make a Difference After 20 Years.
June 5, 2003... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- It is a place that often goes unnoticed by the general public, but it has made cars safer, improved cardiac surgery techniques and brought researchers together to...

Indiana University Trustees Select Dr. Adam W. Herbert as 17th President.
June 5, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Indiana University Board of Trustees today unanimously approved the appointment of Dr. Adam W. Herbert as the 17th president of the university. Herbert will...

Professor Heads Contractor for National GPS Infrastructure Endeavor.
June 5, 2003... Byline: University of Nevada, Reno RENO, Nevada, June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- How did the North American continent form? What physical processes control earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? Answering these bold questions is the goal of...

Comments by Indiana University President Adam W. Herbert.
June 5, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following are comments made today in Bloomington by Dr. Adam W. Herbert on his acceptance of Indiana University's presidency. Comments from other IU...

Diane Winston Named Knight Chair in Media and Religion at USC Annenberg.
June 5, 2003... Byline: USC Annenberg School for Communication LOS ANGELES, June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Diane Winston, a veteran journalist, noted scholar and author, has been selected as the Knight Chair in Media and Religion at the USC Annenberg School...

Virginia Tech's Virtual Jamestown Anticipates 400th Anniversary Observance With Extensive Digital History.
June 5, 2003... Byline: Virginia Tech BLACKSBURG, Va., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Virginia Tech is expanding the scope and use of rare historical materials through the award-winning World Wide Web site Virtual Jamestown. Here, on-line, rarely seen...

Odyssey Thermal Data Reveals a Changing Mars.
June 5, 2003... Byline: Arizona State University TEMPE, Ariz., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first overview analysis of a year's worth of high-resolution infrared data gathered by the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey...

Swarthmore College Scholar, Administrator Mark Jacobs Named Dean of Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University.
June 5, 2003... Byline: Arizona State University TEMPE, Ariz., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mark Jacobs, a leading scholar, teacher and administrator from top-ranked Swarthmore College, has been named dean of the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State...

New Range of Antibiotics May Present Threat to Public Health.
June 5, 2003... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A remarkable range of antibiotics under development may compromise our natural defences against infection, warns McGill University evolutionary biologist Graham Bell. His...

Scientists Explore New England Seamounts for Clues to Climate Change; Public Can Join Live Web Expedition through June 17.
June 5, 2003... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists are exploring the New England Seamounts, a chain of extinct, undersea volcanoes about 500 miles off the east coast of North America,...

Heart Drug Might Help Fight Chronic Fungal Infections.
June 5, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins University scientists have determined why a drug routinely used to treat heart arrhythmias might become a crucial addition to fighting chronic...

UC San Diego Stroke Center Receives Major Grant to Enhance Brain-Saving Diagnosis, Treatment.
June 5, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pioneering new techniques that could potentially extend brain-saving stroke treatment to more patients will begin at the University of California,...

Million-Star Cluster in Nearby Galaxy; Thousands of Violent 'O' Stars, Gravity-Bound Gas Reported by UCLA Astronomers, Colleagues.
June 5, 2003... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A small, bizarre cluster of a million young stars, enshrouded in thick gas and dust in a nearby dwarf galaxy, has been confirmed by Jean Turner, UCLA professor of physics and...

UC Sustainable Agriculture Program Data Helps USDA Resolve Organic Controversies.
June 5, 2003... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture DAVIS, Calif., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California's statewide Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP) has submitted results of two...

University of Hawai'i, Singapore to Collaborate on Algebra Curriculum.
June 5, 2003... Byline: University of Hawaii HONOLULU, June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG) of the College of Education at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore recently...

Excavation Season Begins at La Brea Tar Pits; `Pit 91' is the World's Only Ice Age Dig Within a Major Metropolitan Area.
June 5, 2003... Byline: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County LOS ANGELES, June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Since 1969, paleontologists have excavated Pit 91 at the La Brea Tar Pits in Hancock Park. Each summer the public has the unique opportunity to...

'Immortalized' Cells Enable Researchers to Grow Human Arteries.
June 5, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a combination of bioengineering and cancer research, a team of Duke University Medical Center researchers has made the first arteries from non-embryonic tissues in the...

Study Suggests Cause for Restless Legs Syndrome; Underdiagnosed Syndrome May Affect 5 Percent to 10 Percent of U.S. Population.
June 5, 2003... Byline: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center CHICAGO, June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Restless legs syndrome (RLS) may sound like something right out of a 1950s horror flick. And for some sufferers, it is. This affliction causes an...

Prematurity, Infections Most Likely Causes of Brain Damage Among Infants.
June 6, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The most likely causes of brain damage among low birthweight infants are prematurity and infections, not oxygen starvation, a Johns Hopkins study has found....

Erikson Institute Awards Honorary Doctorates to John and Adele Smith Simmons; Couple Are Recognized for Their Contributions in the Realms of Education, Philanthropy.
June 6, 2003... Byline: Erikson Institute CHICAGO, June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Adele Smith Simmons, former president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and her husband, John Simmons, consultant and education reformer, were awarded...

$2 Million From Wright Capital Project Go to Photochemical Sciences Lab; New Lab to Link Innovations With Markets.
June 6, 2003... Byline: Bowling Green State University BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new laboratory facility that is expected to generate start-up companies and assist existing Ohio companies with product and process development has...

University of Minnesota Studies Reveal Need for Better Lung Cancer Detection Technology.
June 6, 2003... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lung cancer detection technology is not as accurate or reliable as doctors would like it to be. In a study conducted at the University of Minnesota, doctors found...

Let the Games Begin: School of Video Games Is Serious Business.
June 6, 2003... Byline: Southern Methodist University DALLAS, June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Jay Leno used it as a joke on The Tonight Show: "At Southern Methodist University they have opened a college of video games. It's a school where the students can...

NASA Names Mars Robotic Rovers.
June 6, 2003... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA will announce the names of the two Mars Exploration Rovers at a special event Sunday, June 8 at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla....

Information Storage Industry Center, Storage Networking Industry Association Team to Plan StorageNetworking.org; University-Hosted Initiative to Support Data Storage End Users; Input Solicited at www.StorageNetworking.org.
June 6, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Information Storage Industry Center (ISIC) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is pleased to announce StorageNetworking.org - a non-profit...

New Insight Into Machinery of Neuromuscular Junction Assembly.
June 8, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered a new component of the mechanism by which nerves trigger muscles to contract. Their finding yields a better...

Former University of Michigan Pediatrics Chair Returns From Iowa to Lead U-M Health System.
June 9, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman has named noted physician, researcher and health care leader Robert P. Kelch to serve as the university's...

Jefferson University Researchers Discuss Need for Rules Regarding Posthumous Sperm Procurement.
June 9, 2003... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- When a married man dies without an advance directive, should his sperm be collected for use in creating his child with his wife's eggs? What if his sperm has...

Michigan State University Wins Best Information Technology Award.
June 9, 2003... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science has received the coveted 21st-Century Achievement Award from the Computerworld Honors Program for...

U.T. Dallas Receives Federal Funding for Effort to Recruit Minorities Into Sickle Cell Research; U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson Instrumental in Awarding of Grant.
June 9, 2003... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) has received federal funding for a new program to increase the number of minorities entering the field of sickle...

Despite Getting Less, Dads Are Happier, Study of Father's, Mother's Day Reveals.
June 9, 2003... Byline: Mount Holyoke College SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Families make less of a fuss over Father's Day than they do over Mother's Day, yet dads are more satisfied with their special day, according to a study that...

Study: Transferred Patients Hurt Big Hospitals' Rankings; Researchers Call for Transfer Rate Factor for Hospital Benchmarks.
June 9, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an era when hospital rankings, report cards and quality surveys steer the nation's health care decisions, a new study finds that major medical...

Today's MBA Graduates Are Valuing Degree in Record Numbers.
June 9, 2003... Byline: Lipman Hearne, Inc. MCLEAN, Va., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- In spite of today's sluggish economy, a tight labor market, and recent corporate scandals, the graduating MBA class of 2003 value their new degrees more than graduates...

Researchers Able to Monitor Hurricanes' Effects on North Carolina's Barrier Islands, Sounds.
June 9, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Predictions call for more hurricanes in the Atlantic than usual this season, which could mean big changes are in store for the coastline and sounds, Duke University...