AScribe Medicine News Service articles from April 2004

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from April 2004

University of California Joins Public Library of Science; UC's Libraries Affirm Importance of Alternative Publishing Models.
April 1, 2004... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., April 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California libraries today (Thursday) demonstrated their commitment to supporting innovations that provide wider dissemination and facilitate...

Online IV Nutrition Calculator Reduces Medical Errors, Saves Time.
April 4, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center have designed an online, Web-based system for ordering total parenteral nutrition (TPN) that identifies...

Harvard School of Public Health to Host Seminar on Reducing Road Traffic Accidents, Deaths in Africa: 2004 World Health Day Theme Is 'Road Safety Is No Accident'.
April 5, 2004... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Harvard School of Public Health will host a seminar on reducing road traffic accidents and deaths in Africa as part of WHO's World Health Day 2004. Road...

American Dental Association Names Dr. Ron Inge to Lead Dental Practice Division.
April 5, 2004... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, April 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Dental Association (ADA) announces the appointment of Ronald E. Inge, D.D.S, as associate executive director of its Division of Dental Practice,...

New Online Resources for Students, Faculty Interested in Health Policy.
April 7, 2004... Byline: Kaiser Family Foundation MENLO PARK, Calif., April 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Expanding its health policy analysis and information resources, the Kaiser Family Foundation is launching kaiserEDU, a new online resource for the academic...

Study Suggests Insect-Derived Antimicrobial Peptides Could Be Used as Drug-Delivery Vehicles.(pyrrhocoricin)
April 8, 2004... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, April 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by scientists at The Wistar Institute confirms the ability of antimicrobial peptides to enter various bacterial and mammalian cell types, suggesting that...

Self-Assembling 'Nanotubes' Offer Promise for Future Artificial Joints.
April 9, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tiny "nanotubes" that assemble themselves using the same chemistry as DNA could be ideal for creating better artificial joints and other body implants. ...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Commits More Than $30 Million to Help Reverse Brain Drain, Beat Infectious Diseases.
April 13, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., April 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is stepping up its commitment to fostering international biomedical research with two new competitions for...

Architects of Belmont Report, Which Set Standards for U.S. Human Research, Reunite at Medical College of Wisconsin, May 14, to Mark 25th Anniversary.
April 16, 2004... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, April 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The presidentially-appointed creators of the landmark Belmont Report, considered the foundation for conduct of all human research in the U.S., will reunite to...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Restore Lost Immunity; Possible Breakthrough for AIDS.
April 19, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., April 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found a way to revive immunity in mice that have abnormal or deficient immune systems. The discovery may lead to a means of restoring...

Discovery Sheds Light on How Cancer Cells Grow, Divide.(Dynamin-2 protein)
April 19, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., April 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Mayo Clinic discovery about a protein known as Dynamin-2 has thrown conventional wisdom for a loop. Finding the protein on the centrosome, a minute structure near a...

Harvard School of Public Health Trust Initiative Director to Address National Institutes of Health Meeting of Health Care Research Leaders on Establishing Trust.
April 22, 2004... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, April 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- David A. Shore, founding director of the Trust Initiative at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Associate Dean and Executive Director of the Center...

Rehabilitation Researcher Garners Awards for Teaching and Research.(Distinguished Career in Rehabilitation Education award)(James F. Garrett Award for a Distinguished Career in Rehabilitation Research)
April 22, 2004... Byline: University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., April 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rehabilitation researcher Rick Roessler has spent his career developing programs to help people with chronic illnesses and disabilities return to or stay in...

University of Florida Study: Sibling Violence Leads to Battering in College Dating.
April 22, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., April 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Brothers and sisters who fight while growing up lay the groundwork for battering their dates by the time they get to college, a new University of Florida study...

Genome-Wide Screen Reveals New Tricks of Old Genes; Process Shows How Mounds of Data Can Be Effectively Managed.
April 22, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, April 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins scientists have successfully used new techniques to search the yeast genome for genes that help keep copied chromosomes together, protecting...

Dads and Daughters: Wake Forest Professor Explains How to Develop Closer Ties.(Embracing Your Father: How to Build the Relationship You've Always Wanted with Your Dad)(Book Review)
April 22, 2004... Byline: Wake Forest University WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., April 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The sometimes rocky road from childhood through adolescence can lead to a less than perfect relationship between fathers and their adult daughters,...

Inflammation, Hypertension Are Focus of Major New Medical College of Georgia Research Program.
April 23, 2004... Byline: Medical College of Georgia AUGUSTA, Ga., April 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Understanding the relationship between small proteins that regulate inflammation and the big problem of hypertension is the focus of a major new research...

Medical College of Ohio to Lead National Hypertension Study.(Cardiovascular Outcomes in Renal Atherocslerotic Lesions study)
April 27, 2004... Byline: Medical College of Ohio TOLEDO, Ohio, April 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Medical College of Ohio in Toledo has received the largest grant in the institution's history from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to...

Medical Students Selected to Train in Applied Epidemiology at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
April 28, 2004... Byline: CDC Foundation ATLANTA, April 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Eight medical students have been selected to participate in the first-ever fellowship program for physicians-in-training at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

34 California Counties Flunk American Lung Association's Annual Clean Air Test for Smog and First-Ever Tests for Particle Pollution; ALA-CA Fights Roll-Back of Federal Clean Air Act; 30.3 Million Residents Threatened by Dangerous Particle Pollution Levels.
April 29, 2004... Byline: American Lung Association OAKLAND, Calif., April 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Thirty-four of California's 58 counties failed one or more of three clean air tests graded in the American Lung Association State of the Air: 2004 report...

'Ben's Wish,' Computer Game That Fights Cancer Cells, to Be Unveiled May 4 at Zeum at Yerba Buena Gardens by the Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation.
April 30, 2004... Byline: David Perry & Associates SAN FRANCISCO, April 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation presents the unveiling of "Ben's Wish" -- a new computer game that battles cancer cells -- Tuesday, May 4 at Zeum at...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Invent Way to Determine Optimal Conditions for Spinal Cord Nerve Regeneration in Lab Animals.
April 30, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., April 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have created a method for measuring the growth of new spinal cord nerve fibers in rats, an advance that allows them to quickly determine nerve...