AScribe Medicine News Service articles from August 2005

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from August 2005

National Cancer Institute Awards $14 Million to UC Davis Cancer Center, Renews Center's Designation; Designation Benefits Patients, Cancer Research, Region's Economy.
August 2, 2005... Byline: Univ. of California, Davis, Medical Center SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Cancer Institute, the nation's top cancer research organization, has renewed its designation of UC Davis Cancer Center for five...

University of Maryland Researchers to Develop Computer-Based Guide for Handling Medical Emergencies in Space; NASA Grant Will Fund U.M., University of Utah Multimedia Research Initiative.
August 4, 2005... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BALTIMORE, Aug. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have received a $1.6 million, four-year grant to develop and test a multimedia...

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Innovation in Patient Safety Training to Improve Surgical Outcomes.
August 5, 2005... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. in the Isidore Cohn Learning Center on the campus of Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center in New...

Infectious Disease Expert Warns of Spread of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever; Hopkins Scientist Believes Physician Awareness Is Needed to Combat Emerging Infectious Diseases.
August 10, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Aug. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- An infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins who has spent nearly three decades studying the life-threatening, tick-borne infection known as Rocky Mountain spotted...

Joslin Center Researchers Discover New Gene for Type 2 Diabetes Using DNA Chips; Findings May Provide New Target for Treating the Disease.
August 11, 2005... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Aug. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using the newest DNA chip technology, scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have discovered a new gene implicated in the cause of type 2 diabetes. In a new study appearing...

University of Colorado at Boulder Researchers Pinpoint Brain Signals That Predict Learning Biases.
August 17, 2005... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Colorado at Boulder researchers have identified neural signals in the brain that could lead to a better understanding of conditions like...

MRI Used to Map 'Silent' Heart Changes That 'Remodel' Heart; Changes in Heart Mass, Volume Linked to Early Signs of Left Ventricle Problems.
August 22, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using magnetic resonance imaging technology, or MRI, to tag the work of millions of individual strands of heart muscle fibers, researchers at Johns Hopkins...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Measuring C-Reactive Protein Offers Early Indicator of Stiffened Arteries; May Help Identify Heart Disease in Patients Who Have No Symptoms.
August 22, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have expanded the understanding of risk factors for heart disease -- the No. 1 cause of death in the United States -- by showing that high levels...

Penn Study Finds New Role for RNA in Human Immune Response; Findings Could Lead to New Types of Therapeutic RNAs for Cancer, Genetic Diseases.
August 23, 2005... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have published the first study to test the role of RNA chemical modifications on...

Scientists Focus on 'Dwarf Eye'; Genetic Finding May Have Implications for Farsightedness and Nearsightedness, Too.
August 23, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Working with an Amish-Mennonite family tree, Johns Hopkins researchers at the Wilmer Eye Institute have discovered what appears to be the first human gene...

Johns Hopkins Nursing Summer Issue Explores Array of Opportunities, New Directions in Nursing.
August 25, 2005... Byline: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Aug. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins Nursing Summer 2005 issue vividly illustrates the changing nature of nursing and the diversity of opportunity available to today's...

Mayo Clinic Study: Don't Stop Taking Aspirin Before Heart Surgery; Aspirin Use Associated With Lower Mortality, but Doesn't Raise Bleeding Risk.
August 29, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new Mayo Clinic study provides further evidence of aspirin's benefits for patients with heart disease and suggests they should continue taking it even in the days...

Inaugural Meeting of Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society Highlights Promise of Antisense, RNAi, Other Oligonucleotide Therapeutics for Drug Development; New York Academy of Sciences Sponsors Symposium Sept. 15-18.
August 30, 2005... Byline: New York Academy of Sciences NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Oligonucleotide-based gene-silencing techniques and nucleic acid-based therapeutics are emerging as important tools for genomics research and drug development....

New Board Members Announced by Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation; New Members Reflect Local Professional Diversity.
August 30, 2005... Byline: David Perry & Associates SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- At its August meeting, the board of directors for the Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation (www.makewish.org) unanimously approved the election of five new...

Whitaker Establishes New International Fellowship and Scholarship Programs.
August 31, 2005... Byline: The Whitaker Foundation ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Whitaker Foundation, which has invested more than $720 million in biomedical engineering education and research, and the Institute of International...