AScribe Medicine News Service articles from December 2005

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from December 2005

Better Driving Through the Snow and Rain.
December 5, 2005... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tom Maze regularly travels the interstate between Ames and the Twin Cities. So he knows when it's a good idea to delay a trip until the snow stops and the plows clear a...

Immunology Students Find More to Flu.
December 6, 2005... Byline: Earlham College RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Students in Earlham College biology professor Peter Blair's immunology course had a lot of extra work this semester, and they didn't mind one bit. Beyond learning the...

Maimonides Medical Center Earns Best Grades in New York State on Hospital 'Report Card'; Cardiac, Stroke Services Among Those Cited for Excellence.
December 6, 2005... Byline: Maimonides Medical Center NEW YORK, Dec. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Maimonides Medical Center received industry-leading grades in the annual New York State hospital report card, released today by the Alliance for Quality Health Care...

Six Central European Scientists Awarded European Molecular Biology Organization/Howard Hughes Medical Institute Startup Grants.
December 6, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Dec. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) have singled out six outstanding Central European...

NIH Selects Louse Genome Research to Improve Human Health.
December 7, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Head lice often are the bane of schoolchildren, but it's another variety of the insect - body lice - that carries some of the most infamous and deadly diseases...

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Establishes Proteomics Research Center with $16.5 Million Gift; Protein Research Put on Fast Track by Institute's Single Largest Gift Ever from an Individual.
December 9, 2005... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- With a landmark $16.5 million gift from John F. (Jack) and Shelley Blais of Framingham, Mass., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will establish a world-class protein...

Johns Hopkins Study Describes Potentially Fatal Heart Condition Among Young Athletes; Early Diagnosis Key to Treatment That Prevents Sudden Cardiac Death.
December 12, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Johns Hopkins study has provided the most comprehensive description to date of people most likely to develop a relatively rare heart condition, called...

Ivy Foundation Gives $45 Million to Medicine at University of Virginia; Largest Capital Gift Ever to University of Virginia Health System Supports Facilities for Biomedical Research, Patient Care.
December 12, 2005... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ivy Foundation of Charlottesville has given $45 million to the University of Virginia Health System to expand laboratory space for biomedical research...

Tiny Self-Assembling Cubes Could Carry Medicine, Cell Therapy; Porous Metallic Boxes Can Easily Be Tracked Via MRI.
December 13, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have devised a self-assembling cube-shaped perforated container, no larger than a dust speck, that could serve as a delivery system for...

McGill University Researchers Crack Genetic Code of Quebec C. Difficile.
December 13, 2005... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, MUHC and Jewish General Hospital have made a significant breakthrough in the study of C. difficile....

New York Times Whitewashes Environmental Causes of Cancer -- by Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
December 14, 2005... Byline: Cancer Prevention Coalition CHICAGO, Dec. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a commentary by Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.; Chairman, Cancer Prevention Coalition; Professor Emeritus, Environmental Medicine, University of Illinois at...

Burnham Institute for Medical Research to Collaborate on NCI-Funded Task Force to Identify 'Molecular Signature' for Prostate Cancer; President & CEO Dr. John Reed to Lead Project Aimed at Developing Accurate Early-Stage Diagnosis, Eliminating Unnecessary Treatment.
December 14, 2005... Byline: The Burnham Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Burnham Institute for Medical Research will collaborate in a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional task force aimed at defining the "molecular signatures"...

The American Dental Hygienists' Association Welcomes New Editor-in-Chief for Its National Scientific Journal.
December 15, 2005... Byline: American Dental Hygienists' Association CHICAGO, Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) is delighted to announce that Rebecca S. Wilder, RDH, BS, MS, has been selected to serve as the...

Peace Corps Fellows Nursing Program Nearly Doubles.
December 19, 2005... Byline: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Dec. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the only nursing school with a baccalaureate Peace Corps Fellows Program, the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing has seen the program...

Columbia University Medical Center Wins Grant to Support Diversity in Medical and Dental Education; Robert Wood Johnson Grant to Support Summer Education Program for Minority Undergraduates.
December 19, 2005... Byline: Columbia University Medical Center NEW YORK, Dec. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two schools at Columbia University Medical Center received an important boost in their continuing efforts to expand the racial diversity of the health care...

Scientists Describe Cellular Structure That Plays Critical Role in Drug Resistance; New Model May Help Enhance Existing Treatments for Cancer, Infectious Disease.
December 20, 2005... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A group of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has described in detail the X-ray crystalline structure of the Escherichia coli multidrug...

Novel Strategies Needed to Boost Cancer Clinical Trial Participation Among Blacks, Asian Americans; Information Campaigns May Not Be Enough in These Populations.
December 20, 2005... Byline: Univ. of California, Davis, Medical Center SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The better informed people are about cancer clinical trials, the more likely they are overall to consider participating in a trial,...

Researchers Link Carbon Dioxide Levels in Brain to Seizures; University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Findings Could Lead to New Treatments for Epileptic Seizures, Chronic Fatigue.
December 21, 2005... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center DENVER, Colo., Dec. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center have discovered how carbon dioxide (CO2) affects excitability...

Report: New View of Cancer: 'Epigenetic' Changes Come Before Mutations.
December 21, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Johns Hopkins researcher, with colleagues in Sweden and at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, suggests that the traditional view of cancer as a...

Mayo Clinic Finds Kidney Cancer Patients are Unlikely to Respond to Potential Treatment Drug.
December 21, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Dec. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center investigators report that imatinib mesylate (GleevecTM), the drug used to treat patients with gastrointestinal stromal cancers (GISTs), is not...

A Little Telomerase Isn't Enough: Study Links Length of Chromosome Ends to Rare Disease of Stem Cells.
December 22, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- With seed money from Johns Hopkins Institute of Cell Engineering, a Johns Hopkins geneticist and her team have discovered a critical link between the health...

Renowned Stem Cell Researcher to Lead New Institute at USC; Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Offers Potential for Advances in Promising New Field.
December 23, 2005... Byline: USC Health Sciences LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Martin F. Pera, an internationally renowned expert in the development of human embryonic stem cells and the control of growth and differentiation of human pluripotent...

University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Researchers Uncover Role of a Gene Linked to Parkinson's Disease; Findings Could Lead to New Drug Treatments to Prevent Neurodegeneration.
December 29, 2005... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center DENVER, Dec. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center's School of Medicine have uncovered how a gene linked to Parkinson's...