Researchers/Scientists/Awards

'Embarrassing' or stigmatized cancers like lung and liver are underfundedCredit: Northwestern University Poorly funded cancers: colon, endometrial, liver and bile duct, cervical, ovarian, pancreatic and lung Well-funded cancers:…
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$4.5 million National Institutes of Health grant supports efforts to evaluate new surgical approaches to treat cardiovascular disease and recruit patients typically underrepresented in clinical trialsCredit: Ricardo Carrasco III, Keck…
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Colorado and Boston hospitals lead network July 12, 2019 - A new research network for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCNet), led by researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children's Hospital…
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Once you have developed horticultural expertise, the world calls, presenting you with opportunities to travel, learn, develop research ideas and cooperations At this summer's annual conference for the American Society for Horticultural…
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More comprehensive skin cancer prevention programs could reach a more diverse population, with the goal of reducing new skin cancers among all patients WASHINGTON (July 9, 2019) -- Sun safety practices for attendees at skin cancer…
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$10-million system will expand national capacity for coupled HPC, AI and data and serve nontraditional and traditional high-performance-computing communities A $10-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding a new…
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Postdoctoral researcher Caitlin Taylor wins the 2019 Harvey L. Karp Discovery Award Imagine a molecule powerful enough to reconfigure your mind and body -- a molecule that makes your bones and muscles grow, makes your organs behave…
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Hesperos' integrated heart-liver Human-on-a-Chip® shown to correctly determine cardiotoxic mechanisms pre-clinically and replicate results seen in in vivo studies Hesperos Inc., pioneers of the "human-on-a-chip" in vitro system has…
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The team from the National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM), at the University's Holbeach Campus, is cooking up innovative ways to help consumers significantly reduce food waste, through food preservation and packaging design. Led…
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Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute More than 60 years ago, British physician Denis Parsons Burkitt and his associates achieved one of the signal successes in cancer medicine when they cured children in sub-Saharan Africa with a form of…
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Guiding chemotherapy to a tumour by attaching it to the antibody-based target drug Herceptin (trastuzumab) is effective at treating women with breast cancer who have no other treatment options, a new clinical trial shows. The two-in-one…
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Credit: César Elias Botelho National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuaria de Minas Gerais Each day, more than 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide. Developing countries…
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New Orleans, LA - Frank Lau, MD, Associate Professor in the Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has been awarded a grant by the Southeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons to improve…
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A team of researchers at GW published their survey findings on the uses of complementary and alternative medicine by psoriasis patients in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology WASHINGTON (June 20, 2019) -- Patients with…
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