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UC Riverside researchers create stable "abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes"

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have successfully created in the laboratory a class of carbenes, highly reactive molecules, used to make catalysts - substances that facilitate chemical reactions. Until now, chemists believed these carbenes, called "abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes" or aNHCs, were impossible to make.

23 Oct 2009

Yissum Research Development signs long-term multi-project collaboration agreement with Roche

Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the University, today announced that it has signed a long-term multi-project research and license collaboration agreement with Roche.

23 Oct 2009

Researchers develop a new test process for cancer drugs

It is very difficult to predict whether a cancer drug will help an individual patient: only around one third of drugs will work directly in a given patient. Researchers at the Heinz Nixdorf Chair for Medical Electronics at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have developed a new test process for cancer drugs.

22 Oct 2009

Grand Challenges Explorations grant for Seventh Sense Biosystems

Seventh Sense Biosystems announced today that it has received a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Dr. Howard Bernstein, titled “On-skin and Intra-dermal Malaria Diagnostics with Unprecedented Simplicity of Use Based on Bio-Responsive Particles and Interstitial Fluid Analysis.”

22 Oct 2009

iPierian to participate in $3.7 million NIH grant awarded to The Johns Hopkins University

iPierian, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on changing the paradigm of drug discovery and development through the application of cellular reprogramming, today announced that it has been selected to participate in a $3.7 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grand Opportunities (GO) grant awarded to The Johns Hopkins University.

22 Oct 2009

Gates Foundation awards Vanderbilt University $100,000 for developing a malaria diagnostic test

Vanderbilt University announced Oct. 21 that it has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Associate Professor of Chemistry David Wright and Professor of Biomedical Engineering Rick Haselton, titled "Coffee Ring Stain Diagnostics for Malaria."

22 Oct 2009

CWRU establishes collaborative research center to address common health issues in urban neighborhoods

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine proudly announces the establishment of the CWRU Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN), a collaborative research center to address common health issues faced in disadvantaged urban neighborhoods in and around Greater Cleveland.

22 Oct 2009

The Century Council provides $100,000 research grant to EMF

As part of a multi-faceted initiative geared to significantly reduce college binge drinking and coinciding with National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, The Century Council, a not-for-profit organization funded by distillers dedicated to fighting drunk driving and underage drinking, has provided a $100,000 research grant to the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) to learn more about the role of emergency services with regard to college binge drinking.

21 Oct 2009

Researchers use biotechnological tools to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease

No one has yet found a cure or a way to prevent people from developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, among others, are breaking new ground in biotechnology to find new tools that can help provide new solutions.

20 Oct 2009

ADI and CeTeCancer collaborate for research project

Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a US-based pharmaceutical company, announced today it has entered into a collaboration agreement through its wholly owned subsidiary AMDL Diagnostics, Inc. (ADI) with CeTeCancer -- a Chilean-based research laboratory -- to validate the effectiveness of Radient Pharmaceuticals' Onko-Sure™ in vitro diagnostic (IVD) cancer test as an early detection and prevention test for lung cancer.

15 Oct 2009

Modern tissue engineering gives hope for better prosthetic hands

Modern tissue engineering developed at the University of Michigan could improve the function of prosthetic hands and possibly restore the sense of touch for injured patients.

15 Oct 2009

New study launched to detect DNA alterations linked to sudden cardiac death in sports

The BBVA Foundation and the Cardiology Service of Madrid's Hospital Clínico San Carlos have launched a new study aimed at detecting DNA alterations linked to sudden cardiac death in sports. Genetic testing is vital if the condition is to be caught in time, since most cases are asymptomatic and hard to diagnose by other means.

13 Oct 2009

TGen selected to conduct cancer experiments using advanced computer simulations

SAIC-Frederick Inc., under its prime contract with the National Cancer Institute, has named the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) as one of five national centers selected to conduct cancer experiments using advanced computer simulations.

9 Oct 2009

Gene sequencer donated for cardiovascular research

The Foundation has donated a latest-generation gene sequencer to the hospital's Cardiovascular Research Unit for use in its research project "Genetic testing in cardiovascular pathologies linked to sudden cardiac death among young athletes".

9 Oct 2009

NHGRI support research to accelerate development of innovative sequencing technologies

GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced that scientists in their Biosciences Lab have been awarded a second round of funding from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue research that could reduce the cost and time of sequencing of an entire human genome to less than $1,000, in under a day.

9 Oct 2009

Pfizer-FRSQ Innovation Fund supports genetic study of inflammatory bowel disease and cancer

The first two research projects supported by the Pfizer-FRSQ Innovation Fund will investigate differences in the genetic code for inflammatory bowel disease and metastatic colorectal cancer. This research could lead to improved diagnosis and the development of individualized treatments for these diseases. These innovative projects are marshalling multidisciplinary teams of seasoned researchers from major Quebec research institutions.

8 Oct 2009

Research study examines the rankings of human rights

New York University Anthropology Professor Sally Engle Merry will examine how rankings of human rights are created under a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation. The resulting research is designed to help the public as well as international decision-makers develop a fuller understanding of the kinds of knowledge these rankings provide.

7 Oct 2009

Brain's mapping system uncovered

Through the power of Google Earth, you can travel the globe from the comfort of your computer screen, peering down on everything from above. But once you change your perspective - if you go into one of the buildings that you've looked down on - you have to upload a new map.

7 Oct 2009

NIDCR announces research and technology grants to support new Facebase Consortium

The integration process just got a lot easier. The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced today it has issued the first 11 research and technology grants of its new FaceBase Consortium.

7 Oct 2009

Premera Blue Cross supports cancer diagnostics study

Premera Blue Cross applauds today’s announcement by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Group Health Research Institute, and the University of Washington Schools of Public Health and Pharmacy.

6 Oct 2009

Research Project News and Research

UC Riverside researchers create stable "abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes"

Yissum Research Development signs long-term multi-project collaboration agreement with Roche

Researchers develop a new test process for cancer drugs

Grand Challenges Explorations grant for Seventh Sense Biosystems

iPierian to participate in $3.7 million NIH grant awarded to The Johns Hopkins University

Gates Foundation awards Vanderbilt University $100,000 for developing a malaria diagnostic test

CWRU establishes collaborative research center to address common health issues in urban neighborhoods

The Century Council provides $100,000 research grant to EMF

Researchers use biotechnological tools to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease

ADI and CeTeCancer collaborate for research project

Modern tissue engineering gives hope for better prosthetic hands

New study launched to detect DNA alterations linked to sudden cardiac death in sports

TGen selected to conduct cancer experiments using advanced computer simulations

Gene sequencer donated for cardiovascular research

NHGRI support research to accelerate development of innovative sequencing technologies

Pfizer-FRSQ Innovation Fund supports genetic study of inflammatory bowel disease and cancer

Research study examines the rankings of human rights

Brain's mapping system uncovered

NIDCR announces research and technology grants to support new Facebase Consortium

Premera Blue Cross supports cancer diagnostics study

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