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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces 88 new winners under Grand Challenges Exploration program

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced 88 new winners of US$100,000 each to support innovative research that has the potential to dramatically improve lives in some of the world's poorest countries. The funding, made possible through the Grand Challenges Exploration (GCE) program, will enable researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent health and development challenges.

30 Apr 2011

Most nurses are chronically sleep deprived

Sleep has become a hot button topic in health care, at least when it comes to physicians. The fact that doctors-in-training don't get enough of it has resulted in regulations governing duty hours in resident training programs across the nation. In 2002, the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) reduced the number of hours that resident physicians can work to 80 hours per week.

30 Apr 2011

US Appeals Court overturns ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research

The U.S. Federal Court of Appeals has overturned an August 2010 ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, paving the way for broader exploration of how stem cells function and how they can be harnessed to treat a wide range of currently incurable diseases.

30 Apr 2011

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center to present research studies at 2011 ATC

Available for expert commentary on the latest research findings presented at the 2011 American Transplant Congress in Philadelphia, April 30 to May 4, is Dr. Sandip Kapur, chief of transplant surgery and director of kidney and pancreas transplant programs at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and a leading authority on transplantation.

30 Apr 2011

FRC expresses disappointment over federal taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research

Family Research Council expressed disappointment in a 2-1 split decision today by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. that allows the Obama administration to continue federal taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research.

30 Apr 2011

Winners of "On the Road, Off the Phone" public service announcement contest announced

The National Safety Council and FocusDriven today announced the winners of their joint "On the Road, Off the Phone" public service announcement contest, sponsored by The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Because 21 percent of motor vehicle crashes involve cell phone conversations, NSC and FocusDriven asked aspiring filmmakers to create short videos explaining the dangers of cell phone conversations while driving.

30 Apr 2011

New study shows that our social status influences our brain activity

Our own social status influences the way our brains respond to others of higher or lower rank, according to a new study reported online on April 28 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.

30 Apr 2011

UCLA study findings hold promise to cure diabetes

Simply put, people develop diabetes because they don't have enough pancreatic beta cells to produce the insulin necessary to regulate their blood sugar levels.

30 Apr 2011

LSI announces publication of Emerging Medtech Companies report

Life Science Intelligence, a leading medical technology market intelligence firm, has announced the publication of its Report on Emerging Medtech Companies in Q1 2011.

30 Apr 2011

Invivo Therapeutics' Chief Science Officer selected as recipient of 2011 Apple Award

InVivo Therapeutics, a company focused on the development of groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries, today announced that Chief Science Officer Dr. Christopher Pritchard, Ph.D., has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the American Spinal Injury Association's prestigious Apple Award.

30 Apr 2011

Gates Foundation awards 88 new grand challenges grants

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday announced 88 new $100,000 grants for "unusual" global health research projects, the Associated Press reports (Blankinship, 4/28).

30 Apr 2011

Frequently hospitalized patients may need a specialist focused on their care: Hospital care expert

Declining rates of hospitalization have discouraged primary care doctors from seeing their patients in the hospital and encouraged the growing use of "hospitalists," a new physician specialty focused on the care of hospitalized patients.

30 Apr 2011

Bristol-Myers Squibb first quarter net sales increase 5% to $3.3 billion

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced first quarter results that included strong sales and earnings growth, and several key R&D milestones—most notably U.S. regulatory approval for YERVOY. The company also confirmed guidance for the year.

30 Apr 2011

University of South Florida researcher earns Everfront Award for stem cell study

Dr. Paul Sanberg, Distinguished University Professor and senior associate vice president for research and innovation at the University of South Florida, received the Everfront Award at the 4th Pan Pacific Symposium on Stem Cell and Cancer Research held earlier this month in Taichung, Taiwan.

30 Apr 2011

Scientists discover how immune cells recognize invading pathogens in the body

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have discovered how a molecular receptor on the surface of white blood cells identifies when invading fungi have established direct contact with the cell surface and pose an infectious threat.

30 Apr 2011

Gene therapy approach using CD59 shows promise against AMD: Study

A gene therapy approach using a protein called CD59, or protectin, shows promise in slowing the signs of age-related macular degeneration, according to a new in vivo study by researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine.

30 Apr 2011

CEL-SCI receives no objection letter to initiate Phase III clinical trial of Multikine in Canada

CEL-SCI Corporation announced today that the Biologics and Genetic Therapeutics Directorate of Health Canada has issued a final "no objection" letter for CEL-SCI to be able to begin enrollment of patients for a Phase III clinical trial of Multikine in Canada.

30 Apr 2011

Oncothyreon prices underwritten public offering of common stock

Oncothyreon Inc. today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $4.00 per share for gross proceeds of $40.0 million. The net proceeds from the sale of the shares, after deducting the underwriters' discounts and other estimated offering expenses payable by Oncothyreon, will be approximately $37.4 million.

29 Apr 2011

Improved body armor needed to protect brain from 'shell shock' injuries

Stronger and tougher body armor to shield the chest, abdomen and back may be just what soldiers fighting in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars need to better protect their brains from mild injuries tied to so-called "shell shock," results of a Johns Hopkins study in mice suggest.

29 Apr 2011

Harvard Engineering School receives $100,000 grant to develop microbial-based cell phone charger

A project to use dirt-powered batteries to charge cell phones in Africa won a $100,000 grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today.

29 Apr 2011

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Latest T Cell News and Research

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces 88 new winners under Grand Challenges Exploration program

Most nurses are chronically sleep deprived

US Appeals Court overturns ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center to present research studies at 2011 ATC

FRC expresses disappointment over federal taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research

Winners of "On the Road, Off the Phone" public service announcement contest announced

New study shows that our social status influences our brain activity

UCLA study findings hold promise to cure diabetes

LSI announces publication of Emerging Medtech Companies report

Invivo Therapeutics' Chief Science Officer selected as recipient of 2011 Apple Award

Gates Foundation awards 88 new grand challenges grants

Frequently hospitalized patients may need a specialist focused on their care: Hospital care expert

Bristol-Myers Squibb first quarter net sales increase 5% to $3.3 billion

University of South Florida researcher earns Everfront Award for stem cell study

Scientists discover how immune cells recognize invading pathogens in the body

Gene therapy approach using CD59 shows promise against AMD: Study

CEL-SCI receives no objection letter to initiate Phase III clinical trial of Multikine in Canada

Oncothyreon prices underwritten public offering of common stock

Improved body armor needed to protect brain from 'shell shock' injuries

Harvard Engineering School receives $100,000 grant to develop microbial-based cell phone charger

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