Top priorities for breast cancer research
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- Top priorities for breast cancer research
- UConn Stem Cell Institute Approved by Trustees
- Green light for biomed campus and 8000 jobs
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- Courageous teen risks deep brain surgery to regain muscle control -…
- Summit for Life twice as nice
Top priorities for breast cancer research
News-Medical.net – Nov 25, 2007
Identifying issues deemed important by the research community could help focus translational research resources ensuring that opportunities for important clinical advances aren’t missed. “This appears to be a novel way to identify the most important challenges for improving breast cancer treatment and prevention” explains Professor Dowsett. “The work will allow investigators globally to select the most relevant clinical research questions in their efforts to translate the major advances in basic science to improvements in the clinical management of this common malignancy. I am grateful to the participants from 48 countries who made this possible.
UConn Stem Cell Institute Approved by Trustees
emaxhealth.com – Nov 25, 2007
“It demonstrates that stem cells represent the most promising research in the 21st century. “ur goal is to further expand our basic research efforts and lead the way in developing therapeutic strategies” adds Lalande who will direct the new Institute. “The Institute provides the framework to hand our stem cell discoveries in test tubes to our clinical research colleagues at the Health Center where the medical infrastructure exists to develop the field of regenerative medicine. The stem cell grant competition program approved by the legislature and Gov. Jodi Rell in 2005 set aside $100 million for Connecticut-based embryonic and adult stem cell research through 2015. Last November when $20 million was awarded representing the first two years of the funding program about $12 million – 60 percent of the total – went to UConn faculty.
Green light for biomed campus and 8000 jobs
Business Weekly – Nov 25, 2007
"ur ambition is to become the best biomedical research centre in Europe;I know that patients will benefit asa result. " At least one third of some 2. 3million sq ft of high quality accommodation will go to clinical research and treatment applicationsincluding space for companiesspun out of the campus’ innovation. Further space may also go toa major global pharmaceutical firmlooking to establish a UK R & D wetlab. Major players within the biomedical industry have committeddozens of millions of pounds to thecampus including Cancer Research UK the MRC’s world famous Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) Papworth Hospitaland the UK government. Papworth has a formidablereputation in the provision of specialised cardiothoracic (heart andlung) services having performedthe first successful UK heart transplantation in 1979 the first heartand lung transplantation in 1984and pioneering the first transplantof a ‘beating heart’ in 2006.
Wedding and engagement announcements
MetroWest Daily News – Nov 25, 2007
The future bride is a 2002 graduate of Medway High School and a 2006 graduate of Bentley College. She is employed at EMC Corporation as a corporate accountant. Her fiance is a 2000 graduate of Millis High School and a 2006 graduate of Stonehill College. He is employed at Franklin High School as a special education teacher and a coach of the freshman baseball team. The future groom proposed at LaSalette Shrine’s Festival of lights.
Courageous teen risks deep brain surgery to regain muscle control -…
Boston Globe – Nov 25, 2007
3 2006 the day of the surgery Alex’s shiny eyes looked expectant as if despite all that destiny had done he still foresaw only good. “Why be scared?” Vitaliy said to Alex. “Isn’t it better to be able to walk?”Their hope was based on solid clinical research but there was reason for fear too. Lilia had read the complication rates 2 percent to 6 percent over and over. The area around the electrodes could become infected. The electrodes could trigger a small brain bleed. Rarely a patient could find that the stimulation actually exacerbated the dystonia.
Summit for Life twice as nice
Aspen Times – Nov 25, 2007
"We have one of the best transplant centers in the country" said Heidi Heltzel executive director of the American Transplant Foundation. "What really draws talent and dollars is when there is a commitment in the form of an endowment. That will bring additional dollars to the science part of it and help merge the clinical research and the clinical application. "The majority of the money for the endowment is coming from private donations. The foundation does not receive any money from grants but a significant chunk is coming from money raised at the uphill. ther money from the American Transplant Foundation is spent on registering more people to be donors. Currently Heltzel pointed out it’s hard for people to register unless it’s at the Department of Motor Vehicles when getting a driver’s license.
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