The News Review:
- Chris Barton: Clearing the storm clouds from NZ’s `blue skies’
- Hi-tech research unit is unveiled
- International Women’s Day a day of humanity: Kiran Bedi
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- Cancer Care: Medicine and More
Chris Barton: Clearing the storm clouds from NZ’s `blue skies’
New Zealand Herald – Mar 8, 2008
In his own research _ mathematical modelling of the body to help in drug discovery _ a unforeseen upshot was application in computer animation. The Government argues about 40 per cent of its research and development funding ($785 million in 2006) goes to basic research. How it arrives at the figure is unclear but it is possible to get close to 40 per cent by summing Marsden with Health Research Council funds for clinical research; new economy research funds mostly provided to Crown Research Institutes; and a portion of special funds provided to universities. In the scientists’ view this is not just bad maths but also misappropriated science because it mistakes targeted research requiring specific outcomes in order to get funding for pure research. Professor Hunter like many sees Marsden as “the only blue-skies research fund we have” _ about 5 per cent of the government pool.
Hi-tech research unit is unveiled
expressandstar.com – Mar 8, 2008
The state-of-the-art unit was opened by mayor of Dudley Councillor David Stanley yesterday completing a £3. 6 million investment in the North Wing. The Clinical Research Unit boasts a hi-tech research laboratory kitted out with the latest technology nine consulting rooms and a six-bed day case bay. The facility has already started recruiting patients to one of the world?s largest rheumatoid arthritis trials the first of 60 units across the country to do so. Professor George Kitas director of research and development at Russells Hall said the unit was the realisation of a dream and marked ?not the end of the journey but the beginning?.
International Women’s Day a day of humanity: Kiran Bedi
Economic Times – Mar 8, 2008
Bedi said womenshould take up careers like chauffeurs while providing one such example inMumbai. Bedi who recentlyquit the police force came down heavily on a weekly magazine that last weekfeatured 50 prominent personalities but featured only two women among them. She gave away ‘The Champion ofHumanity’ award to Shanta Sinha Chairperson National Commission for Protectionof Child Rights and Shanthi Ranganathan Chairperson T T Ranganathan ClinicalResearch Foundation. She alsopresented the ‘utstanding Woman Entrepreneur’ award to Mallika SrinivasanDirector TAFE Ltd. getElementById(“storydiv”).
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Deccan Herald – Mar 8, 2008
South Western Railway: Inauguration of two lifts for passengers at Platforms No. 7 8 and 1 by General Manager Praveen Kumar City Railway Station 11 am. Innovative for Biosciences: Valedictory of national conference on Biotechnology and Clinical Research in India Lucknow Biotech Park CE P K Seth Stempeutics Technical Director Vijaya Sharma participate J N Tata Auditorium IISc 5. R Gundurao memorial Trust: Gundu Rao’s birth anniversary prize distribution to meritorious students by Union Minister of State for Planning M V Rajashekarn former minister K H Srinivas participate Sahakari Samudaya Bhavan 67 Padmanabhanagar BSK 2nd Stage 4 pm. Bangalore University: Valedictory of Com vision – Leslie Khan Director India peration Northern perating Services participate Jnana Jyothi Auditorium Central College Campus 4.
Cancer Care: Medicine and More
News4Jax.com – Mar 8, 2008
Tothy is gratified but not surprised. “The survival outcomes that I’ve seen in this center are very dramatically different than what I would see otherwise” Dr. The Block Center engages in clinical research with university facilities across the United States and Israel.
