medical research

Medical research is essential to improving economy and bettering lives

harminka — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:33:02 -0500

Health care in the United States is expensive, but its funding is crucial because it also is a major contributor to the economy and can better lives, according to an essay appearing in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). Because of the cost of health care, this is not time to shrink the budget at the National Institutes of Health, which funds medical research that leads to potentially curative therapy.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Waters Collaborate on Tissue Imaging Research

admin_huliq — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:23:40 -0600

Waters Corporation and Vanderbilt University Medical Center jointly announce collaborative research efforts using Waters(R) MALDI SYNAPT(TM) High Definition MS(TM) (HDMS(TM)) System for enhanced tissue imaging capabilities for oncology research within the University's Mass Spectrometry Research Center.

Collaboration needed for strengthening medical research in Europe

harminka — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:45:07 -0600

Public spending on medical research in Europe should be doubled over the next ten years to ensure health and welfare for Europe’s citizens and to nurture a thriving European medical research industry. There should be greater collaboration between European institutions in medical research and improved career paths for medical scientists.

Dell and Collexis Collaborate to Launch Biomedexperts

harminka — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:17:09 -0600

Dell and Collexis Holdings, Inc., plan to launch Jan. 11 BioMedExperts – an innovative social networking community that will promote collaborative medical research and development.

Winners of Lasker Awards 2007

admin_huliq — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:13:38 -0500

Winners of the Lasker Award were announced today. The 2007 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research is presented to Ralph M. Steinman for the discovery of dendritic cells—the preeminent component of the immune system that initiates and regulates the body's response to foreign antigens.

Rural Indigenous people prefer to die at home

aboey — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:49:43 -0500

A new study has demonstrated a strong desire of rural Aboriginal people to die at home. This being the case, it is essential to develop local health care and palliative care services.