CWRU Receives $1.6M to Study Tumor and Immune Cell Detection
Newswise Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:17 AM PDT
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $1.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to study how tumor cells avoid detection by the body's immune system, allowing cancer to develop and spread. |
Airport body scanners not a health risk â€" study
Manila Bulletin Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:56 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AFP) â€" Full-body scanners used to secure airports, about 1,000 of which will be deployed across the United States by year's end, do not pose health risks, a study released Monday found. The University of California study appearing in the ''Archives of Internal Medicine'' found that a traveler would have to go through a body scanner 50 times to receive the same amount of radiation as ... |
Case Western Reserve receives $1.6M to study tumor cells and immune cell detection
EurekAlert! Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:47 AM PDT
( Case Western Reserve University ) Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $1.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study how tumor cells avoid detection by the body's immune system, allowing cancer to develop and spread. The five-year National Institutes of Health grant will enable researchers led by Alex Y. Huang, MD, Ph.D., to examine "immune ... |
NY Legislature passes historic on-time budget
Boston Globe Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:32 AM PDT
After a year of scandal, gridlock and the designation as the most dysfunctional state governing body in the nation, New York's Legislature hopes the rare on-time budget it approved early Thursday turns the page on a nasty chapter for the two-century-old body. |
Revolutionary Fat Transfer Procedures Are Now Available from La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre
redOrbit Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:16 AM PDT
SAN DIEGO, March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "Cell enriched fat transfer" sounds like either a science fiction comic or a medical school test question, but it is neither. It is a new technique that allows plastic surgeons to take fatty (adipose) tissue from a patient's own body, purify it, and place it -- safely and permanently -- in a different location of their choice. Research over the past ... |
Police investigating fatal crash
The Monroe Evening News Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:13 AM PDT
ERIE TOWNSHIP â€" Police are investigating an accident that occurred Wednesday night where a woman passenger was killed and the driver wandered off leaving her behind until her body was discovered this morning. |
got milk? Campaign Helps Fund Athletes' Goals
Dairy Herd Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:09 AM PDT
WASHINGTON - The elite athletes, coaches and trainers of Team Refuel know lowfat chocolate milk is a delicious and scientifically proven way to effectively refuel your body after a hard workout. Now, the National Milk Mustache "got milk?"® |
NY Legislature passes rare on-time budget
The San Francisco Examiner Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:00 AM PDT
MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. After a year of scandal, gridlock and the designation as the most dysfunctional state governing body in the nation, New York's Legislature hopes the rare on-time budget it approved early Thursday turns the page on a nasty chapter for the two-century-old body. "A deadline might not seem like much of an accomplishment outside of Albany," said Senate ... |
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