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Collaborative research sheds light on new cancer stem cell therapies

January 30, 2012
A collaborative anti-cancer research jointly conducted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School and Nevada Cancer Institute has led to the development of a novel class of chemical inhibitors that specifically target cancer cells with pluripotency.

Surgical Outcomes Significantly Improved And Cost Reduces By Regional Surgical Quality Collaborative

January 25, 2012
A new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds hospitals participating in a regional collaborative of the American College of Surgeon's National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®), achieved substantial improvements in surgical outcomes, such as reducing the rates of acute renal failure and ...

Regional surgical quality collaborative significantly improves surgical outcomes and reduces cost

January 23, 2012
A new study published online today in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds hospitals participating in a regional collaborative of the American College of Surgeon's National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®), achieved substantial improvements in surgical outcomes, such as reducing the rates of acute renal failure ...

Regional surgical quality collaborative significantly improves surgical outcomes and reduces cost

January 23, 2012
(Weber Shandwick Worldwide) A new study published online today in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds hospitals participating in a regional collaborative of the American College of Surgeon's National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, achieved substantial improvements in surgical outcomes, such as reducing the rates of acute renal ...

Collaborative behavioral management may be effective in reducing abuse among paroled marijuana users

January 11, 2012
A study from Rhode Island Hospital has found that collaborative behavioral management may be effective in reducing substance abuse among convicted marijuana users who are paroled. The findings have important implications for the management of a substantial proportion of the U.S. community correctional population.

Collaborative effort uncovers DNA duplications that may be responsible for genomic-based diseases

December 28, 2011
An important part of saving a species is often understanding its DNA. Through a collaborative effort including 14 scientists representing organizations across Europe and the United States, researchers have been able to analyze the genome of the great ape species of the world. "A ...

Pulitzer Center announces launch of collaborative reproductive health reporting project

December 13, 2011
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting "launched its collaborative reproductive health reporting project last week at the International Family Planning Conference (IFPC) in Dakar, Senegal," according to a post on the Center's website.

DFG to fund 8 new collaborative research centers

December 5, 2011
This press release is available in German . The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) will establish eight Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) as of 1 January 2012. This was agreed by the responsible Grants Committee at its autumn meeting in Bonn. The ...

DFG to fund 8 new collaborative research centers

December 5, 2011
(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Topics range from sustainable manufacturing to the preservation of tropical rainforests.

Impact Health and Fitness enters collaborative partnership with Opportunity Services

November 25, 2011
Impact Health and Fitness and Opportunity Services have joined forces to provide employment assistance opportunities for Tallahassee residents with disabilities.

Surgical Leaders Announce Creation Of Collaborative Spine Research Foundation To Fund Spine-Care Research

November 19, 2011
Two flagship foundations for advancing spine care through support for research, the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF), announced today a collaborative grant program that will broadly cultivate multidisciplinary clinical spine research. OREF, formed in 1955 by members of three national orthopaedic ...

BGI announces collaborative research agreements with Oregon State University

November 15, 2011
Cambridge, MA and Corvallis, OR, November 15, 2011 BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, announced today that it has entered an agreement with Oregon State University to conduct collaborative de novo genome sequencing and transcriptome analysis of nine Phytophthora plant pathogens. This agreement kicks off a ...