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Kaiser Family Foundation survey highlights importance of communicating aid successes

May 24, 2012
In this post in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, communications officer and blog editor Amie Newman reports on a Kaiser Family Foundation survey, released Monday, that examines Americans' views on U.S. global health issues.

Kessler Foundation scientists present cognitive research findings at MS dual symposium

May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012. West Orange, NJ. Scientists at Kessler Foundation are presenting findings of recent cognitive research studies in multiple sclerosis at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego, CA, May 30-June2, 2012. Drs. John DeLuca, Nancy Chiaravalloti and Yael Goverover are addressing the Fourth Cooperative Meeting ...

Kessler Foundation scientists present cognitive research findings at MS dual symposium

May 21, 2012
(Kessler Foundation) Scientists at Kessler Foundation are presenting findings of recent cognitive research studies in multiple sclerosis at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego, Calif., May 30-June 2, 2012. Drs. John DeLuca, Nancy Chiaravalloti and Yael Goverover are addressing the Fourth Cooperative Meeting of the Consortium of Multiple ...

Outstanding young gastroenterologists receive AGA Research Foundation awards

May 20, 2012
(American Gastroenterological Association) The American Gastroenterological Association Research Foundation has announced its 2012 research scholars. Three outstanding young gastroenterologists who promise to make significant strides in the field of gastrointestinal research received the awards.

AACN, GE Healthcare to honor DAISY Foundation with Pioneering Spirit Award

May 18, 2012
The DAISY Foundation will receive the AACN-GE Healthcare Pioneering Spirit Award to honor its efforts to provide meaningful recognition to nurses as "unsung heroes" deserving of society's profound respect and recognition for their education, training, brainpower, skill and compassion.

Dr. DeLuca of Kessler Foundation participates in nationwide National MS Society webcast

May 17, 2012
(Kessler Foundation) John DeLuca, Ph.D., VP of Research & Training at Kessler Foundation, is a panelist for the May 23 (7-8 pm ET) national webcast sponsored by National MS Society, "The Next Frontier: Understanding and Treating Progressive MS." Dr. DeLuca, an expert in cognition, joins Peter Calabresi, M.D., of Johns ...

National Psoriasis Foundation awards more than $2 million for research

May 15, 2012
PORTLAND, Ore. (May 15, 2012)Twenty-six scientists have received a total of $2.06 million in grants from the National Psoriasis Foundation to study psoriasisthe most common autoimmune disease in the country, affecting as many as 7.5 million Americansand psoriatic arthritis, an inflammatory joint and tendon disease. ...

National Psoriasis Foundation awards more than $2 million for research

May 15, 2012
(National Psoriasis Foundation) Twenty-six scientists have received a total of $2.06 million in grants from the National Psoriasis Foundation to study psoriasis -- the most common autoimmune disease in the country, affecting as many as 7.5 million Americans -- and psoriatic arthritis, an inflammatory joint and tendon disease.

New York Stem Cell Foundation scientist grows bone from human embryonic stem cells

May 14, 2012
NEW YORK, NY (May 14, 2012) -- Dr. Darja Marolt, an Investigator at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Laboratory, is lead author on a study showing that human embryonic stem cells can be used to grow bone tissue grafts for use in research and potential therapeutic application. Dr. ...

New York Stem Cell Foundation scientist grows bone from human embryonic stem cells

May 14, 2012
(New York Stem Cell Foundation) Dr. Darja Marolt, an investigator at the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Laboratory, is lead author on a study showing that human embryonic stem cells can be used to grow bone tissue grafts for use in research and potential therapeutic application. The study is ...

Michael J. Fox Foundation grant to Dr. Samuel Young will provide Parkinson’s drug development tools

May 3, 2012
Samuel M. Young, Jr., PhD, research group leader at the new Max Planck Florida Institute (MPFI), has received his first grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF). The grant will enable Dr. Young and colleagues to develop a technology that will help scientists working in ...

Kessler Foundation scientists to share new findings at international multiple sclerosis congress

May 3, 2012
Kessler Foundation will be represented by four scientists at the inaugural International Congress on Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis to be held at the Congress Center in Bordeaux, France on May 11 & 12, 2012.