(Queen's University) Queen's University professor Daren Heyland and his research team at the Kingston General Hospital Clinical Evaluation Research Unit received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance research into meeting the nutrition needs of high risk, critically ill patients.

(American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists) Vaccination studies from Mercer University (Ga.) headline the groundbreaking research being unveiled at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists' (AAPS) National Biotechnology Conference (NBC).

ARLINGTON, VA (May 14, 2012) - Vaccination studies from Mercer University (Ga.) headline the groundbreaking research being unveiled at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists' (AAPS) National Biotechnology Conference (NBC). The conference takes place Monday, May 21 - Wednesday, May 23 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and ...

People with bleeding brain aneurysms have the best chance of survival and full recovery if they receive aggressive emergency treatment from a specialized team at a hospital that treats a large number of patients like them every year, according to new guidelines just published by the American Stroke Association...

(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 ...

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. ...

(Boston) Boston resident Maureen T. Kavanah, MD, an Associate Professor of Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and a surgical oncologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has received the prestigious 2012 National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) Distinguished Investigator Lifetime Achievement Award for her extraordinary ...

(American Institute of Biological Sciences) A new national initiative promises to improve college biology education by engaging faculty members in an effort to change how post-secondary life sciences departments approach education. PULSE, or the Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education, is a collaborative effort funded by the National Science ...

(Boston University Medical Center) Boston resident Maureen T. Kavanah, M.D., an associate professor of surgery at Boston University School of Medicine and a surgical oncologist at Boston Medical Center, has received the prestigious 2012 National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Distinguished Investigator Lifetime Achievement Award for her extraordinary contributions ...

(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.

WASHINGTON, DC A new national initiative promises to improve college biology education by engaging faculty members in an effort to change how post-secondary life sciences departments approach education. PULSE, which stands for Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education, is a collaborative effort funded by the National Science Foundation ...

Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe all have launched national campaigns urging men to undergo circumcision to help reduce their risk of contracting or transmitting HIV infection, but "all the countries are lagging far behind their targets," Agence France-Presse reports in an article focusing on efforts in Botswana.