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  • Boys stem cells successfully treat cerebral palsy

    Doctors have been able to successfully treat a 2.5-year-old boy who had suffered from cardiac arrest and brain damage, putting him in a vegetative state, using his own cord blood containing stem cells. The symptoms improved significantly; over the following months, the child learned to speak simple sentences and to move. "Our findings, along with those from a Korean study, dispel the long-held ...

  • Washington University professor steers X Prize to Alzheimers

    A Washington University professor and a team of experts won a brainstorming competition that led the X Prize Foundation to raise a $50 million prize to motivate scientists and researchers to find effective treatments and potentially a cure for Alzheimers disease. The X Prize Foundation awarded a $10 million prize in 2004 to the first company that built a spacecraft capable of carrying three ...

  • Search this database to see what your hospital charges for care

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released a wealth of data about what hospitals charge consumers for common procedures. The data showed what those in the industry have known for a long time: What hospitals charge patients for a given procedure can vary significantly even within a single geographic region. For example, the average price of a permanent cardiac pacemaker ...

  • Illinois Medical District plans ambitious expansion

    The Illinois Medical District is planning an expansion that could create 2,500 to 4,500 jobs and more than $300 million in new revenue in the next 10 years, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Plans include the development of 55 vacant acres and building a high-speed fiber optic line linking researchers to the University of Illinois supercomputer and a retail, hotel, restaurant, office and ...

  • Smells like special session at Texas Capitol

    Lawmakers have until Monday to wrap up their regular-session work. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is keeping quiet until the last moment on whether a special session will occur, but Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has made it clear he wants one. At the start of May, Perry advised lawmakers that one of the best ways to avoid a special session would be to show him a budget with $1.8 billion of tax relief for ...


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  • Orthodontist Kawas event targets black conservatives features West Steele Innis Carroll

    Dr. Larry Kawa is doing an outreach about the economy. Boca Raton orthodontist Dr. Larry Kawa is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to black outreach on the economy and fiscal conservatism. He's sponsoring a complimentary invitation-only event at the Embassy Suites in Boca Raton and expecting an audience of 450 people. Among the speakers will be former U.S. Congressman Allen ...

  • USF College of Nursing receives $2.1 million award for cancer study

    The University of South Florida College Of Nursing has received $2.1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a clinical trial involving cancer symptom management. The project involves testing a brief intervention known as COPE, which aims to teach cancer patients management skills for improving symptoms they identify as the highest priority, according to a written ...

  • Interleukin on track to commercialize periodontal disease test

    Interleukin CEO Kenneth Kornman It was a close call for Interleukin Genetics Inc. (OTCQB:ILIU), but the company said it is on track. The Waltham, Mass. diagnostics company received word that its University of Michigan study has been accepted for publication with just a week to go. The study, which showed the value of PST - a genetic test that measures the risk of developing periodontal disease - ...

  • Movers and Shakers A look at who in bio is coming and going

    Moderna Therapeutics announced the appointment of John Reynders as the companys first chief information officer. The following personnel announcements at New England-area biotech companies have been made in recent weeks: Cambridge, Mass.-based Moderna Therapeutics announced the appointment of John Reynders as the companys first chief information officer, effective in July. Reynders held several ...

  • Ohio State Global Gateway program measuring worth before pitching Brazil office

    Chris Carey, the director who oversees operations of Ohio State's Global Gateways program, said the university is still tinkering with the three-year-old initiative. Ohio State Universitys global initiative to open embassy-like overseas offices has plans for a third site in Brazil next year. But first, it has to collect enough data on efforts in China and India to convince trustees that the ...

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