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Biophysical Society Selects 2009 Distinguished Service, Emily M. Gray And Society Fellow Recipients

The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2009 Distinguished Service Award and the Emily M. Gray Award, as well as the Society's 2009 Fellows. All of the award winners and Fellows will be recognized at the Awards Ceremony during the Biophysical Society's 53rd Annual Meeting on Monday March 2, 2009 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

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26.10.2008 17:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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New Steps Uncovered On Pathway To Enlarged Heart

Researchers have new insight into the mechanisms that underlie a pathological increase in the size of the heart. The research, published by Cell Press in the October 24th issue of the journal Molecular Cell, may lead to the development of new strategies for managing this extremely common cardiac ailment that often leads to heart failure.

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26.10.2008 16:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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New Senate Commission Will Network Projects And Advise Policymakers On Biodiversity Research

Biodiversity is fundamental to our life, providing food, drinking water and stable habitats. But biodiversity is currently in a crisis situation: the increasing loss of species around the world causes profound changes in our environment and threatens the functioning of ecosystems along with the services they provide.

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26.10.2008 15:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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ORNL Nanotechnologies Big Winners In DOE Call

Eight Oak Ridge National Laboratory nanomanufacturing technologies have won $8.4 million in funding from the Department of Energy's Industrial Technologies Program. The awards, which will bring $6.8 million to the lab and $1.6 million to partners, are the result of a peer-reviewed competitive bid process from a DOE nanomanufacturing call.

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26.10.2008 14:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Practice Makes Perfect In Lung Cancer Surgery

Patients operated on by surgeons who do not routinely remove cancer from the lungs may be at a higher risk for complications, according to a study conducted by researchers at Duke University Medical Center.

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26.10.2008 13:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Racialization Of Drugs Mobilizes Prior Conceptions Of Identity

If we want to fully understand the allure of pharmaceuticals, we need to look beyond both medical efficacy and profit motives. A new study in the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics shows that when we use claims about drugs in arguments about racial identity, the meaning of both the pharmaceuticals and of race remain unsettled. Anne Pollock, Ph.D.

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26.10.2008 12:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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An Effective Method To Study The Pressure Of The Sphincter Of Oddi

The Sphincter of Oddi (SO) plays a vital role in maintaining the normal bile duct pressure, promoting gallbladder excretion and preventing from reflux. When sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) occurs, the incidence rate for bile duct infection and cholelithiasis will greatly increase.

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26.10.2008 11:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Novel Marker Of Colon Cancer

Colon cancer ranks second of all gastrointestinal malignant tumors, it is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Until now, several molecules have been reported to play an important role in gastroenterological tumorigenesis and tumor metastasis, but the molecular mechanisms involved tumor development and progression still remain unclear in colon cancer.

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26.10.2008 10:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Worms Live Longer When Deprived Of A Sense Of Smell

Many animals live longer when raised on low calorie diets. But now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that they can extend the life spans of roundworms even when the worms are well fed - it just takes a chemical that blocks their sense of smell. Three years ago, the researchers, led by Kerry Kornfeld, M.D., Ph.D.

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26.10.2008 09:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

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Creeping NHS Privatisation In North West Under Scrutiny, England

Creeping privatisation of the NHS - with knock-on adverse effects for patients - is on the march in the Greater Manchester area, Unite, the country's largest union, has warned.

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26.10.2008 08:00:00 - Health News from Medical News Today

Health News from Medical News Today

Biophysical Society Selects 2009 Distinguished Service, Emily M. Gray And Society Fellow Recipients

New Steps Uncovered On Pathway To Enlarged Heart

New Senate Commission Will Network Projects And Advise Policymakers On Biodiversity Research

ORNL Nanotechnologies Big Winners In DOE Call

Practice Makes Perfect In Lung Cancer Surgery

Racialization Of Drugs Mobilizes Prior Conceptions Of Identity

An Effective Method To Study The Pressure Of The Sphincter Of Oddi

Novel Marker Of Colon Cancer

Worms Live Longer When Deprived Of A Sense Of Smell

Creeping NHS Privatisation In North West Under Scrutiny, England

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