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Recreation: Cyclists to gather to ride for a cure
Published July 9, 2009, 8:01 am, Skagit Valley Herald
MOUNT VERNON — For Marilyn Leer, it all started with a twinge in her thigh. “It just felt different,” she said. “Walking up stairs or running, it just didn’t feel…
Obama to tap gnome project lead for NIH
Published July 8, 2009, 2:51 pm, UPI
WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- The leader of the Human Genome Project is U.S. President Barack Obama's choice to be the National Institutes of Health director, the White House said.
Obama Names Gene-Mapper Collins as Director of NIH (Update1)
Published July 8, 2009, 2:15 pm, Bloomberg
NIH “stands as a model when it comes to science and research,” Obama said in a statement released by the White House today. “My administration is committed to promoting scientific integrity and pioneering scientific research.”
President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Francis Collins as NIH Director
Published July 8, 2009, 1:05 pm, The White House
Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Francis S. Collins as Director of the National Institutes of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Tom Severino, executive at Emmis
Published July 7, 2009, 4:55 am, The Indianapolis Star
Tom Severino, vice president/general manager of Emmis' Indianapolis radio stations, died Sunday after a five-month battle with lung cancer. Severino, 57, had responsibility for radio stations WIBC-FM (93.1), WLHK-FM (97.1), WFNI-AM (1070), WYXB-FM (105.7) and Network Indiana.
New Region Of The Genome Associated With The Risk Of Melanoma Identified By The GenoMEL Project
Published July 7, 2009, 4:13 am, Medical News Today
Research is increasingly becoming a networked process. The big genome studies are a good example of the need to pool the efforts of gold standard centers around the world. Only in this way is it possible to achieve results as solid as those obtained by the GenoMEL project, which is funded by the European Commission to study the genetic and environmental risk factors for melanoma.
Second gene linked to familial testicular cancer identified
Published July 6, 2009, 5:48 am, PharmaBiz
Specific variations or mutations in a particular can gene raise a man's risk of familial, or inherited, testicular germ-cell cancer, the most common form of this disease, according to new research by scientists at the National Institutes of Health.
Coffee 'could reverse Alzheimer's effects'
Published July 6, 2009, 4:12 am, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
US researchers suggest that an increased caffeine intake cannot only prevent Alzheimer's disease, but also reverse its effects, in mice at least.
Isis entering a new phase
Published July 5, 2009, 2:11 am, San Diego Union-Tribune
Stanley Crooke describes Isis Pharmaceuticals and the “antisense” drug technology it champions as a $2 billion, 20-year biotechnology experiment. He's getting closer to proving that it works.
Common threads reaches out to terminally ill
Published July 3, 2009, 1:49 pm, The Wilmington Star-News
By Amanda Greene Amanda.Greene@StarNewsOnline.com Editor’s Note: The name of the pillowcase recipient in this story has been changed to protect her medical privacy. Few pillowcases have the power to make you cry.
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