KGI Professor Awarded Patent For Stem-Cell Therapy Aiding Heart-attack Patients

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Professor Ian Phillips of Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) and a former KGI research professor have been awarded a patent for a novel procedure that involves stem cells in the recovery of heart-attack patients. The patent covers a two-step process developed by Phillips and Yao Liang Tang, MD, that makes it ...

Dead scientist awarded Nobel prize in medicine

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Rockefeller University says Nobel medicine prize winner Ralph Steinman died on Sept. 30. Steinman was one of three scientists who unlocked secrets of the body's immune system, opening doors to new vaccines and cancer treatments, and were awarded the 2011 Nobel prize for medicine Monday. Find more info about Dead scientist ...

Medical College Of Wisconsin And Cellular Dynamics Awarded NHLBI Grant Using Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Sunday, July 10th, 2011

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) today announced receipt of a research grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to investigate the mechanisms underlying Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. Commonly known as an increase of the size and weight of the heart, ...

Gulf Coast Consortia Awarded $12.6 Million For Cancer Research

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

The Gulf Coast Consortia has been awarded a grant of more than $12.6 million from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to launch a collaborative program that brings together researchers with the common purpose of developing new cancer treatments. The Gulf Coast Consortia CPRIT Throughput ...

Grants Awarded to Scientists For Carcinoid Tumor And Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Research

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

The American Association for Cancer Research is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011 Caring for Carcinoid Foundation-AACR Grants for Carcinoid Tumor and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Research and the 2011 Raymond and Beverly Sackler AACR Fellowships for Ileal Carcinoid Tumor Research... Find more info about Grants Awarded to Scientists For ...