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investment in 15 creative engineering research projects, that can deliver major advances in healthcare.   [ View Detail ] Ugandan government health officials agree new Alliance with UK Research institutes : 19 February, 2013 A Ugandan-UK Healthcare Alliance, which will help improve health care for people living in the East African country, is launched after being developed by a University of Manchester health professional.   [ View Detail ] Six translational research centres form alliance to accelerate global drug development Research institutes : 23 January, 2013 Six of the world's top translational health research centres are coming together to form a new Global Alliance of Leading Drug Discovery and Development Centres.   [ View Detail ] Nanoparticles technology aims to offer earlier cancer diagnosis solution Research institutes : 18 December, 2012 A new technology developed at MIT aims to help to make biomarker detection much easier with researchers, led by Sangeeta Bhatia, developing nanoparticles that can home in on a tumour and interact with cancer proteins to produce thousands of biomarkers, which can then be easily detected in the patient's urine.   [ View Detail ] Tissue engineering research at MIT aims to discover better ways to heal injuries and develop new drugs Research institutes : 17 December, 2012 Much of the tissue engineering research at MIT's Institute for Medical Engineering and Science is focusing on creating tissue that can be used in the lab to model human disease and test potential new drugs.   [ View Detail ] New injectable gels from MIT toughen up after entering the body Research institutes : 20 November, 2012 MIT chemical engineers have now designed an injectable gel that responds to the body's high temperature by forming a reinforcing network that makes the gel much more durable, allowing it to function over a longer period of time.   [ View Detail ] Merging tissue scaffold with electronic sensors improve implantable therapeutic devices Research institutes : 28 August, 2012 A team of researchers from MIT, Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital is adding a new element to tissue scaffolds - electronic sensors.   [ View Detail ] Japanese researchers develop mobility system to improve the quality of life of Parkinson's disease patients Research institutes : 28 August, 2012 Tokyo Institute of Technology's Yoshihiro Miyake and colleagues develop an innovative, non-invasive therapeutic intervention that may improve the mobility, stability, and quality of life of Parkinson's disease patients.   [ View Detail ] CDISC releases new Protocol Representation Model toolkit Research institutes : 23 April, 2012 The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) is releasing the first iteration of a Protocol Representation 'Toolkit' for clinical research at the CDISC European Interchange Conference in Stockholm, Sweden.   [ View Detail ] Research centre for blast injury studies is launched Research institutes : 09 December, 2011 The Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College London is a new £8 million research centre being launched which aims to gain a better understanding of the injuries caused by roadside bombs and improve both treatment and the means of protection.   [ View Detail ] Multi-million pound funds agreed for two new research units in London Research institutes : 22 August, 2011 Two NHS Trusts in partnership with Imperial College London receive multi-million pound awards to boost research and enable the development of more effective medicines, treatments and care for patients.   [ View Detail ] GMEC public private partnership provides framework for collaborative science Research institutes : 15 April, 2011 The Medical Research Council (MRC), Imperial College London, King's College London and UCL are forming a partnership that will see them become equal shareholders in a newly created joint venture that assumes responsibility for the facilities and operations at GlaxoSmithKline’s Clinical Imaging Centre (CIC).   [ View Detail ] Imperial College London launches new School of Public Health Research institutes : 15 February, 2011 Imperial College London is launching a new School of Public Health with the aim of addressing the major global health challenges of the 21st century.   [ View Detail ] Cancer treatment prototype features 3D magnetically guiding endoscope system Research institutes : 27 January, 2011 A Taiwanese research team, led by Prof Ming-Shing Young of Department of Electrical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), develops a large-scale proactive cancer treatment system first-generation prototype which includes Frequency-Adjustable High Frequency Induction Heating Machine (HFIHM) and 3D Magnetically Guiding Endoscope System (3DMGES).   [ View Detail ] Imperial College London reveals new Institute of Chemical Biology Research institutes : 17 November, 2010 Imperial College London’s Chemical Biology Centre is being reconstituted as the Institute of Chemical Biology (ICB) to join other cross-Faculty Institutes that have the task of bridging world-class research activity in the different faculties and departments within the College.   [ View Detail ] NTU in Singapore plans new medical school tfor raining undergraduate doctors Research institutes : 06 September, 2010 A new medical school training undergraduate doctors in Singapore, which will award joint Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) degrees , is to be established by 2013.   [ View Detail ] University of Western Australia reseachers point to early treatment of tinnitus Research institutes : 18 December, 2009 Pioneering new research funded by RNID reveals hope for the early treatment of tinnitus.   [ View Detail ] Imperial College opens Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology Research institutes : 14 December, 2009 The Imperial College London Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology, which opens in December 2009, forms part of the College’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering.   [ View Detail ] Non-invasive electon microscopy for living tissue Research institutes : 08 October, 2009 Researchers at MIT have developed a scheme enabling the use of electron microscopes to remotely sense objects and avoid damage to the imaged target   [ View Detail ] Retinal implant developed by MIT scientists Research institutes : 25 September, 2009 Age-related macular degeneration could be treated with retinal implant linked to camera for improved vision   [ View Detail ] Antibody stabilisation methods developed at Argonne Research institutes : 07 September, 2009 Argonne National Laboratory scientists have developed a way of improving antibody stability making them useful outside the laboratory and enabling improved detection and diagnostics   [ View Detail ] Two new powerful HIV antibodies discovered Research institutes : 07 September, 2009 Antibodies found by AIVI associate researchers could turn out to be the Achilles heal of the virus   [ View Detail ] MEDICAL INNOVATION – RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Research institutes : 30 June, 2009 FOCUS ZONE REPORT – Improving the lives of people living with osteoarthritis is to be the focus of a new £11 million research centre at Imperial College London.   [ View Detail ] Eisai opens its new European Knowledge Centre in the UK Research institutes : 29 June, 2009 Eisai, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, opens its new 'European Knowledge Centre' (the EKC) in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.   [ View Detail ] New MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health is launched Research institutes : 03 June, 2009 A new £5million MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health launches at Imperial College London and King's College London, which will analyse the health of people across the UK and how this is affected by aspects of the environment in which they live and work.   [ View Detail ] VTT launches European research project on dietary effects of gut microbiota Research institutes : 13 March, 2009 Finnish research organization, VTT, is launching an EU project called ETHERPATHS which aims to study the effects of dietary effects mediated by gut microbiota on lipid metabolism.   [ View Detail ] Imperial College patnership receives Academic Health Science Centre designation Research institutes : 11 March, 2009 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London have welcomed the Department of Health’s formal designation of their partnership as an Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC).   [ View Detail ] Centre for NanoHealth at Swansea University receives investment boost Research institutes : 06 February, 2009 Plans for the £21.6 million Centre for NanoHealth at Swansea University have been given the green light after more than £10 million was secured from the Convergence European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Assembly Government.   [ View Detail ] Blackford Analysis wins RCUK Business Plan Competition with MRI innovation Research institutes : 20 October, 2008 The winners of the RCUK Business Plan Competition were scientists from the Blackford Analysis - Real-Time MRI Team at the University of Edinburgh.   [ View Detail ] ECRI Institute spotlights Patient Safety Organization (PSO) services at ASHRM conference Research institutes : 02 October, 2008 Anticipating the release of final regulations for the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, ECRI Institute is to preview its new Patient Safety Organization (PSO) services at the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) annual conference, October 2 to 5, 2008.   [ View Detail ] VTT to coordinate the SmartCell EU research project Research institutes : 19 September, 2008 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is to coordinate the four-year SmartCell EU research project that will focus on developing methods for production of valuable pharmaceutical compounds using plant cells as a production host in an effective and controlled manner.   [ View Detail ] Mental and physical exercise helps alleviate genetic mental impairment Research institutes : 23 June, 2008 Australian researchers at the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne have shown that mental and physical exercise can improve coordination and movement problems in Rett syndrome, which is a genetic brain development disorder that primarily affects females.   [ View Detail ] Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research use cloned cells to destroy tumours Research institutes : 19 June, 2008 Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have achieved the first successful use of a human patient's cloned infection-fighting T cells as the sole therapy to put an advanced solid-tumour cancer into long-term remission.   [ View Detail ] dMR research points the way to an early confirmation of Huntington’s disease Research institutes : 17 June, 2008 Researchers from the Howard Florey Institute and Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, have used Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (dMR), to identify extensive white matter degeneration in patients recently diagnosed with Huntington’s disease.   [ View Detail ] Howard Florey Institute aims to create individualised brain maps Research institutes : 16 June, 2008 In an attempt to revolutionise diagnosis of disease and enhance the accuracy of brain surgery researchers from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne, Australia, are developing new technology to create individualised brain maps.   [ View Detail ] Schepens research team identify how brain stem cells can be awakened Research institutes : 11 June, 2008 A research team from the Schepens Eye Research Institute have identified specific molecules in the brain that are responsible for awakening and putting to sleep brain stem cells, which, when activated, can transform into neurons (nerve cells) and repair damaged brain tissue.   [ View Detail ] Queen’s University Belfast to develop new antenna designs for biosensors Research institutes : 14 May, 2008 Experts in antennas and bioelectromagnetics at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), have developed new types of antenna that provide compact, wireless and power efficient body sensors that allow doctors to monitor illnesses and injuries remotely are a step closer thanks to new research.   [ View Detail ] ACRO leads the way forward in CTTI Research institutes : 07 May, 2008 The Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO), which represents the clinical outsourcing industry to regulators, biopharmaceutical clients, policymakers, and the public in the USA and worldwide, is taking a leadership role in the recently formed Clinical Trial Transformation Initiative (CTTI).   [ View Detail ] ALS Therapy Development Institute collaborates with Allen Institute for Brain Science Research institutes : 09 April, 2008 The ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) has entered into an agreement with the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, Washington, USA, for in situ hybridization (ISH) services using diseased tissues from a preclinical animal model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.   [ View Detail ] Johns Hopkins Medical School to collaborate with University of Patras in Greece Research institutes : 09 April, 2008 The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine has established a formal educational agreement with the University of Patras, the third largest university in Greece, to enable both organizations to collaborate on research and on student and faculty exchanges.   [ View Detail ] CARDIOLOGY – A Prohealthservicezone Special Report Research institutes : 03 April, 2008 The past week has seen a number of cardiology research studies report on their recent work. This Special Report highlights some of the research activities and technology developments that are advancing cardiology.   [ View Detail ] Dutch institute allocate euros 150m for early diagnosis projects Research institutes : 02 April, 2008 Nine projects will receive research funding amounting to euros 150 million allocated by The Center for Translational Molecular Medicine (CTMM) - a Dutch public-private partnership committed to the research and development of new techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of major diseases.   [ View Detail ] ICR special interest group focuses on research nurses Research institutes : 01 April, 2008 The latest special interest group (SIG) to be set up at the Institute of Clinical Research (ICR) will focus on role recognition, assessing training requirements and meeting skills gaps.   [ View Detail ] ICR launches new career booklet for pharmacy professionals in clinical research Research institutes : 15 February, 2008 A new career booklet to provide information to those wishing to enter the pharmacy profession or pharmacy staff seeking a career move has been published by the Institute of Clinical Research (ICR). The booklet is also available as a free eBook on the ICR’s website (ISBN: 9781905238491).   [ View Detail ] Joslin Diabetes Center pinpoints a key metabolic syndrome factor that heightens risk of cardiovascular disease Research institutes : 06 February, 2008 Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have identified insulin resistance in the liver as a key factor in the cause of metabolic syndrome and its associated atherosclerosis, disorders that put tens of millions of Americans at high risk of cardiovascular disease.   [ View Detail ] ICR and EMWA to host symposium focused on the ethics of publishing clinical trial results Research institutes : 28 January, 2008 The Institute of Clinical Research (ICR) is to collaborate the European Medical Writers Association (EMWA) to holding the first joint symposium entitled: ′Publishing Clinical Trials: Ethics and the Pharmaceutical Industry’.   [ View Detail ] Howard Florey Institute reveals childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) treatment path Research institutes : 19 October, 2007 A research team from Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute are a step closer to solving the causes of epileptic seizures with the help of a genetically modified epileptic mouse.   [ View Detail ] Structure of HSP90 protein is solved to point way for new drug targets Research institutes : 19 October, 2007 The structure of the first mammalian GRP94 protein implicated in immune diseases such as sepsis, AIDS and certain cancers has been solved by research at the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute(HWI).   [ View Detail ] ICR becomes a licensed body of the Science Council Research institutes : 15 October, 2007 The Science Council has accepted The Institute of Clinical Research (ICR) as a licensed body.   [ View Detail ] Australian researchers show how genetic mutation causes epilepsy in infants Research institutes : 24 September, 2007 Researchers from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne, Australia, has discovered why mutation in a single gene can cause epilepsy in infants.   [ View Detail ] First | Prev  | 1 | 2  | Next  | Last

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