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SA tests Aids vaccine
Original Source The University of KwaZulu-Natal is an Atlantic grantee. by MICHELLE FAUL South Africa is launching clinical trials of the first HIV/Aids vaccines created by a developing country, a feat by scientists who forged ahead even when some of their political leaders shocked the…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online
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Survival Rates for Elderly Patients Receiving In-Hospital Resuscitation Did Not Improve From 1992 to 2005
SEATTLE, July 2 — The University of Washington issued the following news release: A study of elderly patients receiving CPR in the hospital shows that rates of survival did not improve from 1992 to 2005. During that period, the proportion of hospital deaths preceded by…
Author: University of Washington
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Research sheds new light on why pancreatic cancer drugs fail
Original Source An international team of scientists, led by researchers based at the Cambridge Research Institute, have discovered a new mechanism that may explain why pancreatic cancer patients are often resistant to a common chemotherapy treatment, germcitabine. The study, published in the journal Science today,…
Author: University of Cambridge
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Boston University's Institute for Geriatric Social Work Awarded $3.1-million Grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies
By Colin Riley (Boston) Boston University’s Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW), a national leader in training social workers in competencies related to aging, has received a five-year, $3.1-million extension grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) to continue the institute’s trail-blazing efforts to prepare the…
Author: Boston University
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Brisbane's Brain Power
The $63 million Queensland Brain Institute’s new headquarters at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus, officially opened by Premier Anna Bligh in November, place the state at the forefront of neuroscience, the study of the brain. Professor Perry Bartlett is the institute’s director, recognised…
Author: Invest Brisbane
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UCSF Receives $125 Million for New Medical Center at Mission Bay
By Robin Hindery UCSF has received one of the largest gifts in its 145-year history $125 million as the lead funding for a state-of-the-art medical center at the Mission Bay campus. The transformative donation injects a shot of adrenaline into an ambitious project that will…
Author: The University of California, San Francisco
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Gates Foundation Awards $100 Million to Help Women Prevent HIV Infection
Original Source The International Partnership for Microbicides in Silver Spring, Maryland, has announced a $100 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in support of its work to develop microbicides that give women in developing countries the power to protect themselves against HIV…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Study: Parents can't always afford health insurance for kids
by ALIZA MARCUS More than a fourth of uninsured children in the United States have a parent with health coverage, according to a study whose authors said it shows private insurance is too expensive for many working families. The insured parents of kids without coverage…
Author: Bloomberg News
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Tennis star, philanthropist celebrated in 'Great Fletch' bio
Original Source The late Ken Fletcher was widely known in the 1960s as a larrikin tennis player with the best forehand in the world, who never fulfilled his potential. But his death three years ago hardly made the headlines, and his friends fear his role…
Author: ABC Brisbane
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Reform of Health Care Has New Ally; National Coalition to Put $40 Million; Behind Advocacy
By GUY BOULTON An array of unions and liberal activist groups in Wisconsin have joined a national coalition that plans to spend $40 million to push for health care reform, particularly universal coverage, in the coming election. The Health Care for America Now coalition, a…
Author: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel