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Annual Report 2010 From The European Commission's Joint Research Centre This report provides an overview of the activities, accomplishments and resources related to the JRC's work carried out during 2010 and includes figures on staff, budget and publications.In her foreword, Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, in charge of research, innovation and science, highlights the need for policy making based on the best possible advice and affirms that "the JRC has built an excellent reputation as a world-class provider of scientific and technical support to European policy makers and legislators".

08 May 2011

Biology / Biochemistry News
The 2011 Dreyfus Prize In The Chemical Sciences Won By Tobin Marks Tobin J. Marks, the Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry, and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, is the recipient of the 2011 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences, conferred this year in catalysis.	08 May 2011
How Cells Interact With The Environment: Clues Offered By Single-Cell Marine Organisms From a bucket of seawater, scientists have unlocked information that may lead to deeper understanding of organisms as different as coral reefs and human disease. By analyzing genomes of a tiny, single-celled marine animal, they have demonstrated a possible way to address diverse questions such as how diseased cells differ from neighboring healthy cells and what it is about some Antarctic algae that allows them to live in warming waters while other algae die out.	08 May 2011

Cancer / Oncology News
Medusa-structure Of Gene Regulatory Network: Dominance Of Transcription Factors In Cancer Subtypes Over the past decades, researchers seeking to understand molecular mechanisms underlying various diseases, notably cancer, have taken advantage of DNA microarrays to interrogate tissues specimen of patients for the expression status of thousands of genes at once.	08 May 2011
Afinitor (Everolimus) For Rare Pancreatic Cancer Approved By FDA Afinitor (everolimus), a medication for patients with PNET (progressive neuroendocrine tumors) in the pancreas whose tumor cannot be surgically removed or whose cancer has metastasized (spread), has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).	08 May 2011
Sexual Orientation Affects Cancer Survivorship Gay men have a higher prevalence of cancer compared with heterosexual men, and lesbian and bisexual female cancer survivors report lower levels of health than heterosexual female cancer survivors.	08 May 2011

Cardiovascular / Cardiology News
African-Americans With Stroke Call Friends Or Relatives, Not Emergency Services Most African-Americans say they would call 911 if they experienced stroke symptoms, but in reality only 12% do, the rest call a relative or friend first, researchers from the Washington Hospital Center Stroke Center reported in Stroke.	08 May 2011
Carotid Stent Use Expanded For More Patients With Clogged Carotid Arteries The RX Acculink carotid stent has now been approved for both high risk and standard surgical risk patients by the FDA. It was used only for patients with clogged neck arteries who could not undergo surgery because of a high risk of complications; it is now approved for all patients with blocked arteries who have a high stroke risk, regardless of surgery suitability.	08 May 2011

Colorectal Cancer News
Cutting-Edge Research Presented During Digestive Disease Week Clinicians, researchers and scientists from around the world gathered for Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2011, the largest and most prestigious gastroenterology meeting, from May 7-10, 2011, at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL.	08 May 2011

Conferences News
Celiac Disease Diagnosis Influenced By Socioeconomic Status Income is a pivotal factor in whether a patient without common symptoms of celiac disease is accurately diagnosed with the digestive condition, according to a new study from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA.	08 May 2011

Crohn's / IBD News
AGA Research Foundation 2011 Research Scholar Awards For Outstanding Young Gastroenterologists The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Research Foundation has announced its 2011 research scholars. The grants have been awarded to four outstanding young gastroenterologists who promise to make significant strides in the field of gastrointestinal research.	08 May 2011
Adalimumab Levels Detected In Cord Blood And Infants Exposed In Utero Adalimumab (ADA), a drug often prescribed for women with Crohn's disease, actively crosses the placenta during the final trimester of pregnancy and remains in a newborn's bloodstream for at least three months, researchers at the University of California San Francisco have found.	08 May 2011

Diabetes News
People, Their Information Needs And Social Networks Reported In JAMIA The May issue of JAMIA, the top-ranked journal reporting on informatics in biomedical and health informatics, features new scientific research - in print and online - on healthcare's hottest HIT-related topics, written by prominent experts working in health and biomedicine.	08 May 2011

Endocrinology News
Afinitor (Everolimus) For Rare Pancreatic Cancer Approved By FDA Afinitor (everolimus), a medication for patients with PNET (progressive neuroendocrine tumors) in the pancreas whose tumor cannot be surgically removed or whose cancer has metastasized (spread), has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).	08 May 2011

GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News
Season Of Birth And Celiac Disease In Massachusetts Children Celiac disease is more common among Massachusetts children born in the spring or summer, and this higher incidence could be related to the intersection of key seasonal and environmental factors, according to researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children.	08 May 2011
Celiac Disease Diagnosis Influenced By Socioeconomic Status Income is a pivotal factor in whether a patient without common symptoms of celiac disease is accurately diagnosed with the digestive condition, according to a new study from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA.	08 May 2011
AGA Research Foundation 2011 Research Scholar Awards For Outstanding Young Gastroenterologists The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Research Foundation has announced its 2011 research scholars. The grants have been awarded to four outstanding young gastroenterologists who promise to make significant strides in the field of gastrointestinal research.	08 May 2011
Cutting-Edge Research Presented During Digestive Disease Week Clinicians, researchers and scientists from around the world gathered for Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2011, the largest and most prestigious gastroenterology meeting, from May 7-10, 2011, at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL.	08 May 2011
Adalimumab Levels Detected In Cord Blood And Infants Exposed In Utero Adalimumab (ADA), a drug often prescribed for women with Crohn's disease, actively crosses the placenta during the final trimester of pregnancy and remains in a newborn's bloodstream for at least three months, researchers at the University of California San Francisco have found.	08 May 2011

Genetics News
How Cells Interact With The Environment: Clues Offered By Single-Cell Marine Organisms From a bucket of seawater, scientists have unlocked information that may lead to deeper understanding of organisms as different as coral reefs and human disease. By analyzing genomes of a tiny, single-celled marine animal, they have demonstrated a possible way to address diverse questions such as how diseased cells differ from neighboring healthy cells and what it is about some Antarctic algae that allows them to live in warming waters while other algae die out.	08 May 2011
Medusa-structure Of Gene Regulatory Network: Dominance Of Transcription Factors In Cancer Subtypes Over the past decades, researchers seeking to understand molecular mechanisms underlying various diseases, notably cancer, have taken advantage of DNA microarrays to interrogate tissues specimen of patients for the expression status of thousands of genes at once.	08 May 2011

Heart Disease News
Filipino Children In San Diego County At Higher Risk For Kawasaki Disease, Study Finds While children of all ethnicities can contract Kawasaki disease (KD), a study led by researchers at the Kawasaki Disease Research Center at the University of California, San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego finds that Filipino children with KD are at a higher risk for inflammation of the blood vessels of the heart than those of other Asian and non-Asian backgrounds.	08 May 2011
Researchers Established A New Method To Patch A Damaged Heart With A Tissue-engineering Platform Researchers at Columbia Engineering have established a new method to patch a damaged heart using a tissue-engineering platform that enables heart tissue to repair itself. This breakthrough, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences http://www.	08 May 2011

HIV / AIDS News
Insight Into HIV Immunity May Lead To Vaccine Latest insights into immunity to HIV could help to develop a vaccine to build antibodies' defences against the disease, a University of Melbourne study has found.By investigating the action of the human antibodies called ADCC, in people with HIV, researchers were able to identify that the virus evolves to evade or 'escape' the antibodies.	08 May 2011

Immune System / Vaccines News
Keck Futures Initiative Awards $1 Million For 13 Research Projects The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative has announced the recipients of its latest round of Futures grants, each awarded to support interdisciplinary research on imaging science. The 13 projects chosen represent a variety of approaches to such research, which was the subject of the eighth annual Futures conference, held last November.	08 May 2011
Insight Into HIV Immunity May Lead To Vaccine Latest insights into immunity to HIV could help to develop a vaccine to build antibodies' defences against the disease, a University of Melbourne study has found.By investigating the action of the human antibodies called ADCC, in people with HIV, researchers were able to identify that the virus evolves to evade or 'escape' the antibodies.	08 May 2011
Scientists Show How Shifts In Temperature Prime Immune Response Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have found a temperature-sensing protein within immune cells that, when tripped, allows calcium to pour in and activate an immune response. This process can occur as temperature rises, such as during a fever, or when it falls - such as when immune cells are "called" from the body's warm interior to a site of injury on cooler skin.	08 May 2011

Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News
Lyme Disease Cases Rose 21% In Minnesota, Human Anaplasmosis Rate Rose Rapidly A record number of people in Minnesota were infected with tick-borne diseases in 2010. With the arrival of the 2011 tick season, authorities are urging people to be especially careful to protect themselves from the black-legged tick.	08 May 2011
People, Their Information Needs And Social Networks Reported In JAMIA The May issue of JAMIA, the top-ranked journal reporting on informatics in biomedical and health informatics, features new scientific research - in print and online - on healthcare's hottest HIT-related topics, written by prominent experts working in health and biomedicine.	08 May 2011
Livestock-Related Staphylococcus Strain Diagnosed In Child Care Worker A new strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria associated with exposure to livestock was recently discovered in one Iowa child care worker who reported no contact with livestock, according to University of Iowa researchers.	08 May 2011
Filipino Children In San Diego County At Higher Risk For Kawasaki Disease, Study Finds While children of all ethnicities can contract Kawasaki disease (KD), a study led by researchers at the Kawasaki Disease Research Center at the University of California, San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego finds that Filipino children with KD are at a higher risk for inflammation of the blood vessels of the heart than those of other Asian and non-Asian backgrounds.	08 May 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
Programs Targeted To Alleviate Shortage Of Health IT Workforce Specialized one- and two-year Indiana University graduate certificate and master's programs designed to increase the number of health information technology specialists in Indiana and nationwide will expand enrollment by 50 percent, thanks in part to Recovery Act funding.	08 May 2011
People, Their Information Needs And Social Networks Reported In JAMIA The May issue of JAMIA, the top-ranked journal reporting on informatics in biomedical and health informatics, features new scientific research - in print and online - on healthcare's hottest HIT-related topics, written by prominent experts working in health and biomedicine.	08 May 2011

Liver Disease / Hepatitis News
AGA Research Foundation 2011 Research Scholar Awards For Outstanding Young Gastroenterologists The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Research Foundation has announced its 2011 research scholars. The grants have been awarded to four outstanding young gastroenterologists who promise to make significant strides in the field of gastrointestinal research.	08 May 2011
Cutting-Edge Research Presented During Digestive Disease Week Clinicians, researchers and scientists from around the world gathered for Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2011, the largest and most prestigious gastroenterology meeting, from May 7-10, 2011, at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL.	08 May 2011

Medical Devices / Diagnostics News
Carotid Stent Use Expanded For More Patients With Clogged Carotid Arteries The RX Acculink carotid stent has now been approved for both high risk and standard surgical risk patients by the FDA. It was used only for patients with clogged neck arteries who could not undergo surgery because of a high risk of complications; it is now approved for all patients with blocked arteries who have a high stroke risk, regardless of surgery suitability.	08 May 2011
Rapidly Diagnosing And Identifying MRSA From MSSA, FDA Clears First Test Staphylococcus aureus infections can be resistant to methicillin - an antibiotic - or susceptible to it. MRSA is resistant to methicillin while MSSA is susceptible. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the first test - the KeyPath MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test - that can tell one from the other rapidly.	08 May 2011
Keck Futures Initiative Awards $1 Million For 13 Research Projects The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative has announced the recipients of its latest round of Futures grants, each awarded to support interdisciplinary research on imaging science. The 13 projects chosen represent a variety of approaches to such research, which was the subject of the eighth annual Futures conference, held last November.	08 May 2011

Medical Students / Training News
Programs Targeted To Alleviate Shortage Of Health IT Workforce Specialized one- and two-year Indiana University graduate certificate and master's programs designed to increase the number of health information technology specialists in Indiana and nationwide will expand enrollment by 50 percent, thanks in part to Recovery Act funding.	08 May 2011

MRI / PET / Ultrasound News

Keck Futures Initiative Awards $1 Million For 13 Research Projects The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative has announced the recipients of its latest round of Futures grants, each awarded to support interdisciplinary research on imaging science. The 13 projects chosen represent a variety of approaches to such research, which was the subject of the eighth annual Futures conference, held last November.

08 May 2011

MRSA / Drug Resistance News
Rapidly Diagnosing And Identifying MRSA From MSSA, FDA Clears First Test Staphylococcus aureus infections can be resistant to methicillin - an antibiotic - or susceptible to it. MRSA is resistant to methicillin while MSSA is susceptible. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the first test - the KeyPath MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test - that can tell one from the other rapidly.	08 May 2011

Multiple Sclerosis News
Discovery Demonstrates Potential MS Therapy Could Kill Brain Cells Researchers with the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta have discovered that some "protective" T-cells can kill neurons. This finding is significant because a specific type of T-cell therapy is being touted in the medical community as a potential treatment for MS and other autoimmune conditions.	08 May 2011

Nutrition / Diet News
Season Of Birth And Celiac Disease In Massachusetts Children Celiac disease is more common among Massachusetts children born in the spring or summer, and this higher incidence could be related to the intersection of key seasonal and environmental factors, according to researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children.	08 May 2011
Celiac Disease Diagnosis Influenced By Socioeconomic Status Income is a pivotal factor in whether a patient without common symptoms of celiac disease is accurately diagnosed with the digestive condition, according to a new study from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA.	08 May 2011
To Avoid Adult Obesity Stop Bottle-Feeding At 18 Months If you want to reduce your baby's chances of becoming an obese adult you should not continue bottle-feeding him/her beyond 12 to 18 months of age, researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine reported in the Journal of Pediatrics.	08 May 2011

Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News
To Avoid Adult Obesity Stop Bottle-Feeding At 18 Months If you want to reduce your baby's chances of becoming an obese adult you should not continue bottle-feeding him/her beyond 12 to 18 months of age, researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine reported in the Journal of Pediatrics.	08 May 2011

Pancreatic Cancer News
Afinitor (Everolimus) For Rare Pancreatic Cancer Approved By FDA Afinitor (everolimus), a medication for patients with PNET (progressive neuroendocrine tumors) in the pancreas whose tumor cannot be surgically removed or whose cancer has metastasized (spread), has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).	08 May 2011

Pediatrics / Children's Health News
Season Of Birth And Celiac Disease In Massachusetts Children Celiac disease is more common among Massachusetts children born in the spring or summer, and this higher incidence could be related to the intersection of key seasonal and environmental factors, according to researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children.	08 May 2011
Livestock-Related Staphylococcus Strain Diagnosed In Child Care Worker A new strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria associated with exposure to livestock was recently discovered in one Iowa child care worker who reported no contact with livestock, according to University of Iowa researchers.	08 May 2011
Filipino Children In San Diego County At Higher Risk For Kawasaki Disease, Study Finds While children of all ethnicities can contract Kawasaki disease (KD), a study led by researchers at the Kawasaki Disease Research Center at the University of California, San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego finds that Filipino children with KD are at a higher risk for inflammation of the blood vessels of the heart than those of other Asian and non-Asian backgrounds.	08 May 2011
To Avoid Adult Obesity Stop Bottle-Feeding At 18 Months If you want to reduce your baby's chances of becoming an obese adult you should not continue bottle-feeding him/her beyond 12 to 18 months of age, researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine reported in the Journal of Pediatrics.	08 May 2011

Public Health News
Lyme Disease Cases Rose 21% In Minnesota, Human Anaplasmosis Rate Rose Rapidly A record number of people in Minnesota were infected with tick-borne diseases in 2010. With the arrival of the 2011 tick season, authorities are urging people to be especially careful to protect themselves from the black-legged tick.	08 May 2011
Annual Report 2010 From The European Commission's Joint Research Centre This report provides an overview of the activities, accomplishments and resources related to the JRC's work carried out during 2010 and includes figures on staff, budget and publications.In her foreword, Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, in charge of research, innovation and science, highlights the need for policy making based on the best possible advice and affirms that "the JRC has built an excellent reputation as a world-class provider of scientific and technical support to European policy makers and legislators".	08 May 2011
Researcher Finds Life Satisfaction, State Intervention Go Hand In Hand People living in countries with governments that have a greater number of social services report being more satisfied with life, according to a study by a Baylor University researcher.Dr. Patrick Flavin, assistant professor of political science at Baylor, said the effect of state intervention into the economy equaled or exceeded marriage when it came to satisfaction.	08 May 2011
Green Roof Found To Be A Cost-Effective Way To Keep Water Out Of Sewers Green roofs like the one atop a Con Edison building in Long Island City, Queens can be a cost-effective way to keep water from running into sewer systems and causing overflows, Columbia University researchers have found.	08 May 2011

Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News
Rapidly Diagnosing And Identifying MRSA From MSSA, FDA Clears First Test Staphylococcus aureus infections can be resistant to methicillin - an antibiotic - or susceptible to it. MRSA is resistant to methicillin while MSSA is susceptible. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the first test - the KeyPath MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test - that can tell one from the other rapidly.	08 May 2011

Stroke News
African-Americans With Stroke Call Friends Or Relatives, Not Emergency Services Most African-Americans say they would call 911 if they experienced stroke symptoms, but in reality only 12% do, the rest call a relative or friend first, researchers from the Washington Hospital Center Stroke Center reported in Stroke.	08 May 2011
Carotid Stent Use Expanded For More Patients With Clogged Carotid Arteries The RX Acculink carotid stent has now been approved for both high risk and standard surgical risk patients by the FDA. It was used only for patients with clogged neck arteries who could not undergo surgery because of a high risk of complications; it is now approved for all patients with blocked arteries who have a high stroke risk, regardless of surgery suitability.	08 May 2011

Veterinary News
Livestock-Related Staphylococcus Strain Diagnosed In Child Care Worker A new strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria associated with exposure to livestock was recently discovered in one Iowa child care worker who reported no contact with livestock, according to University of Iowa researchers.	08 May 2011

Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News
Annual Report 2010 From The European Commission's Joint Research Centre This report provides an overview of the activities, accomplishments and resources related to the JRC's work carried out during 2010 and includes figures on staff, budget and publications.In her foreword, Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, in charge of research, innovation and science, highlights the need for policy making based on the best possible advice and affirms that "the JRC has built an excellent reputation as a world-class provider of scientific and technical support to European policy makers and legislators".	08 May 2011
Green Roof Found To Be A Cost-Effective Way To Keep Water Out Of Sewers Green roofs like the one atop a Con Edison building in Long Island City, Queens can be a cost-effective way to keep water from running into sewer systems and causing overflows, Columbia University researchers have found.	08 May 2011

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