Taking the “Ewww”… out of snail cream
June 17, 2014 – 11:07 pm | One Comment

Great news for all those women (and men) who have wanted to try the beautifying effects of snail slime but could never get past the “ick” factor. 20yrsyounger.com promises to get rid of the Ewww… while still letting women reap the anti-aging and rejuvenating benefits of snail slime cream. The process itself is called lyophilisation […]

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UCSF’s New Dean Wants to Raise Profile of Graduate Education
January 31, 2012 – 8:48 pm | No Comments
UCSF’s New Dean Wants to Raise Profile of Graduate Education

UCSF’s New Dean Wants to Raise Profile of Graduate Education Elizabeth Watkins, PhD, has been named dean of the UCSF Graduate Division UCSF has named Elizabeth Watkins, an eclectic, prolific and versatile historian of science, as the dean of the Graduate Division, effective April 1. Watkins, PhD, is director of graduate studies for the History […]

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The Highlands at Pittsford Awarded Five-Year CARF Reaccreditation
January 31, 2012 – 8:02 pm | No Comments
The Highlands at Pittsford Awarded Five-Year CARF Reaccreditation

The Highlands at Pittsford Awarded Five-Year CARF Reaccreditation The Highlands at Pittsford retirement community has earned its third five-year reaccreditation from CARF International. Founded as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, CARF International is an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services. This designation is the highest level awarded by CARF, acknowledging that The Highlands […]

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Startup America Policy Challenge: Universities Respond.
January 31, 2012 – 8:00 pm | No Comments
Startup America Policy Challenge: Universities Respond.

Startup America Policy Challenge: Universities Respond Aneesh Chopra is the United States Chief Technology Officer and in this role serves as an Assistant to the President and Associate Director for Technology within the Office of Science & Technology Policy. He works to advance the President’s technology agenda by fostering new ideas and encouraging government-wide coordination […]

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The Economic Cost of Uterine Fibroids.
January 31, 2012 – 7:00 pm | No Comments
The Economic Cost of Uterine Fibroids.

The Economic Cost of Uterine Fibroids … Dr. James Segars, head of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s Unit on Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, explains results of the study, “The Economic Annual Cost of Uterine Leiomyomata in the United States.” … Uterine leiomyomas Fifty percent of women in the United States develop […]

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Stanford names top clinical research leader to chair Department of Medicine.
January 31, 2012 – 6:55 pm | No Comments
Stanford names top clinical research leader to chair Department of Medicine.

Stanford names top clinical research leader to chair Department of Medicine Robert Harrington, MD, leader of the world’s largest academic clinical research organization, has been appointed as the new chair of the Department of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He will assume the position July 1. Harrington, 51, an interventional cardiologist and experienced clinical investigator […]

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Fantastic voyage: Virtual flight through the brain (Video).
January 31, 2012 – 6:50 pm | No Comments
Fantastic voyage: Virtual flight through the brain (Video).

Fantastic voyage: Stanford researcher offers a virtual flight through the brain “A single human brain has more switches than all the computers, routers and Internet connections on Earth,” said Stephen J. Smith, PhD, a Stanford professor of molecular and cellular physiology, as he took a Macworld audience on a breathtaking HD video tour of the most amazing computer of all […]

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Imaging study shows how humor activates kids’ brain regions
January 31, 2012 – 6:42 pm | No Comments
Imaging study shows how humor activates kids’ brain regions

Stanford/Packard imaging study shows how humor activates kids’ brain regions For the first time, researchers have scanned the brains of children watching funny videos to examine which of their brain regions are active as their sense of humor develops. The new findings from the Stanford University School of Medicine show that some parts of the brain network […]

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UCSF School of Medicine Leaders Explore Bioinformatics in Research, Patient Care and Education
January 30, 2012 – 8:23 pm | No Comments
UCSF School of Medicine Leaders Explore Bioinformatics in Research, Patient Care and Education

UCSF School of Medicine Leaders Explore Bioinformatics in Research, Patient Care and Education Sam Hawgood, MBBS, dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, right; with Clay Johnston, MD, PhD, director of the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute, center; and Joseph DeRisi, PhD, co-chair of the UCSF Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, at the UCSF […]

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UCSF ALS Center’s Founding Director Dies of the Disease He Studied
January 30, 2012 – 8:13 pm | No Comments
UCSF ALS Center’s Founding Director Dies of the Disease He Studied

UCSF ALS Center’s Founding Director Dies of the Disease He Studied Richard K. Olney, MD Photo courtesy of the ALS Association Richard K. Olney, MD, founding director of the ALS Treatment and Research Center at UCSF and a pioneer in clinical research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has died at age 64, following his own eight-year […]

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In lab, Pannexin1 restores tight binding of cells lost in cancer.
January 30, 2012 – 8:03 pm | No Comments
In lab, Pannexin1 restores tight binding of cells lost in cancer.

In lab, Pannexin1 restores tight binding of cells lost in cancer Ties that bind/ Cancerous rat cells (black) expressing the protein Pannexin1 are bound within a strong network of actin (red), while adjacent cells that don’t express Pannexin1 (green) have much less developed actin network around them. (Click image for higher resolution.) / Credit: Brian Bao/Brown University By studying tumor cell […]

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