Biomedicine on Display (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Is it really the case that almost all museum exhibitions dealing with medical themes these days are displaying DNA-images and colourful neuroscanning pictures? Well, at least this is what the organisers of a meeting in Dresden next April seem to be suggesting. I think they are exaggerating a bit :-). But that said, the theme of [...]
Medical Futility (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order creating a new Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. He also announced today he has appointed Amy Gutmann to serve as Chair and James W. Wagner to serve as Vice Chair of the Commission. President Obama said, “As our nation invests in science and innovation and pursues advances in biomedical research and health care,...
Mary Meets Dolly (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
I loved this article in The Scientist all about how bold predictions made by scientists can hurt. It specifically discusses the claims by some scientists that embryonic stem cells and cloning were going to revolutionize medicine. Meanwhile adult stem cells have quietly made tremendous advances leaving ESC and cloning research in the proverbial dust. My favorite part was buried near the end. It is an...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
THE ABSENCE of regulation of biomedicine in Ireland means there are questions over the legality of various avenues of scientific research, the Director of Public Prosecutions has said.
Health Care Renewal (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
At the post " Medical Informatics, Pharma, Health IT, and Golden Advice That Sits Sadly Unused " and other posts I lamented the fact that the pharma sector (in deep decline due to scientific mediocrity, ill-selected leadership, public image tarnished by scandal, and other reasons), as well as the Healthcare IT industry (now also racked by similar issues and undergoing a Senate investigation...
Institute of Physics - Electronic Journal (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
A landmark selection of review articles published this month in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics; 'Progress in Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biomedicine', revisits an earlier cluster review by the same group of authors. The five year review shows how far magnetic nanoparticles for application in biomedicine have come and what exciting promise they hold for the future.
Daily Tech (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Micelles are commonly used in biomedicine to deliver drugs to tissue
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics this month is featuring a set of articles that looks at "how far magnetic nanoparticles for application in biomedicine have come and what exciting promise they hold for the future." To learn more about the journal's review articles check out this statement by Institute of Physics, or head to the following open access papers: Progress in applications...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The recently issued rankings of the world's universities by the Times of London Higher Education supplement ranks five University of California campuses as among the 100 best universities in the world. No other state has more than one university in this highly influential international ranking, while 42 states – and many countries – have none. Of private universities in the western United...
Phd Position in Biology (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CCMB Hyderabad) (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) Habsiguda Hyderabad 500 007 NOTIFICATION NO.5/2009 PhD Programme Director, CCMB, invites applications from candidates who are bonafide Indian citizens and having consistently good academic record. Candidates should have strong motivation to pursue research in modern biology leading to a Ph.D...
Biomedicine on Display (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
A “team of pretty cool people” in Chicago are twittering and blogging under the name ‘Museumist’. “Putting the Museum World on Display” is their motto. We’ll twue them for infringing our precious trade marks (Museionist on Twitter and Biomedicine on Display) :-)
The Daily Transcript (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Well this week the University of Toronto hosts the 50th anniversary of the Gairdner Foundation . If the Nobels are the Oscars of science, and the Lasker Awards the Golden Globes, this event is akin to the 50th anniversary of some big Hollywood studio. There are talks by many of today's hottest science rock stars and many smaller celebrations, which include lunches cocktail parties etc. This morning...
Kiko's House (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
THE FISKER KARMA The manufacturing base in little Delaware is highly diverse, so while the closing of its two auto assembly plants did result in job losses, it wasn't catastrophic. Then, in the space of four days, it was announced that: * The University of Delaware signed a $24.25 purchase agreement for the 272-acre site formerly occupied by the Chrysler Assembly Plant in Newark. The plant, which...
Phd Position in Biology (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
The Rudolf-Virchow-Zentrum (RVZ)/ DFG-Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University Würzburg, is now seeking qualified applicants for 1 Postdoc position. Cardiovascuar disease due to atherosclerosis is the number one cause of morbidity and mortality in western societies. Immune responses participate in all phases of atherosclerosis and the newly established research group ‘Immune...
Biomedicine on Display (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Here’s an innovative way of putting biomedicine on display: As Vanessa (Street Anatomy) says, the menstrual cycle has never looked so exciting! [...] Perfect for explaining the menstrual cycle for the first time to a young girl … or to a 26-year-old. I had no idea I went through a luteal lunacy! Created by I Heart Guts!, “the brainchild of [...]
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