Influence of platelet collagen receptor polymorphisms on risk for arterial thrombosis. (Advances in the Science of Pathology).
The initial events in vascular thrombosis are platelet adhesion to collagen and collagen-induced platelet activation. Three receptors play pivotal roles in the initiation of platelet adhesion to collagen: the glycoprotein (GP) Ib-IX-V complex (GPIb complex), the integrin [[alpha].sub.2][[beta].sub.1], and GPVI. Any variation in the expression or function of these...

Medical translator; New dean wants to quickly turn discoveries into patient benefits.
Byline: Elizabeth Cooney WORCESTER- Dr. Terence R. Flotte made a big splash early in his career when he and colleagues at Johns Hopkins pioneered gene therapy in 1995, but he's not done yet. "Terry is one of the finest clinician scientists in the United States...

An outline of diabetes mellitus and its treatment by traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture.
Abstract Diabetes Mellitus (DM), with its rapid growth rate, is becoming an alarming threat to human health, especially in developing countries such as China, India, Indonesia and Russia. Even though western medicine can contribute to the control and treatment of DM, it is generally unable to cure...

Some forthcoming scientific events.
SOME FORTHCOMING SCIENTIFIC EVENTS Symposium/Seminar/ Contact Address Workshop Course/ Conference (Date & Place) Molecular Modelling Prof. P.P. Mathur, Co-ordinator & Drug Design Centre for Bioinformatics, (October 14-16, Ponducherry University 2008; Puducherry) Puducherry 605 014, India Tel: 91-0413-2655212 Fax: 91-0413-2655265/2655211 e-mail: bicpu2001 @yahoo.co.in National Workshop Dr Ashutosh Halder, Organizing Secretary...

Battling a rare ailment.
Byline: Sarah L. Hamby WOODSTOCK - Jasmin Floyd says she likes to think of herself as a typical 15-year-old girl. The Woodstock Academy student says, "On school days, I'm up at 5:30 to get ready by 7:30, and on weekends I sleep in until 9...

Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel, Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Receives 2006 Leadership in Personalized Medicine Award.
- Award presented November 28 at personalized medicine conference - BOSTON, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- For her insights into the molecular basis of cardiovascular disease and her leadership in steering those advances into clinical practice on a national scale, Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., Director of the National...

Improving health care and laboratory medicine: the past, present, and future of molecular diagnostics.
In vitro diagnostics has many different disciplines. Histology tests are classic for diagnosis, followed by chemistry and serology tests. The newest in vitro diagnostic tools are molecular. These clinical tests are used to determine therapy type, duration, and dose; they are also used to determine if therapy has been...

The new eugenics: Jacques Testart and French Bioethics.
In recent years, the notion has gained currency that a new form of eugenics may be in the process of emerging. This new eugenics has, it is claimed, managed to divest itself of the totalitarian associations of the past, and functions primarily by means of the ever-increasing use of...

A Media Briefing Co-Hosting by JAMA and the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation Rockefeller University Caspary Auditorium 1230 York Avenue (at 66th Street) New York, N.Y.
Tuesday, February 6, 2001 9:45-11:45 a.m. 9:45-10:15 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks James W. Fordyce, President, Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, New York Moderator: Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H., Editor, The Journal of the American Medical Association...

The Australian policy debate about human embryonic stem cell research.
1. Introduction Australia is a pluralistic liberal democracy in which no ethical theory commands universal assent, so contentious ethical issues must be resolved by the political process. The usual outcome is a policy that is the most acceptable, or the least objectionable, to the most citizens. (1)...