Recent Literature.
Atlasses Cabouret, M. 2000. Le centenaire du premier atlas national au monde: l'Atlas de Finlande. Annales de Geographie 612: 172-5. [In French.] Cochrane, T.S., and H.H. Iltis. 2000. Atlas of the Wisconsin prairie and savanna flora. Madison, Wis.: Dept. of Natural Resources: Published in cooperation...

US Government awards grant for cardiovascular tissue engineering. (Materials).
Tepha Inc and Children's Hospital Boston have won a US$2 million grant to continue developing engineered biomaterials and cell technologies to create new cardiovascular tissue to restore or replace diseased or defective tissue. The grant is being made by the US Department of Commerce under the terms...

American Public Health Association 13th Annual Meeting & Exposition: November 4-8, 2006 * Boston MA.
The APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the premier Public Health Educational Forum! Learn from the experts in the field, hear about cutting edge research and exceptional best practices, discover the latest public health products and services, and share your public health experience with your peers. The world of...

A new method for the determination of the characteristic shape of an isokinetic quadriceps femoris muscle torque curve.
It has been suggested that visual analysis of isokinetic quadriceps femoris muscle torque curve (TC) shapes may have potential use in the diagnosis and prognosis of knee pathologies. The primary purpose of this pilot study was to develop a method for analyzing the shape of an isokinetic TC. Our...

Cellular implant to prevent stenosis begins trials soon.
Clinical trials of a cellular implant to prevent stenosis following coronary bypass surgery are likely to begin later this year, according to the newly formed public company Curis Inc. The product, Vascugel, a perivascular tissue engineered implant, consists of endothelial cells in a gelatin-based polymer matrix designed...

Market Conditions Increase Demand for Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Partnerships.
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., April 23 /PRNewswire Interactive News Release/ -- More than ever before, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies must form partnerships to stay ahead of their competition. Finding the right partner at the right time is akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Successful partnerships...

Study is positive for endovascular aortic repair.
The results of a four-year study of 23 000 patients reveal very positive outcomes for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) when compared to the more traditional open surgery. The research team was drawn from the Departments of Surgery and Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the...

PR Newswire New England Summary, Wednesday, May 16, to 11:00 a.m. EST.
Following is a summary of press releases about Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont companies and organizations transmitted today by PR Newswire. The full text of these releases is available at the PRN Press Room, http://www.prnmedia.com. ***MASSACHUSETTS*** NETU064 05/15/2001 17:30 r f...

Alloy structures could provide next generation of heating systems.
Researchers at Boston College (BC) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), both USA, have used nanotechnology to achieve a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency, paving the way for a new generation of cleaner, cheaper products for applications from semiconductors and air conditioners to automotive exhaust systems and solar power....

103rd Boston Marathon.
The world's fastest long distance runners gathered in Boston the weekend of April 17th, poised for the running of the 103rd Boston Marathon on Monday, April 19th. There were last year's winners, Moses Tanui (Kenya) and Fatuma Roba (Ethiopia), along with a myriad other hopefuls, including William Billy Rogers,...