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Scientists From Carnegie Institution, UCSF & Johns Hopkins Enlarge Fundamental Understanding Of Aging
Columbia University will award the 2007 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Joseph G. Gall, Ph.D., a cell biologist at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Embryology, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Ph.D., a biologist and physiologist at the University of California, San Francisco and Carol W. Greider, Ph.D., a molecular biologist and geneticist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
New York State, City File Joint Lawsuit Against Merck
The offices of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (D) and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg have filed a joint lawsuit against Merck over allegations that the company concealed information about the cardiovascular risks of the COX-2 inhibitor Vioxx, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Gene-Chip Technology Finds New Leads In Treating Lung Disease Of Premature Newborns
Some 20 to 40 percent of extremely premature infants suffer abnormal lung development leading to bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a chronic lung disease that can cause long-term breathing problems. Little is known about how to predict whether a premature infant will develop BPD in the weeks after birth, much less how to prevent or treat it. Now, gene-chip studies of these tiny babies' umbilical cords provide unexpected, much-needed leads into predicting and treating this debilitating condition.