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- Wayne State University to host Vaden W. Miles Memorial Lecture with guest speaker Colonel Terry Virts, NASA astronaut
- Detroit — Wayne State University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy will host the 2012 Vaden W. Miles Memorial Lecture on March 29, 2012, at 3:30 p.m. in the General Lectures Building, room 100, located at 5045 Anthony Wayne Drive....Feb 20 2012
- Wayne State research reveals improved method for paramedics to stop prolonged seizures
- DETROIT – Drug delivery directly into muscle using an autoinjector is faster and may be more effective in stopping prolonged seizures, according to a study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and conducted by a Wayne State...Feb 16 2012
- Wayne State physicians prove targeted tumor freezing therapy increases survival rates in ovarian cancer patients
- Hyun Bang, M.D.
Peter Littrup, M.D.
DETROIT – Ovarian cancer, which killed 15,000 American women last year, is one of the deadliest forms of cancer. A...Feb 15 2012
- RetroSense Therapeutics receives grant from the Foundation Fighting Blindness for Wayne State University-licensed technology
- ETROIT – Technology to restore vision through the use of a component of green algae — developed by a Wayne State University professor and scientific director of the Ligon Research Center of Vision at the Kresge Eye Institute — has...Feb 14 2012
- Wayne State University researchers model will target causes of everyday MS symptoms
- Detroit — Annoying, frustrating symptoms like difficulty hearing or remembering things can complicate everyday living for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, but most research to date has focused on the disease’s less frequent but more...Feb 14 2012
- NIHs National Library of Medicine acquires papers of distinguished Wayne State University professor
- DETROIT — The National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s largest medical library, announced recently the acquisition of the papers of Charles F. Whitten, M.D., distinguished professor of...Feb 13 2012
- Wayne State University hosts Water@Wayne seminar Feb. 9
- DETROIT — Wayne State University is hosting its next Water@Wayne seminar on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 2:30 p.m. in the WSU Welcome Center auditorium located at the corner of Woodward and Warren avenues. The seminar is free and open to the...Feb 8 2012
- Strategy shift with age can lead to navigational difficulties, Wayne State University researcher finds
- Detroit - A Wayne State University researcher believes studying people’s ability to find their way around may help explain why loss of mental capacity occurs with age.
Scott Moffat, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology and gerontology in...Feb 3 2012
- Wayne State University researchers testing project aims to reduce HIV, AIDS among African-Americans
- DETROIT — A grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, administered by the Michigan Department of Community Health, is helping a Wayne State University researcher’s effort to promote HIV testing among...Feb 1 2012
- Wayne State University faculty member named associate editor of prestigious neuropsychology journal
- DETROIT — The Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology has named Lisa Rapport, Ph.D., professor of psychology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wayne State University, associate editor.
Rapport, a member of Wayne...Jan 31 2012
- Wayne State University professor among top 2 percent nationally, engineering institute says
- DETROIT — Howard W.T. Matthew, Ph.D., professor of chemical engineering, materials science and biomedical engineering at Wayne State University, is one of 107 new members elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical...Jan 30 2012
- Wayne State University to convene childhood epilepsy training in sub-Saharan Africa
- DETROIT — A Wayne State University School of Medicine physician and researcher will convene a vital training workshop on childhood epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa next month.
Harry Chugani, M.D., the Rosalie and Bruce Rosen professor of...Jan 25 2012
- Wayne State University welcomes Harl R. Tolbert as associate vice president of technology commercialization
- DETROIT — Wayne State University announced the appointment of Harl R. Tolbert of Pittsford, N.Y., as associate vice president of technology commercialization in the Division of Research. Tolbert began on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012.
Tolbert...Jan 23 2012
- Wayne State University research to shed light on bone metastasis in prostate cancer
- DETROIT — Prostate cancer is the most frequent and second deadliest cancer men face. A team of Wayne State University researchers recently received $363,660 from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health for the...Jan 20 2012
- NSF grant will help Wayne State University professors mathematical modeling of fatty liver predictors
- Howard Matthew
Yinlun Huang
Detroit - Predicting problems in one of the body’s most complex organs soon may become easier because of work being done by...Jan 19 2012
- Treatment with light benefits Alzheimers patients, Wayne State University researcher finds
- Detroit - Exposure to light appears to have therapeutic effects on Alzheimer’s disease patients, a Wayne State University researcher has found.
In a study published recently in the Western Journal of Nursing Research, LuAnn Nowak Etcher,...Jan 11 2012
- More efficient structural failure probability calculation method could improve consistency levels, Wayne State University researcher says
- Current approaches to calculating failure probability in complex engineering structures can be inefficient and result in inconsistency, but a Wayne State University researcher is working to change that.
Christopher Eamon, associate professor of...Jan 10 2012
- Wayne State University professor receives INFORMS Presidents Award; Pioneering work helps high school students embrace math skills in daily life; advises government officials with financial constraints
- DETROIT — The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®) has awarded Kenneth R. Chelst, Ph.D., professor of industrial and systems engineering in the College of Engineering at Wayne State University and...Dec 22 2011
- Researcher at Wayne State University receives DOD grant to study progression of ductal carcinoma; Study may provide insight on slowing or halting invasion of breast cancer
- DETROIT — A Wayne State University School of Medicine post-doctoral researcher has secured a significant grant to study the signaling process that triggers a type of breast cancer to transform into an invasive state.
Kingsley Osuala, Ph.D., a...Dec 22 2011
- Soybean components enhance effects of cancer radiotherapy, preserve normal tissue, Wayne State University researcher finds
- A Wayne State University researcher has shown that compounds found in soybeans can make radiation treatment of lung cancer tumors more effective while helping to preserve normal tissue.
A team led by Gilda Hillman, Ph.D., professor of radiation...Dec 16 2011
- Study by Wayne State University researcher shows early studies on cellphone conversations likely overestimated crash risk
- DETROIT — A Wayne State University study published in the January 2012 issue of the journal Epidemiology points out that two influential early studies of cellphone use and crash risk may have overestimated the relative risk of conversation on...Dec 14 2011
- Wayne State University researcher presents findings on drugs that lead to killing of non-Hodgkins lymphoma tumors
- A Wayne State University researcher believes he has found a safer, more effective way to keep cancer cells from protecting themselves against tumor-killing drugs in cases of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Such drugs are designed to attack cancer...Dec 13 2011
- Nanoparticles help researchers deliver steroids to retina; research at Wayne State University, Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins offers potential treatment for macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa
- DETROIT — Hitching a ride into the retina on nanoparticles called dendrimers offers a new way to treat age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. A collaborative research study among investigators at Wayne State University, the...Dec 13 2011
- Fish may provide answers to stopping disease spread, Wayne State University researcher says
- A small fish may prove useful to understanding a worldwide health problem, if a Wayne State University researcher is correct.
Jeff Withey, Ph.D., assistant professor of immunology and microbiology in WSU’s School of Medicine, recently...Dec 8 2011
- Wayne State faculty to help streamline dual Medicare and Medicaid services in Michigan
- DETROIT - Thomas B. Jankowski, Ph.D., has been appointed to the Michigan Department of Community Health committee tasked with streamlining a new system to better serve persons who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid benefits. Jankowski is...Dec 7 2011
- Better CMT outcome measurement is Wayne State University physicians goal
- A Wayne State University physician is seeking a better way to determine the effectiveness of treatments for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), or inherited sensory-motor neuropathy, a disease that afflicts one in 2,500 people.
Sindhu Ramchandren,...Dec 7 2011
- Wayne State University research team receives new NIH grant to study numerical processing in infants with fetal alcohol disorders
- DETROIT — Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) are one of the most common causes of birth defects worldwide and are particularly prevalent in some South African communities where heavy drinking during pregnancy is a major public health...Dec 5 2011
- Wayne State University researcher receives $1.9 million from NIH to create roadmap for novel cystic fibrosis treatments
- DETROIT — Cystic fibrosis, one of the most common chronic lung and digestive system diseases in children and adults, is caused by a defective gene encoding the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). The most common...Nov 21 2011
- Wayne State University researchers receive NIH funding to study novel treatment for antibiotic-resistant bacteria
- DETROIT — The bacteria Enterococcus can cause infections that typically target the digestive tract or bowel; if the bacteria spread, an abdominal abscess or urinary infection could result. Enterococcus also can invade the bloodstream, leading...Nov 16 2011
- Wayne State University study of therapeutic marijuana use could impact states policies, guide patient treatment regimens
- A $1.5 million grant to a Wayne State University researcher from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health could have policy implications in Michigan and other states regarding the therapeutic use of marijuana.
Mark...Nov 3 2011
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