Chip biz to fund independent cancer study
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The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is planning to commission an independent study into whether working in a US chip fab increases employees risk of contracting cancer.
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It looked bad for Chuck Fleming --  lung cancer had spread through his body. But his oncologist  decided to try using a &quot;gene chip&quot; to see which out of a  laundry list of chemotherapy options might work best.
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Breast cancer research is being supported this month by a company usually associated with foot support. Payless shoes announced this week that they are offering customers a chance to purchase a Limited-Edition
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Democrat John Edwards said Sunday he is offering a strategy for dealing with cancer that would bolster research funding, create support networks for people dealing with the disease and encourage lifestyle changes to help keep others from getting it.
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The founder of an information technology company and his diabetic wife are giving $44 million to the University of Michigan for creation of a Type 1 diabetes research center.
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A debate over a hypothesis that cancers are fed by cancerous stem cells could affect the path of research.
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By The Associated Press. It sounded like a pretty good deal to Ken Doerflinger: a government study offering to examine him from head to toe for signs of cancer.
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The US government will spend a whopping 144.3 million dollars to apply nanotechnology to the fight against cancer, the National Cancer Institute announced.
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Swiss drug giant Novartis SA said yesterday it is spending $4 million to fund scientists performing diabetes research at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Broad Institute, and will make the findings public for other scientists to use.
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Researchers at two Philadelphia universities are working on a joint project they say could lead to an inexpensive, simple device that women could use at home for detecting breast cancer in its earliest stages.
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A $156 million grant for DNA sequencing at the Washington University School of Medicine is part of an effort to unlock the mystery of the origins of cancer within the body, university officials said Monday.
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Cancer researchers may soon tap into school computers in Louisville to help develop new drugs to fight the disease.
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On a mission to cure the disease that claimed his wife 21 years ago, business guru Lee Iacocca is urging ordinary Americans to each donate a few bucks to back promising juvenile diabetes research in Boston.
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$30m research hub for Ireland Intel is partnering with Irish universities to set up a digital health research centre that will investigate the challenges of independent living for the elderly.â¦
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan is in line to get another substantial gift. The founder of an information technology company who graduated from the university and his diabetic wife are giving
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The US National Science Foundation has awarded a $1m grant to researchers in the US who want to put speech recognition on a chip, a move the project&#39;s proponents claim will revolutionise the way we communicate.
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As the chipmaker plows profits into research, it's hoping for good things from a new design team in Massachusetts.