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Defunding the dreamers: the perils of cutting science research
When I was a Ph.D. student at Yale, I dreamed of working as a university professor, directing a research laboratory, and training students of my own. I have been a professor for a little over four years now. Of the lessons I have learned in this time, the...
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U.S. cuts could lead to 'brain drain' in medicine
Scientists at the nation's leading research institutions are warning that continued uncertainty over federal funding could lead to a brain drain that will undermine the country's global status in medicine. With funding at the National Institutes of...
Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Financial Aid, Alzheimer's Disease, Budgets and Budgeting, Science
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Hopkins scientists scrambled to save work after Sandy
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University slogged through thigh-deep water to rescue tissue samples and evacuate lab animals when a flood crippled a cancer research building after Hurricane Sandy last month.
"It was really an extraordinary...Tags: Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Blood, Colleges and Universities, Charles Street, Medical Research
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American science losing ground
You win some, you lose some. That appears to be the current state of affairs with federal funding for research. Congress recently passed legislation providing a modest increase in funding to the National Institutes of Health, which funds research at the...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Science, Human Body, Drugs and Medicines, Entertainment Events
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Nobel Prize gives researcher and Hopkins more exposure
Few understand the club that Adam Riess joined Tuesday when he received a 5:30 a.m. phone call from Sweden.
But Carol Greider received the same call two years ago, and soon she'll sit with her Johns Hopkins University colleague and tell him what it's...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Applied Physics, Awards and Prizes, The Colbert Report (tv program), Biology
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3 U.S. scientists share Nobel Prize in medicine
Three U.S. scientists who discovered key aspects of how cells and animals age and how cancer cells become immortal have won the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
Elizabeth Blackburn of UC San Francisco, Carol W. Greider of Johns Hopkins...Tags: Jack W. Szostak, California, San Francisco, George W. Bush, Science and Technology
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From sink to swim, just in time
As she chugs through the water, Annie Applegarth will never be mistaken for Olympic medalist Katie Hoff. Barbara Thompson will never be in a split-screen comparison to Michael Phelps.
The triumph here is that 15 weeks ago, neither woman could swim a...Tags: Katie Hoff, Swimming, Education, Diseases and Illnesses, Awards and Prizes
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San Diego native shares Nobel Prize for medicine
FOX 5 San Diego StaffOne of the three American scientists sharing this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is a San Diego native, and another is a professor at the University of Calfornia. Carol W. Greider, who works at the Johns Hopkins University School of...Tags: Education, Awards and Prizes, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Massachusetts, Entertainment
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Still searching for the secrets of life
Sun StaffFor most scientists, a Nobel Prize is the capstone of a career. But in the 50 years since their breakthrough discovery of the structure of DNA, James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick have continued to pursue the frontiers of knowledge, albeit along...Tags: Science, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Science and Technology, England, Harvard University
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