NIH Scientists Discover Crucial Control in Long-Lasting Immunity Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:20:00 -0400 National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have identified
a protein that plays matchmaker between two key types of white
blood cells, T and B cells, enabling them to interact in a way
that is crucial to establishing long-lasting immunity after an
infection. Jack Killen, M.D., Named Deputy Director of NCCAM Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:05:00 -0400 John (Jack) Killen, Jr., M.D. was recently appointed Deputy Director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Stellar Scientists, Author to Take Part in NIDCD's 20th Anniversary Symposium Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:08:00 -0400 The scientific and human sides of communication and communication disorders will be featured on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008, when the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health, holds a symposium to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The symposium will take place from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Natcher Conference Center, on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md. It will highlight accomplishments of NIDCD research over the past two decades as well as the perspectives and talents of people who have a personal connection with a communication disorder. Roughly one in six people in this country will experience a communication disorder in his or her life.
CNN.com - Health
Even presidents need time to chill out Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:35:52 -0400 Like the rest of us, Presidents work best when they take regular respites from the burdens of their position, according to White House insiders. From golfing to horeseback riding to bowling, each Chief Executive had his own way of unwinding.
Dalai Lama taken to hospital in India Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:22:58 -0400 The Dalai Lama was hospitalized Thursday night in New Delhi, one of his secretaries told CNN Friday.
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