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Donation opens new opportunities for more effective diabetes treatment

2/6/2012 8:52 AM EST  -   Karolinska Institutet
The Swedish medical university, Karolinska Institutet, has received a grant of 1.6 million Euro from the Stichting af Jochnick Foundation for research into the fundamental causes of diabetes. The grant will make it possible to use unique methods to study how the release of insulin is regulated in living organisms – and this will create new opportunities for developing more effective drugs against diabetes.

Research on Firms’ Ability to Innovate Awarded EUR 100,000

2/2/2012 7:00 AM EST  -   Global Award For Entrepreneurship Research
Professor Kathleen Eisenhardt is the recipient of the prestigious Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research in 2012. Kathleen Eisenhardt is Professor of Management Science in Engineering at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. She is awarded the prize for her distinguished and outstanding contributions to research on entrepreneurship, with an emphasis on “corporate entrepreneurship”. The amount of the prize is...

ESS reaches 100 employees in the new Headquarters

2/1/2012 4:47 AM EST  -   European Spallation Source AB
The European Spallation Source Programme is growing fast and today welcomes the 100th employee in the new Headquarter building.
ESS will be the world-leading science facility for materials and life science research with neutrons. The ESS Programme is now in a design and build-up phase, with a fast growing and expanding organisation. This Monday, the ESS staff has moved into the new Headquarters in Medicon...
The Business of Sin
 

The Seven Deadly Sins

1/30/2012 2:12 PM EST  -   IBISWorld
Although Cardinal sins like gluttony and lust have a fiery fate for offenders, they’re quite the industry moneymakers
By IBISWorld Industry Analysts Josh McBee and Agata Kaczanowska

Whether through personal religious studies, music, artwork or film, most people are familiar with the vices that make up the “seven deadly sins,” or Cardinal Sins. While the origination and descriptions vary from source to source,...
Valentine's Day Sales To Grow 5%
 

Retailers Feel The Love This Valentine’s Day

1/23/2012 11:48 AM EST  -   IBISWorld
IBISWorld Forecasts Sweet Sales This Holiday, Especially For Restaurants
By IBISWorld Senior Analyst Nikoleta Panteva

Following a better-than-expected holiday season, retailers can expect a strong Valentine’s Day this year. Industry research firm IBISWorld forecasts total sales for the holiday to grow 5.0 percent from 2011 figures (in constant 2012 dollars).  Consumers put off romantic dinners during the...
2012 FSMA Drug Pipeline
 

Update on the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Drug Development Pipeline from Families of...

1/19/2012 10:00 AM EST  -   Families of SMA
Elk Grove Village, IL. January 19, 2012.

Developing new therapies to treat and ultimately cure SMA is the driving force behind Families of SMA. To achieve this goal, Families of SMA aggressively invests in drug development research, funding the most successful and innovative scientists and organizations.

Several key details demonstrate the great progress being made:
1) Programs are advancing into the clinical...

New Study Links Timing of Alcohol Exposure In Pregnancy and FAS Physical Feature...

1/17/2012 4:44 PM EST  -   Organization of Teratology Information Specialists
Results Show No ‘Safe’ Period For Drinking Alcohol In Pregnancy
SAN DIEGO, CA- Researchers at the California Teratogen Information Service (CTIS) Pregnancy Health Information Line, a state-wide non-profit organization based at the University of California, San Diego, have found new links between the timing of alcohol consumption during pregnancy and certain characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). The...

The Crafoord Prize in Mathematics 2012 and The Crafoord Prize in Astronomy 2012 ...

1/17/2012 2:32 PM EST  -   Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
News this year are that the prize amount is doubled to totally SEK 8 million and that Video News Releases with experts from the prize committees, and newly recorded interviews with chosen Laureates are released with the press material.
On early Thursday morning on 19 January, at 01:00 am (Swedish time, CET) the Crafoord Prize for 2012 will be announced for international media. This year’s disciplines are...
Barry S. Sziklay, CPA, ABV, CFF, PFS
 

Insider's Corner Q&A

1/17/2012 9:47 AM EST  -   IBISWorld
IBISWorld catches up with Barry S. Sziklay of Friedman LLP to find out firsthand what's going on within his industry
IW:  What challenge do you and Friedman LLP face right now? 

BSS:  The area of the practice for which I am responsible is extremely broad and encompasses fraud and other forensic accounting engagements, litigation-support (litigation spans matrimonial,...

Crops project receives funding

1/17/2012 6:26 AM EST  -   Harper Adams University College
Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network sponsors Harper Adams research
Researchers at Harper Adams University College have been awarded funding to complete a project that looks at the plant disease club root.

The research, ‘conducting preliminary investigations on the effect of growing and incorporating biofumigant plants in soil infested with Plasmodiophora brassicae (club root)’, is sponsored by the...