Drug Target Identified for Common Childhood Blood Cancer

Posted on August 12, 2014 by miprado

In what is believed to be the largest genetic analysis of what triggers and propels progression of tumor growth in a common childhood blood cancer, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center report that they have identified a possible new drug target for treating the disease. This time, the treatment doesn’t include chemotherapy. T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is one of the most common and aggressive chil...

IBEX is Accepting Entries for their 2014 Innovation Awards

Posted on August 3, 2014August 3, 2014 by miprado

IBEX, otherwise known as the International Boat Builders Exhibition and Conference, is geared towards marine professionals, providing a forum facilitating the exchange of ideas and new products. In addition to the conference itself, IBEX hosts an innovation awards presentation and competition. The IBEX Innovation Awards acknowledge the importance of technological advancement. This is one of the marine industry’s most prestigious honors, and winners will be announced during the Industry Award...

AERA Is Funding Innovative Research in Education

Posted on August 3, 2014 by miprado

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced its Research Grants competition, a program which seeks to stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data from the large-scale, national and international data sets supported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NSF, and other federal agencies, and to increase the number of education researchers using these data sets. The program supports research projects that are quantitative in nature, include the ana...

2015 Edison Awards Nominations set to open September 1, 2014

Posted on August 3, 2014August 3, 2014 by miprado

The Edison Awards: "Recognizing and honoring the best in innovation." The aforementioned Awards are named after the famous inventor, Thomas Edison. These awards are tributes to this inventor's work and legacy.They are geared towards companies and researchers, who, like Edison, have innovative products. Recipients of the awards are able to increase awareness of their respective brands, which may lead to an increase in sales. There are fifteen award categories open to innovators and entreprene...