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Last Updated: Nov 21st, 2007 - 15:23:07 |
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Professor Emery Brown wins NIH Pioneer Award
Professor Emery Brown is one of twelve scientists nationwide to receive the
National Institutes of Health Pioneer Awards. The Massachusetts General Hospital
professor of anesthesia and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor of
computational neuroscience and health sciences and technology, received the 2007
Pioneer Award for exceptionally innovative research.
Nov 21, 2007, 15:21
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On This Day
In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (January 18, 1856 - August 4, 1931) repaired
the torn pericardium of James Cornish, who had suffered a knife wound to the
heart. This is the second repair of a wound to the pericardium on record, the
first having been performed by Dr Henry Dalton.
Jul 9, 2007, 14:53
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NOVA Special Presentation: Forgotten Genius
Forgotten Genius, a NOVA film of the historically significant organic medicinal chemist in a two-hour "Lives in Science" biography that first broadcast nationally on public television, February 6, 2007 during Black History Month. Percy Julian's gripping and largely unknown story is full of vivid period reenactments based on newly accessible family archives and interviews with dozens of Julian's colleagues and relatives.
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Mar 5, 2007, 21:26
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NIH Director Urges Young Scientists to Take Risks
Talking in the crisp, direct manner of a man on a mission, Dr. Elias Z. Zerhouni says, “We are in a time of transition. The world is global, and we need innovation now more than ever before.” And he makes clear that he feels privileged to be a leader in the transition.
Nov 1, 2006, 17:53
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