Sentences with phrase «breakthrough research led»

In breakthrough research led by neuroscientist Olaf Blanke and his team at EPFL, Switzerland, the scientists show that phantom body pain can be reduced in paraplegics by creating a bodily illusion with the help of virtual reality.

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A number of world - leading science and technology professionals, young scientists and engineers, and innovation teams should be trained, with major breakthroughs in pioneering basic research and original innovations as their goal, Xi said.
«In health care, patients sometimes want to donate tissue to scientific research that can help lead to medical breakthroughs, such as treatments and cures for serious diseases,» he writes on Planned Parenthood's website.
A breakthrough in enzyme research led by the United States Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the United Kingdom's University of Portsmouth has led to an improved variant
Founded in 1998 by Leonard A. and Ronald S. Lauder, the ADDF provides critical seed funding to leading scientists conducting breakthrough drug discovery and clinical research.
Happify's activities and games are based on breakthrough research from leading academic institutions.
The potential breakthrough, a proprietary yet easy - to - use band worn on the neck, was unveiled during a presentation that featured leading experts in neurology and medical research.
«We can predict the beginning of the Indian monsoon two weeks earlier, and the end of it even six weeks earlier than before — which is quite a breakthrough, given that for the farmers every day counts,» says Veronika Stolbova from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the University of Zurich, the lead - author of the study to be published in the Geophysical Research Letters.
Technological breakthroughs in the last 10 years have led to rapid increases in the volume and rate of biomedical research, which in turn has led to a rapid growth in biomedical knowledge.
Public science is basic scientific research funded by governments, and just in America alone it's led to breakthroughs in everything from medicine to clean energy.
Of course, not all controversial or unconventional research leads to breakthroughs, and many — probably most — ideas that appear crazy to critics quite simply are.
A team of researchers, led by the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton, has demonstrated a breakthrough technique that offers the first possibility of silicon detectors for telecommunications.
Professor Michael P. Lisanti, Director of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Unit, led the research.
This breakthrough has been led by Professor Hoon - Eui Jeong in the School of Mechanical Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering and his research team at UNIST.
It also requires training technically savvy workers, revising tax and regulatory policies, and supporting fundamental research that will lead to the breakthrough technologies needed to keep U.S. companies ahead of their global competitors.
In July neurobiologist Hans Keirstead of the University of California at Irvine announced that the breakthrough experiment by his research team could lead to treatment of traumatic spinal injuries in humans.
«This breakthrough is a fundamental advance for research in photonic chips and optical communications,» said Moritz Merklein, lead author from the University's School of Physics.
«Typically in astronomy we don't see things that are rare — if we see one, that means there's a lot more out there,» says Breakthrough Listen's lead scientist Andrew Siemion, who is also director of the Berkeley SETI Research Center.
Their short - sided approach will in fact hurt economic growth in the long run because it shuts the door on the long - view fundamental research that truly leads to scientific breakthroughs
The breakthrough, published online today and featured on the cover of the journal Cell Reports, was led by Mick Bhatia, director of the McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute.
Women with higher breast density — detected on mammograms — have more compacted breast tissue and are more likely to develop breast cancer, but until now the reasons for this have been unclear.Manchester scientists, funded by leading UK research organisation Breakthrough Breast Cancer, worked with IBM researchers and academics in the USA and Cyprus to uncover the biological mechanisms at play.
For example, recent LANP plasmonic research has led to breakthroughs in color - display technology, solar - powered steam production and color sensors that mimic the eye.
(According to the TTSA Web site, a minimum investment of $ 200 buys you membership in the organization and finances research into «exotic technologies» associated with UFOs that could lead to «revolutionary breakthroughs in propulsion, energy and communication.»)
Past GWAS research has led to breakthroughs for other health conditions with tangled genetic and environmental roots, such as diabetes and Crohn's disease, and experts believe that this study will do the same for schizophrenia.
This breakthrough research has been led by Dr. Chaekyu Kim of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who is now at UNIST, and Dr. Ok Hee Jeon of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in collaborations with the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, the University Medical Center Groningen, Unity Biotechnology, Inc., and the University of California, Bresearch has been led by Dr. Chaekyu Kim of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who is now at UNIST, and Dr. Ok Hee Jeon of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in collaborations with the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, the University Medical Center Groningen, Unity Biotechnology, Inc., and the University of California, BResearch on Aging, the University Medical Center Groningen, Unity Biotechnology, Inc., and the University of California, Berkeley.
«Breakthrough could lead to better antipsychotic drugs: Research reveals the first - ever crystal structure of the dopamine 2 receptor bound to an antipsychotic drug.»
«In its Science and Engineering Research Program, the W. M. Keck Foundation has long focused on supporting cutting - edge research and the development of new technologies that may lead to breakthrough achievements in a particular field,» said Robert Day, Chairman of the W. M. Keck FouResearch Program, the W. M. Keck Foundation has long focused on supporting cutting - edge research and the development of new technologies that may lead to breakthrough achievements in a particular field,» said Robert Day, Chairman of the W. M. Keck Fouresearch and the development of new technologies that may lead to breakthrough achievements in a particular field,» said Robert Day, Chairman of the W. M. Keck Foundation.
The team has made a new breakthrough observation with ALMA, finding a protostellar jet to be spinning, convincingly for the first time [3] A research team led by Tomoya Hirota at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan obtained clear evidence of rotation in the gas outflow from a massive baby star Orion KL Source I with ALMA.
Imec, the world - leading research and innovation hub in nano - electronics and digital technologies, has designed and fabricated a breakthrough neural probe for the parallel recording...
His research on OX40 / OX40L interactions controlling the generation and activity of Th2 cells is cited by the Foundation as one of their major breakthroughs, and led to clinical trials of antagonists of OX40L in asthma.
Steve tells us how his interest in stem cells led him into cancer research, and the potential for breakthroughs in brain tumour research and treatment.
This breakthrough has led to a surge in research on personalized medicine, including cancer treatments that are designed to target specific tumor - causing gene mutations.
Led by BWH neurologists Howard L. Weiner, M.D. and Dennis J. Selkoe, M.D. — two of the world's most renowned experts in neurologic disease — the center aims to produce breakthrough, life - changing research to benefit patients confronting these devastating neurologic diseases.
Researchers, funded by Cancer Research UK, from the Section of Gene Function and Regulation and the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), have pinpointed early genetic changes that lead to cancer in mice lacking the BRCA2 gene in their prostate gland.
Treatment for each child is individualized, combining the best available current knowledge with leading edge research breakthroughs, often involving world renowned researchers from right here at the University of Michigan.
While TIGR and the former JCVI have been leading the way in genomic breakthroughs for more than 15 years, we are now confident that our unified organization will be an even greater scientific force in genomic research
Continuing its rich history of discoveries and biomedical breakthroughs, Wistar today is an international leader in basic biomedical research in cancer and infectious diseases, with a focus on discoveries leading to the development of novel therapies and vaccines.
Fundamental to his efforts is a desire to build research capacity around ethics in developing countries, and to lead a team of experts to conduct breakthrough research to understand the current state of research ethics and health systems development around the world.
The sharing of knowledge is at the heart of the event, especially through its science programme which will include numerous seminars, workshops and debates led by world - renowned scientists on the latest breakthroughs in research.
These leaders envisioned a unique and dynamic partnership between basic science and applied research, one that would lead to breakthroughs in the understanding of the immune system and improve human health through the development of treatments and cures for immune system disorders.
The research and development team at Dakota Biotech has formulated a patent pending topical probiotic technology that represents a leading scientific breakthrough.
I was mesmerized to hear Angela recollect her face to face with Dr. Gale «Morrie» Granger, the key research pioneer in the field of autoimmune research who helped discover the TNF molecule in cells which led to the major biologic anti-TNF medication breakthroughs that it seems many autoimmunes are using.
Federal funding and direction routinely lead to research and development breakthroughs in science, medicine, and defense, among other fields.
Even though it's young, this new science has already led to major breakthroughs in everything from cancer research to the study of human development to the treatment of diabetes, and to our understanding of human memory.
That latter element has found UW's Center for Game Science in the news a lot lately, as one of the games it developed has helped lead to a breakthrough in AIDS research.
® Live, and Dr. Carol Tolman, co-author of LETRS, lead this informative experience, and are joined by distinguished experts who share the latest breakthroughs in literacy research and the importance of connecting literacy theory to classroom practice.
Our achievements in Research & Development have led to breakthrough engineering with SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY,» said Jim O'Sullivan, president and CEO.
I really hope that with all the current attention on hoarding more and more professionals will be trained to work with people with this disorder and their families, and that more research into effective treatment will eventually lead to a breakthrough.
UC Davis veterinarians, led by Drs. Mathieu Spriet and Pablo Espinosa, are making breakthroughs in their discoveries of the diagnostic capabilities of positron emission tomography (PET) through a clinical trial and other research focused on advancing the clinical applications of this new modality.
Internal funding for research will not only provide desperately needed resources in a time when funding is difficult to obtain from federal sources and foundations, but will also allow students and mentors to think Outside The Box, test novel ideas and undertake unique research leading to breakthrough discoveries in animal health and welfare.
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