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Post Graduate scholar on the streets
Cai Mingjie was a Ph D scholar of Stanford University but fate ordained that he drive cabs in Singapore. He had a cushy job in a Singapore Research institution, and worked for 16 long years as principal investigator. He was a professor but once he lost...
Tags: cai mingjie, stanford university, Singapore Research institution
Study: Human fat yields multipurpose stem cells
Stanford :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
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You know that fat in your body you wish you didn't have? It turns out those cells could be used to create stem cells that one day may be able to cure disease. Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that the millions of fat...
Tags: stem cells, Dr. Michael Longaker, Stanford University, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford's School of Medicine, liposuction leftovers, skin cells, pluripotent stem, induced pluripotent, cells researcher
Stanford lays off hundreds as endowment shrinks
Stanford :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Stanford University has laid off 412 employees and plans an additional 60 layoffs later this year to offset a steep drop in the value of its endowment. More News Stanford officials said Tuesday that layoffs have been spread throughout its graduate schools,...
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Woman Threatened With Foreclosure Over Two Cents - Literally
According to the San Jose Mercury News, Lisa A. Burns wants to add her two cents to the debate over our country's housing crisis. Actually, she wants to hurl her two cents. After all, she received a letter from her lender threatening foreclosure of her...
Tags: san jose mercury news, lisa a. burns, foreclosure, 51, 1988, $1300, laid off, project manager, stanford university, refinancing, lender, wells fargo home mortgage, 6.75%, making home affordable program, september 15, teri schrettenbrunner
Study finds people who multitask often bad at it
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The people who multitask the most are the ones who are worst at it. That's the surprising conclusion of researchers at Stanford University, who found multitaskers are more easily distracted and less able to ignore irrelevant information than people who...
Cheap blood pressure drug could fight MS
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility In tests, lisinopril prevented paralysis in mice engineered to develop MS symptoms. It even caused paralysed mice suffering from progressive disease to recover normal movement...Multiple sclerosis occurs when the body's own immune system attacks the fatty...
Tags: blood pressure, multiple sclerosis, pressure drug, Stanford University
Stanford Professor Sequences DNA in a Week
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility It might not be long until there is a gene scanner in every doctor's office, as DNA sequencing becomes faster and cheaper. A Stanford University professor reported Monday that he has sequenced his entire genome in a week for under $50,000 using a single...
Tags: Stanford University, Stephen Quake, professor stephen, university professor
Heart transplant pioneer Huesman dies
Dayton :: OH :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Tony Huesman, the Ohio man who lived for more than 30 years with a transplanted heart, has died of cancer at the age of 52, his wife said. Huesman received his replacement heart at Stanford University while in still in high school and was the longest-surviving...
Tags: heart transplanted, Tony Huesman, Ohio, transplanted heart, ohio man, Stanford University
American Mallu Girl Becomes Miss.Kerala 2009
Cochin: American malayali girl, Archana Nair was titled Miss.Kerala 2009 . The event was held at Le-Meridian Convention centre Cochin, kerala on august 5 wednesday. Archana was selected as Miss kerala 2009 from about 20 finalists. The 19 year old...
Tags: kerala, Miss kerala 2009, miss, beauty contest, fashion, kerala girl, american student, stanford university, california, archana nair, 2009, saree, miss kerala pictures, photos, pictures of miss kerala 2009
Charter schools hit, miss in new report
Houston :: TX :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Even as the president has touted the growth of charter schools and his education secretary has decried state caps on their numbers, a new study from Stanford University has found that the nation's charter schools have not significantly raised student...
Tags: charter schools, Stanford University, Texas
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