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UCD Researchers Reveal Six New Genome Sequences And Fundamental Insights To The Candida Fungus Family
An international research collaboration coordinated by UCD researchers and involving scientists at 21 institutes including the genome sequencing centres in the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK and the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard, USA have defined six new genome sequences in the Candida fungus family and identified genetic differences in species that cause disease.

G8 Summit Begins Wednesday; WFP Calls For 'Twin-Track' Approach To Food Security
The G8 summit is scheduled to open Wednesday in L"Aquila, Italy. The World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday issued a statement praising the G8 leaders" focus on food security and calling for support of its efforts to combat hunger among the world"s poorest people, Xinhua reports. In the statement, WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran recommended leaders take a "twin-track" approach to food security, which includes supporting long-term agricultural production along with immediate hunger assistance.
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Terry O'Neill Elected New "National Organization for Women" President
The National Organization for Women on Saturday during its annual conference elected Terry O"Neill as the group"s new president, the Indianapolis Star reports. O"Neill succeeds Kim Gandy, who has served two four-year terms as NOW president. The group has grown to include about 500,000 advocate members since its founding in 1966.During the conference, participants discussed a number of women"s rights issues, including same-sex marriage, equal pay and health insurance affordability. O"Neill raised the issue of "conscience" clauses, which allow health care workers to refuse to provide information or services on moral or religious grounds. O"Neill said, "Conscience clauses, where pharmacists refuse birth control sales because it"s against their conscience, must go. Guess what? Women have a constitutional right to birth control," adding, "There is no constitutional right to be a pharmacist" (Jacobs, Indianapolis Star, 6/21).O"Neill served as NOW"s vice president for membership from 2001 to 2005. She most recently served as chief of staff for a county council member in Montgomery County, Md. O"Neill in a prepared statement said that she is "honored and eager" to lead NOW (AP/Google.com, 6/21).
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Ohio State Start-Up To Commercialize MRI-Compatible Treadmill

An Ohio State University researcher is shifting his development of an MRI-compatible treadmill to his start-up company and plans to have a device ready for clinical testing in three months. The treadmill could allow physicians to measure a patient"s heart during peak stress more accurately than the echocardiograph and nuclear imaging processes now widely used. Each year, U.S. cardiologists perform approximately 10 million treadmill exercise stress tests to evaluate patients with possible coronary artery disease. After exercise, doctors obtain images of the heart using ultrasound or other techniques. MRI offers clearer images, but because MRI machines contain giant magnets and treadmills are built using magnetic motors and materials, the two machines cannot be located in the same room. Orlando "Lon" Simonetti, associate professor of internal medicine and radiology at Ohio State"s Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital, designed a treadmill without magnetic parts, substituting a hydraulic motor for an electric one that uses a magnetic coil. Early in the process, the university"s Technology Licensing and Commercialization Office began working with Simonetti"s team to license the technology, and Ohio State recently transferred the IP to Simonetti"s start-up, EXCMR Ltd., which will spend the next year building and testing the treadmill prototype. The company could begin production on a finished product by the middle of next year, Simonetti says. Early research shows that administering an MRI immediately after stepping off a treadmill can measure heart function and blood flow better than conventional technologies. The MRI-compatible treadmill could reduce the need for multiple testing while identifying some heart problems earlier in the disease process. Since it was formed a year ago, EXCMR has raised about $240,000, and Simonetti expects to raise additional money to fund production. MedCity News


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