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• Triphala may inhibit cancer of pancreas.

  - 2007-04-19

  Byline: Sudeshna Sen Apr. 19--LONDON: New research from the University of Pittsburgh shows that triphala, a general ayurvedic medicine for stomach ailments, can inhibit cancer of the pancreas. Research by the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, which was presented at the...

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• Insomniacs are More Likely to Experience Daytime Symptoms Such as Negative Mood, Fatigue

  - 2006-06-21

  WESTCHESTER, Ill., June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Persons suffering from insomnia are more likely to experience various daytime symptoms, including a lack of alertness, negative mood and sleepiness, according to a research abstract that will be presented at the 20th anniversary SLEEP meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies APSS...

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• Nanomix Announces Multiple Joint Development Relationships; Extending the Capabilities of Sensation™ Nanoelectronic Technology

  - 2005-09-13

  EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- Nanomix Inc. announces the initiation of development relationships with the Naval Research Laboratories NRL, the COINS Center at University of California Berkeley, and the University of Pittsburgh. These leading institutions involved in nanotechnology research and innovation are working with Nanomix to further develop a variety of medical...

  Tags: Dr., HARDWARE, Nanotechnology, nanotube, Semiconductors, University of California at Berkeley, University of Pittsburgh

• University Sues Knoxville, Tenn.-Based CTI Molecular over Claim to Scanner.

  - 2004-02-05

  By Larisa Brass, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--The University of Pittsburgh is challenging CTI Molecular Imaging's ownership claim to its most commercially successful product, the PET/CT scanner. The university filed a lawsuit in federal court...

  Tags: HARDWARE, NETWORKING, PET, Scanners, technology, Telephony, University of Pittsburgh

• Good deal.(Software + Hardware; Algor Inc. makes $370,000 donation to John A. Swanson Center for Product Innovation)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-09-22

  The John A. Swanson Center for Product Innovation (www.engr. pitt.edu/scpi), part of the John A. Swanson Institute for Technical Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering, has received a donation of $370,000 from ALGOR--including the company's design, analysis, and multiphysics simulation software and services....

  Tags: ALGOR Inc., Entrepreneurship, hardware, software, Strategy, University of Pittsburgh

• University of Pittsburgh Chooses ScienceDirect to Transform the Way Research is Delivered to Students, Faculty and Staff

  - 1999-09-01

  NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--September 1, 1999-- 45,000 Users Gain Access to Nearly 600 Titles in 14 Fields of Science ScienceDirect, provider of the world's largest electronic database of scientific, technical and medical research, today announced that the University of Pittsburgh has selected ScienceDirect to provide the University with...

  Tags: Databases, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, Storage, University of Pittsburgh

• Imatron Announces Sale of HeartScan-Pittsburgh to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  - 1999-06-22

  SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--BW HealthWire--June 22, 1999-- Imatron Inc. (Nasdaq:IMAT) announced today that it has sold its HeartScan-Pittsburgh coronary artery disease risk assessment center to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The transaction closed on June 17, 1999. The Cardiovascular Institute of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will...

  Tags: HARDWARE, SALES, Scanners, University of Pittsburgh

• Imatron's Coronary Artery Scan Definitively Predicts Heart Disease in Women

  - 1998-11-11

  SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--BW HealthWire--Nov. 11, 1998-- University of Pittsburgh's "Healthy Women Study" Presented at American Heart Association Meeting and Featured on CBS Evening News With Dan Rather Imatron Inc. (Nasdaq: IMAT) announced today that a University of Pittsburgh study presented on November 10, 1998 at...

  Tags: HARDWARE, Scanners, University of Pittsburgh, women

• Functional requirements for evidence in recordkeeping: Further developments at the University of Pittsburgh

  - 1997-06-01

  Functional Requirements for Evidence in Recordkeeping (the "Pittsburgh Project"), originally funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, is now exploring its implementation phase. This project produced a Framework for Business Acceptable Communications that assists organizations in developing or evaluating systems that create, identify, capture, maintain and use records...

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