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• New Approach, Old Drug Show Promise Against Hepatitis C, Stanford Research Shows

  - 2008-08-31

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The fight against the liver disease hepatitis C has been at something of an impasse for years, with more than 150 million people currently infected, and traditional antiviral treatments causing nasty side effects and often falling short of a cure. Using a novel technique, medical and engineering...

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• Portland-based Thomas Hacker Architects hires Mooney

  - 2007-11-14

  Thomas Hacker Architects has hired Scott Mooney to its design team. Mooney is working on the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Visitor's Center. He holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Arts in urban studies from Stanford University.

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• Stanford Offers Advanced Computer Security Certificate Online: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

  - 2007-10-18

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Internet fraud is big business, and perpetrators use methods that involve multi-staged attacks, exploitation of trusted sites, consolidation of resources, and even tailor-made approaches for different regions. Security systems and practices must be even more sophisticated. Stanford University now offers the Advanced Computer Security certificate program completely...

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• India's Former President Visits Stanford to Discuss Emergency Medical Project

  - 2007-09-17

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The recently retired president of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, will visit the Stanford University School of Medicine on Tuesday, Sept. 18 to discuss his country's collaboration with the medical school to help build India's first 911-type emergency response system. Emergency medicine physicians from the medical school...

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• Stanford Free Clinic in San Jose Launches Hepatitis B Campaign

  - 2007-07-02

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Students from the Stanford University School of Medicine will launch a new effort in San Jose to provide comprehensive hepatitis B medical services, targeting uninsured Asian and Pacific Islanders with low incomes. The Hep B Free Campaign will provide free hepatitis B testing and low-cost vaccinations...

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• Sleepless for Science: Flies Show Link Between Sleep, Immune System in Stanford Study

  - 2007-05-14

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Go a few nights without enough sleep and you're more likely to get sick, but scientists have no real explanation for how sleep is related to the immune system. Now, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine are finding that fruit flies can point to the...

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• Stanford Pumps Life into Effort to Build India's Emergency Medical System

  - 2007-05-09

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Though it's the world's second-most-populous nation, India has never had a coordinated system for responding to medical emergencies. Now the Stanford University School of Medicine is entering into a partnership with an Indian enterprise to help the country bring a sweeping 911-type emergency response system to life....

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• Express Scripts Announces the Nomination of Woodrow A. Myers to Board of Directors.

  - 2007-04-24

  M2 PRESSWIRE-24 April 2007-Early Watch: Express Scripts Announces the Nomination of Woodrow A. Myers to Board of DirectorsC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24042007 Market Gainer is quickly emerging as the one stop shop for international small-cap investors looking to stay a step...

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• Stanford Study Will Test Antidepressant Patch That May Help Smokers Kick the Habit

  - 2007-01-08

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Smokers trying to kick the habit face odds that only a bookie could love--just one in five succeeds in quitting. Stanford University School of Medicine researchers will test whether a new type of medication could help smokers quit and bolster their chances of staying smoke-free for good....

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• Speed boost helps quantum codes on their way.

  - 2006-08-29

  Aug 29, 2006 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The idea of using quantum physics to protect information is at last coming closer to reality. So far, quantum cryptography systems that generate keys for encoding and decoding information have been frustratingly, unviably slow. ...

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