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Released: 10-Feb-1998 12:00 AM EST
Creighton Researchers Return from Antarctic Expedition
Creighton University

Creighton researchers spent three months fishing in Antarctica. A three-year NSF grant funds the study of Antarctic teleost fish's ability to survive in the Antarctic Ocean. Research will focus on the fish's salt regulation, and function and size of their chloride cells.

Released: 3-Jul-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Mid-America Purchasing Managers Business Index
Creighton University

The United Auto Workers strike against GM is beginning to affect some states and continued economic problems in Asia have slowed growth in others in the Mid-American region, Creighton University Professor of Economics Dr. Ernie Goss said today.

Released: 5-Aug-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Lowest Economic Index in Two Years
Creighton University

The UAW strike may be over, but its impact is evident. Asia woes continue as well for the nine state Mid-America Region's Purchasing Managers Index.

Released: 14-Aug-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Survival Advantage with Certain Types of Hereditary Colon Cancer
Creighton University

In a recent issue of the medical journal Cancer, Creighton researchers published an article proving that people who have hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma (HNPCC, also known as the Lynch syndrome) have a significantly better survival rate than those who develop sporadic colorectal cancer.

Released: 27-Aug-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Connection Between Exercise and Bone Mass in Young Girls
Creighton University

The effects of exercise on the bone mass of young girls is the focus of a new study funded by a four-year $900,000 National Institutes of Health grant awarded to Creighton University osteoporosis researcher Joan M. Lappe, Ph.D., R.N.

Released: 6-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Prions, Possible Cause of Mad Cow Disease
Creighton University

Proteins that may cause "mad cow" disease, chronic wasting disease in mule deer and elk, and Creutzfeldt Jakob disease in humans, all of which are fatal neurological diseases, are the subject of two studies at Creighton funded by federal grants.

Released: 2-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Search for High Bone Mass Gene
Creighton University

Creighton University researchers reported progress in identifying a gene associated with high bone mass, the mirror image of osteoporosis. Identification of this high bone mass gene and related genes should facilitate development of new therapies for osteoporosis.

Released: 1-Apr-1999 12:00 AM EST
Promising Compounds for Breast and Prostate Cancers
Creighton University

Creighton University scientists are part of a team that has developed a possible therapy for breast and prostate cancer. Tested in mice, the peptide-based drug kills breast cancer cells in tumors. The drug also kills other cancer cells, such as prostate cancer, in culture.

Released: 10-Aug-1999 12:00 AM EDT
New Service Offers Information for Medical Professionals
Creighton University

A new source of information will be available to health care professionals via the Internet because of a partnership between Creighton, Stanford and USC. "Critical Inquiry Series" initially will provide information on transfusion medicine and disease-oriented testing.

Released: 11-Aug-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Creighton Offers New E-Commerce Degree
Creighton University

Creighton University is offering a new master of science (MS) degree in electronic commerce.

Released: 30-Mar-2000 12:00 AM EST
Nation's First JD/MS in E-Commerce
Creighton University

The nation's first JD/MS program in e-commerce was announced by Creighton University; its purpose is to meet the demand and challenges of the growing field of electronic commerce.

Released: 17-Jun-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Search for Matter Connected with Big Bang
Creighton University

Three Creighton University faculty members and two Department of Physics students are part of a project looking for matter associated with the Big Bang at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Released: 4-Jul-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Inflation Slowing in Midwest Region
Creighton University

The prices-paid index was down for the third straight month in June according to the Mid-America Business Conditions survey.

6-Sep-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Web Site for Health-Care Professionals
Creighton University

Six universities announced the launching of a new Internet service to provide medical information to health-care professionals. Its first product, "Disease Diagnosis," provides rapid access to information about diagnostic medical testing and the diseases themselves.

Released: 14-Nov-2000 12:00 AM EST
Who is the real Henry James?
Creighton University

James family papers on loan to Creighton University reveal the lives of author Henry James and his brother William. What has been written about the family and what has been revealed by the Center for Henry James Studies at Creighton University are very different.

Released: 15-Feb-2001 12:00 AM EST
Midwest Cancer Research Takes to the Sea
Creighton University

Despite distance from the sea, Creighton University researchers in Omaha, Nebr., are investigating potential anti-cancer compounds derived from marine organisms commonly called 'sea cucumbers.'

Released: 9-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Doctor of Pharmacy on the Internet
Creighton University

Creighton University is responding to the critical shortage of pharmacists by offering an on-line Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree program that will be available via the Internet.

Released: 9-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Presidential Medallion to be award at Commencement
Creighton University

The 2001 graduates (1,170 students) are the first Spring graduating class to receive diplomas from first-year Creighton President Rev. John P. Schlegel, S.J. Creighton is inaugurating a new honor at commencement, the Presidential Medallion.

Released: 29-Jun-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Hiring Is Good Business During Downturns
Creighton University

Wall Street has practiced the idea for decades. You simply buy good quality stocks at low prices when everyone else in the market is in a selling frenzy. That same principle applied to hiring employees is good business.

Released: 28-Aug-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Race and Technology Topic of Book
Creighton University

In today's digital economy, technology is drawing the world closer together, or perhaps it is more accurate to say that technology is drawing some parts of the world closer together. Unfortunately, the advancement of technology is leaving in its wake an ever-increasing gap between the "haves" and "have-nots."


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