Tulane University researcher W T. Godbey has developed a treatment for cancer using a method that causes cancer cells to self-destruct while sparing surrounding healthy cells.
Tulane University hosts one of the energy industry's most ambitious and realistic collegiate energy trading competitions this weekend on Oct. 23 in New Orleans.
An ancestor of HIV that infects monkeys is thousands of years older than previously thought, suggesting that HIV, which causes AIDS, would take hundreds of lifetimes to naturally evolve into a non-lethal virus.
Tulane University's Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy (DRLA), in partnership with the University of Haiti, will assess the impact of humanitarian aid in Haiti and whether it supports the sustainable recovery of the Haitian people. The first of its kind study will be funded through a $762,198 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
An international team of researchers comparing recently-developed methods for diagnosing tuberculosis in children in resource-poor countries has concluded that the best test for high-risk children is the microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility (MODS) technique using two gastric aspirate specimens from each child tested.
Hurricane Katrina and the resulting levee breaches inflicted more than $650 million in damages and losses to Tulane, closing the university for an entire semester and dispersing 13,000 students and 7,000 faculty and staff throughout the country. The website http://tulane.edu/k5/index.cfm tells the story of Tulane’s Katrina experience and the sources below can give a firsthand account of Tulane and New Orleans’ remarkable recovery from the country’s worst natural disaster.
Chronic stress following Hurricane Katrina contributed to a three-fold increase in heart attacks in New Orleans more than two years after levee breaches flooded most of the city, according to researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine.
The Pediatric Heart Center at Tulane Hospital for Children has opened the first and only Hybrid Cath Lab in Louisiana.
Dr. Rick Streiffer, professor and chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Tulane University School of Medicine, discussing why he believes the changes and improvements in our healthcare system being discussed are long overdue.
In the midst of the nation's current healthcare reform controversy, third-year Tulane University medical students are completing their clerkships in both rural and urban areas, and, increasingly, in community settings.
The Tulane University School of Social Work and Save the Children, an international organization that helps children in need, will present and discuss a special public report on the “Journey of Hope” curriculums that have been underway in many New Orleans schools since Katrina struck in 2005.
Tulane University School of Medicine surgeon Dr. Emad Kandil is one of the first in the country to perform a new form of endoscopic surgery that uses a small incision under the arm to remove all or a portion of the thyroid or parathyroid glands without leaving a scar on the neck.
International prostate cancer expert Dr. Oliver Sartor of Tulane Cancer Center is the first oncologist in the United States to offer patients an experimental new treatment for late-stage prostate cancer.
Tulane University symposium gathers international experts on surprising impacts of hormones in the environment.
The A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University is one of the top five graduate schools in the nation for entrepreneurship, according to a new ranking released today by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review. Tulane is ranked No. 4 on the list of Top Graduate Programs for Entrepreneurs.
In honor of founder Ruth Fertel, Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc., the parent company of Ruth's Chris Steak House, announced today that it has donated the site of the Broad Street Ruth's Chris Steak House to Tulane University for the creation of the Ruth U. Fertel /Tulane Community Health Center, a neighborhood-based medical home that will provide care to patients regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.
Tulane University researchers and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are planning to develop an "environmental observatory" in the lower delta of the Mississippi River to study the impacts of climate change on this region of wetlands and waterways that is vulnerable to devastating storms such as 2005's Hurricane Katrina.
Ellen DeGeneres to deliver keynote address at Tulane University's 2009 "Katrina Class" Commencement.
A first-of-its kind, long-term study of hurricane impact on U.S. trees shows that hurricane damage can diminish a forest's ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming, from the atmosphere.
Brian Rowan, professor of Cancer Research for the Tulane Cancer Center, is developing a new way to target deadly triple-negative breast cancer tumors.
Robotic partial nephrectomy is a procedure in which the surgeon utilizes a surgical robot to remove cancer tumors from the kidney while sparing healthy tissue.
Research studies show that late-night shift work may increase the risks of developing cancer. Tulane University expert Dr. David Blask is available to speak about the implications of shift work and cancer risk and ways people can minimize their risk when required to work late nights.
Recent studies have questioned the wisdom of getting regular tests for prostate cancer. Tulane University School of Medicine prostate cancer expert Dr. Oliver Sartor is available to talk about the latest treatments for prostate cancer and who should continue to seek annual tests for the deadly disease.
Calling New Orleans "the canary in the global warming coal mine," two Tulane professors say the Crescent City must embrace unconventional thinking in order to recover in a sustainable way from Hurricane Katrina while withstanding a continual threat from rising sea levels, diminishing wetlands and future storms. They stress that the No. 1 priority for Louisiana should be to combat global warming and accelerated sea-level rise.
An article co-authored by a Tulane scientist examines the role that groundwater plays in eroding the surface of the earth "” a dynamic that could have implications for New Orleans-area levees.
New Orleans native Ellen DeGeneres, a twelve-time Emmy Award-winning stand-up comedian, actress and host of the popular talk show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," will be the keynote speaker at Tulane University's 2009 Commencement, May 16 at 9 a.m. in the Louisiana Superdome.
Eating just one serving of green leafy vegetables or three servings of fruit a day reduces the risk of developing Type II diabetes, while one serving of fruit juice a day may increase the risk of Type II diabetes in women.
Researchers at Tulane University are participating in the National Children's Study to investigate factors influencing the development of such conditions as diabetes, obesity, autism, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, birth defects and asthma.
Rising global rates of obesity, a major risk factor for diabetes as well as cardiovascular disease, cancer and other diseases, highlight the urgent need for governments and health organizations to develop programs targeting healthy weights.
Tulane University School of Medicine announced today the opening of the Tulane Center for Advanced Medical Simulation and Team Training, a $3 million, 14,000-square-foot facility dedicated to improving patient safety and preventing medical errors through comprehensive training for all health care professionals "” physicians, nurses, pharmacists as well as medical students and residents "” in a realistic environment.
President Barack Obama's tightly crafted speech was deliberately understated, says Tulane University rhetoric expert James Mackin.
Jana K. Lipman, an assistant professor of history at Tulane University, is the author of a revealing, in-depth history of the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Lisa Jackson, President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency, is a graduate of Tulane University in New Orleans, where she graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.
If one had to pick a single word to describe the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, "historic" would definitely have to be the front-runner. The Inauguration offers a momentous first"”the swearing-in of the first African American president, Barack Obama.
A study published this month in The New England Journal of Medicine, "Mortality Attributable to Smoking in China," provides an estimate of the number of premature deaths in China in 2005 that were caused by smoking.
The Southern Institute for Education and Research at Tulane University in New Orleans works to keep alive stories of courage from the civil rights movement. The Institute, founded in 1993, is a nonprofit center dedicated to providing education and communications training for educators.
A lack of affordable housing for low income people in post-Katrina New Orleans has led to controversy over the decision to demolish several public housing complexes within the city. Stacy Seicshnaydre, William K. Christovich Associate Professor of Law at Tulane University School of Law and director of Tulane Law School's Civil Litigation Clinic, says New Orleans authorities have yet to produce a fair plan to address its dire housing needs.
The criminal justice system in New Orleans was in complete disarray following Hurricane Katrina, precipitating a constitutional crisis.
Calling New Orleans "the canary in the global warming coal mine", two Tulane University professors say the Crescent City must embrace unconventional thinking in order to recover in a sustainable way from Hurricane Katrina while withstanding a continual threat from rising sea levels, diminishing wetlands and future storms. They stress that the number one priority for Louisiana should be to combat global warming and accelerated sea-level rise.
Students measuring the loss of sand on the barrier island of Grand Isle, La., are seeing coastal erosion happen before their eyes. Dean Moosavi takes students in his physical geology course to the spit of land on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico where they are observing rapid land loss in southern Louisiana.
In 1994, Kohl became concerned about high levels of mercury in the sediment and fish of the Pearl River, a popular fishing spot in Louisiana where people had little knowledge of mercury contamination. He took his concerns to the legislature.
The Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research has received a National Science Foundation award totaling $901,120 to enhance a program designed to increase the number of minority students pursuing doctoral programs in environmental research.
Tulane University uses $400,000 grant to create new Global Health Education program.
Major Universities Partner with Tulane to Offer Four Degrees to Aspiring Engineers
Tulane University offers experts for comment on economic crisis.
Tulane University has been awarded a $14.9 million, five-year grant to participate in the National Institute's of Health's comprehensive study on the interaction of genes and the environment on children's health.
Political science professors at Tulane University are available for commentary on the presidential debates, discussion of the candidates' positions, and consultation on election night.
Tulane University Political Science Professor Jeffrey Stacey is one of the few professors in the country who teaches a course devoted exclusively to The Bush Doctrine.
A new study by a Tulane University research team gives support for the use of vaginal microbicide gels as a way to protect women against sexual transmission of HIV.
Tulane University anthropologist Kit Nelson is the co-director of a National Geographic-sponsored team that is in the process of unraveling a mummy bundle found in Peru's historic Huaura Valley.
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