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Box jellyfish research breakthrough by Manoa biochemist
Angel Yanagihara, a researcher at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has developed a medicine that effectively treats the sting of a box jellyfish. Though the sting is usually just a painful nuisance in Hawaiʻi, it is deadly in places like Australia, Thailand and Indonesia. Yanagihara works for the university’s Pacific Biosciences Research Center and the John A. Burns School of Medicine.Clinical Trials in Hawai‘i
Art Ushijima, president and CEO, The Queen’s Health Systems/The Queen’s Medical CenterClinical trials bring novel therapies to patients, advance care and create opportunities for commercialization, Ushijima said. Success requires having established and funded researchers, providing adequate infrastructure and resources, collaborating on strategic partnerships and developing expertise in the path to market. It also requires willingness to take some risk.
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Innovation in Healthcare: RMATRIX and Beyond
Jerris Hedges, dean, John A. Burns School of Medicine, UH ManoaHedges reviewed JABSOM research programs and facilities including RMATRIX, which seeks to move knowledge from the laboratory to the bedside in conditions of particular concern in Hawai‘i. Personalized medicine, which considers genes and cultural aspects in identifying the best treatment for a given patient, also has potential here.
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Advancing Innovation and Convergence in Cancer Research
Jerry S. H. Lee, deputy director, Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives, National Cancer InstituteCancer researchers have published more in the last 10 years than in the 90 years prior, but has it helped patients? NCI is looking to mathematicians, engineers and physicists for better ways to analyze genetic data and has launched new programs in recent years that may produce benefits within the next five years, Lee said.
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Hula For Cardiac Rehabilitation Therapy
For the first time ever, researchers have determined the metabolic equivalent for hula in a study that shows the Native Hawaiian dance form can be an effective and engaging cardiac rehabilitation therapy. Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine and The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu presented preliminary findings to the participants of the study on August 28, 2012. Read more....Testimonials
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