Soares extends DNA funding amid chondrosarcoma research
Soares ranks fifth among UI top research grant recipients as he expands a project analyzing cartilage tumor genetics. His work with Jeff Stevens and Jose Morcuende creates a rat model of chondrosarcoma to study aggressive tumors and inform therapies, while tying into his broader genome projects. ESTs drive gene-protein links in his labs.
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Researchers push EST discovery funding in rat and mouse work
More than 60 U S researchers press for funding over a million dollars to advance rapid detection of expressed sequence tags. Soares notes extensive rat gene discovery and mapping, plus studies of genes in mouse brain and rat heart, with collaborators across pediatrics orthopaedics and physiology. Contact details provided.
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Eight men indicted in terrorism financing and racketeering case
The indictment accuses eight men of running a criminal enterprise supporting Palestinian Islamic Jihad since 1984, with plans to kill and maim abroad. Arrests occurred in Tampa and Chicago, four suspects sought abroad. The case links University of South Florida ties and groups in Tampa to broader jihad funding networks.
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Sameeh Hammoudeh
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Fla
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Puerto Rico
Spring Hill
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Tinley Park
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Medical errors cause up to nearly 100000 deaths yearly
A 1999 Institute of Medicine report estimates 44000 to 98000 deaths annually in hospitals from preventable medical errors. Common mistakes include patient misidentification, adverse drug events, improper transfusions, and surgical injuries often occurring in ORs ICUs and ERs.
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Safety goals 2003 National Patient Safety Goals overview
The Joint Commission outlines goals to reduce medical errors including patient identification communication high-alert medications wrong-site surgery and infusion pump safety. Hospitals like St Luke's analyze near misses via flow charts to detect red flags and foster a no punishment reporting culture. Water contact line provided.
RiverRun tax plan faces 2002 precedent in Linn County
Backers led by Mayor Paul Pate and Cedar Rapids Chamber president Ron Corbett push a 1 percent one year levy in 2002 style for Linn County. They cite past success funding Cedar Rapids pools and aim to use proceeds for RiverRun and the farmer's market while noting block voting among Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha and Robins. The plan hinges on Vision Iowa approvals and county by jurisdiction decisions.
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