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Public Release: 3-Jul-2008
Funding boost in fight against leukaemia
University of Manchester researchers have been awarded £1.6 million to study a group of genes identified as playing a key role in leukaemia.
Leukaemia Research

Contact: Aeron Haworth
aeron.haworth@manchester.ac.uk
44-161-275-8383
University of Manchester

Public Release: 3-Jul-2008
Pioneering stroke researcher awarded Canada's highest honor
Renowned stroke researcher Dr. Vladimir Hachinski has been named to the Order of Canada, the country's highest honor, for his contributions in the field of neurology. Hachinski is a professor of clinical neurological sciences at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario and founding and current chairman of the International Society for Vascular Behavioral and Cognitive Disorders.

Contact: Kathy Wallis
kwallis3@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x81136
University of Western Ontario

Public Release: 1-Jul-2008
Book's plea: Save the bonobos
A biologist at Washington University in St. Louis is the mastermind behind a project that has led to an informative book, aimed at children but appealing to all, on an endangered species of ape. Ursula Goodenough, Ph.D., professor of biology, is the driving force behind "I'm Lucy, A Day in the Life of a Young Bonobo," written by Mathea Levine, Goodenough's daughter, and featuring the photographs of Marian Brickner. Jane Goodall writes the afterword.

Contact: Tony Fitzpatrick
tony_fitzpatrick@wustl.edu
314-935-5272
Washington University in St. Louis