• UC Santa Barbara physicist Joseph Polchinski and UC Santa Cruz molecular biologist Harry Noller have each been awarded the 2017 Breakthrough Prize , the most lucrative award in science. (universityofcalifornia.edu)
  • Polchinski won the 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics along with Andrew Strominger and Cumrun Vafa. (universityofcalifornia.edu)
  • Noller won the 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, together with Stephen J. Elledge, Roeland Nusse, Yoshinori Ohsumi and Huda Yahya Zoghbi. (universityofcalifornia.edu)
  • Harry Noller, a professor emeritus of molecular, cell and developmental biology, won the 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his groundbreaking work on the ribosome. (universityofcalifornia.edu)
  • 2017 Advances in Rheumatology Dr Kevin Deane reviews new trials, new treatments, and other major breakthroughs in rheumatology over the past year. (medscape.com)
  • In 2016, he made his debut with a book published by Forum entitled En nästan sann historia (An Almost True Story) and he had a major international breakthrough in 2018 with the thriller En helt vanlig familj (A Nearly Normal Family). (lu.se)
  • PALO ALTO, Calif., May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian, a Siemens Healthineers company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company Breakthrough Device Designation for its cardiac radioablation (CRA) system, currently in development as a noninvasive therapy for select patients with refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT). (varian.com)
  • This is also reflected in the Leeds Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2016-2021. (who.int)
  • however, an tactic to combat communicable diseases in 2016-2020, antiviral (acyclovir) is recommended in cases where including a strategy to introduce new vaccines to the immunodeficiency or severe eye and/or neurological national immunization programme (13) . (who.int)
  • TITUSVILLE, N.J., Aug. 16, 2016 - Janssen Research & Development, LLC, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a Breakthrough Therapy Designation for esketamine, an investigational antidepressant medication, for the indication of major depressive disorder with imminent risk for suicide. (jnj.com)
  • This also marks the second time esketamine has received a Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the U.S. regulatory authority. (jnj.com)
  • Breakthrough Therapy Designation is intended to expedite development and review timelines when preliminary clinical evidence indicates the drug may demonstrate substantial improvement on one or more clinically significant endpoints over available therapies for serious or life-threatening conditions. (jnj.com)
  • The esketamine Phase 2 clinical trial data presented by Janssen in May 2016 at the Society of Biological Psychiatry 71st Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, provided preliminary clinical evidence to support the Breakthrough Therapy Designation for major depressive disorder with imminent risk for suicide. (jnj.com)
  • The FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for an investigational antibody drug for the treatment of primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS). (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Ocrelizumab is the first investigational medicine for MS to be granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the FDA," said head of Global Product Development, Sandra Horning, MD. "With no approved treatments for primary progressive MS, ocrelizumab has the potential to address an important unmet need. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation ," Harvard Business School Working Papers 10-020, Harvard Business School. (repec.org)
  • Breakthrough inventions and migrating clusters of innovation ," Journal of Urban Economics , Elsevier, vol. 67(1), pages 46-60, January. (repec.org)
  • Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation ," NBER Working Papers 15443, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (repec.org)
  • Ballard remains at the forefront of PEM fuel cell innovation, developing breakthrough technologies that make PEM fuel cells higher performing and lower cost. (ballard.com)
  • With the establishment of two world-leading research facilities - the synchrotron light accelerator MAX IV, inaugurated in 2016, and the neutron source ESS, which wil be operational for research in 2023 - parts of the area wil become a location for breakthrough research, cutting-edge technology and innovation in subjects including materials science and life science. (lu.se)
  • 2016-10-22T17:59:40-04:00 https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMTlmXC8yMDE2MTAyMjE4MjA0NjAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ== Stephen Davis talked about the 1864 Battle of Atlanta and the engagements on July 22 just outside the city. (c-span.org)
  • In this special Third Thursdays Webinar, we discuss the most significant breakthrough to date in the search for a Parkinson's biomarker: a highly accurate biological test for Parkinson's disease. (michaeljfox.org)
  • These new GOH commitments in the 2016 Work Plan will address concerns raised by the United States in the Out-Of-Cycle Review and will strengthen implementation of the CAFTA-DR commitments relating to intellectual property. (ustr.gov)
  • A parallel initiative called the Breakthrough Energy Coalition secured private commitments from 28 of the wealthiest investors in the world to finance these technologies. (eenews.net)
  • ESSENCE on Health Research Published online: 26 May 2016 Abstract The ESSENCE on Health Research initiative of funders has published a new good practice document: Six Practices to Strengthen Evaluation of Global Health Research for Development. (bvsalud.org)
  • The breakthrough for solar energy technology implementation has, however, been hampered by two issues: the conversion efficiency of light into electricity and the solar panel production cost. (lu.se)
  • Photography student Lucang Huang has been awarded the BJP Breakthrough 2016 Single Image Runner-Up. (massart.edu)
  • The product also served another key purpose for Apple: AirPods quickly muted the initial outrage of the company's decision to remove the headphone jack from iPhones in 2016 while creating another lucrative sales channel. (valleycentral.com)
  • The new space exploration initiative announced Tuesday is called the " Breakthrough Starshot . (businessinsider.com)
  • We investigate the speed at which clusters of invention for a technology migrate spatially following breakthrough inventions. (repec.org)
  • We identify breakthrough inventions as the top one percent of US inventions for a technology during 1975-1984 in terms of subsequent citations. (repec.org)
  • As a heart rhythm specialist who routinely treats individuals with VT, I am thrilled to see the FDA recognize Varian's cardiac radioablation system as a breakthrough technology. (varian.com)
  • In this paper, breakthrough technologies for mineral exploration are discussed from the following two perspectives: (a) requirements and expectations for exploration technology in consideration of recent and expected future changes in the circumstances surrounding exploration, and (b) a review of examples of significant breakthrough technologies in the history of exploration technology development. (springer.com)
  • www.nisshinbo.co.jp/english/ ) for a further phase of a Technology Solutions program related to the development of a breakthrough catalyst technology intended to reduce the cost of certain proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. (ballard.com)
  • Dr. Yangxing Li, Chief Scientist at Watt Laboratory, has stated that there are three technologies that have assisted them in making a breakthrough in this battery technology. (androidauthority.com)
  • These types of breakthroughs can make an absolute step change in the amount of energy needed to convert a raw material to a plastic," said Vijay Swarup, vice president of research and development at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co., a subsidiary of the energy company. (industryweek.com)
  • Welcome to the first installment of "Breakthrough: Portraits of Women in Science," a new series that follows the innovative research of women scientists. (sciencefriday.com)
  • When we announced the big iPSC breakthrough on November 20th, 2007 we have continued to see more and more promise AND progress with this ethical research. (cbc-network.org)
  • In September 2016, the Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel delivered a report with 10 ambitious recommendations to shape cancer research for the next five years. (cdc.gov)
  • They were among a select group of mathematicians and scientists honored at a glittering Silicon Valley gala Sunday night (Dec. 4), emceed by actor Morgan Freeman and hosted by Breakthrough Prize founders Sergey Brin, Anne Wojcicki, Yuri and Julia Milner, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. (universityofcalifornia.edu)
  • The tech luminaries created the annual Breakthrough Prize in 2012 to honor top scientists in the fields of fundamental physics, life sciences and mathematics, and to bring more glamour and prestige to those who push the frontiers of knowledge. (universityofcalifornia.edu)
  • It's called Breakthrough: Portraits of Women in Science, and it's six films that follow scientists across STEM fields. (sciencefriday.com)
  • Scientists in South Korea have reportedly made a breakthrough toward harnessing an unlimited source of safe and clean energy via nuclear fusion. (naturalnews.com)
  • 2016 marks the sixth year in which the Dialogue has offered scholars, journalists, philanthropists, policymakers, and friends the opportunity to come together to engage with the Breakthrough Institute in conversation about the world's most wicked problems. (thebreakthrough.org)
  • The International Film Music Critics Association Award for Breakthrough Composer of the Year is an annual award given by the International Film Music Critics Association, or the IFMCA. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2016, she was voted "Model of the Year" by industry professionals for Models.com. (wikipedia.org)
  • The breakthrough was made by vision researchers Emily Baird and Marie Dacke at the Department of Biology in Lund. (lu.se)
  • Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem told reporters: 'We achieved a major breakthrough on Greece which enables us to enter a new phase in the Greek financial assistance programme. (itv.com)
  • According to reports consolidated by WHO, more than 300 attacks on health care facilities occurred in 2016 in 20 countries, with the majority documented in the Syrian Arab Republic. (who.int)
  • bad news for writers on the ground (like Carlos Aguilar, Maddy Kadish, Kelly Leow and Jeff Meyers), trying to narrow down an annual "Breakthroughs" list. (moviemaker.com)
  • Varian's CRA system was designated a Breakthrough Device by the FDA because of its potential to offer a more effective treatment for select patients with refractory VT. (varian.com)
  • The FDA Breakthrough Device Program is intended to provide patients with more timely access to medical devices that have the potential to provide for more effective treatment or diagnosis of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases or conditions. (varian.com)
  • This is our second Making Leeds the Best City to Grow Old in Annual Report, and I am pleased to see how the breakthrough project has progressed since it began. (who.int)
  • Leeds was selected as a partner for the Centre for Ageing Better because of this breakthrough project, which demonstrates our commitment to making Leeds the Best City to Grow Old in. (who.int)
  • Patenting growth is significantly higher in cities and technologies where breakthrough inventions occur after 1984 relative to peer locations that do not experience breakthrough inventions. (repec.org)
  • Breakthrough technologies for mineral exploration are discussed from two perspectives. (springer.com)
  • The second perspective (b), on the other hand, is intended to discuss the common characteristics of breakthrough technologies for mineral exploration derived inductively from a review of those breakthrough technologies. (springer.com)
  • Eventually, Simons utilized his mathematical knowledge on Wall Street, where he had his breakthrough in 1982 by starting his model-based hedge fund-Renaissance Technologies, and built a net worth of $24.6 billion . (visualcapitalist.com)
  • This breakthrough was reached after the United States carried out an Out-Of-Cycle Review of intellectual property protection in Honduras in order to determine if that country should be placed on USTR's Special 301 intellectual property Watch List. (ustr.gov)
  • In the first half of 2016, Genentech plans to submit data from 3 pivotal phase 3 studies to the FDA for marketing authorization for PPMS and relapsing multiple sclerosis. (pharmacytimes.com)
  • The breakthrough, set to be published in the Aug. 19 issue of the journal Science, ultimately may help chemical plants shrink their carbon footprint and help the world meet ambitious targets for paring the greenhouse gas emissions blamed for climate change. (industryweek.com)
  • Making Leeds the Best City to Grow Old in is one of eight breakthrough projects established to drive some of the work to fulfil our ambition for Leeds to be a city which is both compassionate and has a strong economy, The breakthrough projects are designed to identify new ways of working within the council and with our partners to achieve the best outcomes for the city. (who.int)
  • Compared to other drugs, therapeutics given breakthrough status receive FDA approval on the basis of weaker trial evidence, a study finds. (the-scientist.com)
  • Breakthrough status has recently been granted for novel drugs to treat Parkinson's disease psychosis as well as movement disorders precipitated by antipsychotics, such as tardive dyskinesia. (medscape.com)