Alpine Orthopaedics & Spine PS has moved to a larger location here, at 212 E. Central, about a block north of its old location, at 220 E. Rowan, on the south side of Providence Holy Family Hospital.The practice recently moved to a leased space
Approach melds biological, computational research to build molecular networks
August 26, 2010
The Stanford University School of Medicine has been awarded $12.8 million over five years by the National Cancer Institute to establish a Center for Cancer Systems Biology. The center is one of 12 recently funded by the institute to stimulate and a
Rockwood Clinic PS, the Spokane-based multispecialty medical care provider, says it's planning a $1.2 million remodeling project on the eighth floor of the Deaconess Health & Education Center, where it plans to move its heart clinic.The clinic,
Freedom Health Group Corp., of Spokane Valley, has moved from 924 S. Pines to a 4,500-square-foot space at 13607 E. Sprague.Company owner Rick Hansen says the new space, formerly occupied by Youthful Horizons Physical Therapy PS, will allow the
$1.7 million NIH grant funds evaluation of tiny drug-resistant plasmids
August 26, 2010
In an effort to take the resistance out of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, University of Idaho researchers are getting down to the genetic level to figure out how multidrug resistance plasmids increase their resistance.Thanks to a five-year, $1.7
Total knee and hip joint replacement devices that last a lifetime might be closer to reality, thanks to recent breakthroughs in research labs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham involving the application of specialized nanodiamonds a of a in
Last November, Robert Hoover learned about a device that tests endothelial functionthe elasticity of the lining of blood vessels. He decided, with the help of a private investor, to purchase the device, the Endo-PAT2000, and open Spokane in a
Finding might explain why some therapies don't prevent their recurrence
August 26, 2010
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a cancer-initiating cell in human melanomas. The finding is significant because the existence of such a cell in the aggressive skin cancer has been a source of debate. It also
After a decade in product development, RehabLogic Inc., of Spokane, has inked a contract with a Boise-area hospital management company to test and help roll out its Internet-based system for tracking standardized, integrated treatment of certain it
A researcher at Washington State University Spokane is studying how cancer cells might be altered to halt their reproduction and eventually make them die.The researcher, Weihang Chai, an assistant professor in WSU's School of Molecular and the a