Week Ending 14 November 2008 -
Synopsis number 827
University of Dundee News
'Frontier justice' prevailed here
We Americans know all about "frontier justice." That's when Gary Cooper shoots Ian McDonald in New Mexico at high noon.
Our friends in other nations may have different interpretations. Take Dr. Richard McMahon, a researcher from Dundee University in Scotland, who travelled all the way to Washington to take a firsthand look at centuries-old records here.
Observer Reporter
http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/11-13-research-editorial 13.11.08
Women risk their lives by failing to take breast cancer drugs
The researchers - based at the University of Dundee and funded by the Medical Research Council and Breast Cancer Research (Scotland) - used the prescription records of more than 2000 women to see how many did not complete the standard treatment of a tamoxifen tablet every day and linked this to other health records to see if they were more likely to die.
News Medical
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=42847 12.11.08
GPs urged to help cancer therapy compliance
As above
Healthcarerepublic
http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/GP/LatestNews/860959/GPs-urged-help-cancer-therapy-compliance/ 14.11.08
Software shows up decline in Wilson
Software developed by a Dundee University professor suggests that former prime minister Harold Wilson suffered from Alzheimer's in his last months in office.
Press and Journal 12.11.08
College printer John Brown dies
The former head of the printing department at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, John Brown, has died. He was 89.
The Courier 10.11.08
Doing the rounds
Scottish breast cancer patients are risking their lives by failing to take their prescription drugs, according to a researcher at Dundee University.
The Scotsman 11.11.08
New research to target superbugs
Scottish scientists are to help develop new drugs to fight some of the most difficult to treat bacterial superbugs.
Researchers at the universities of Dundee and St Andrews are involved.
BBC News Online
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7721806.stm 11.11.08
Research boost for university labs
Dundee scientists are to lead the fight against deadly superbugs after being chosen to head up a drug discovery project.
The £3.8 million AEROPATH research programme aims to identify new drugs to combat bacterial infections that cause particular difficulties for cystic fibrosis sufferers, burns victims and patients whose immune systems have been compromised by chemotherapy during cancer treatment.
The Courier 12.11.08
Dundee scientists awarded grant to treat superbugs
As above
STV
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/39539-dundee-scientists-awarded-grant-to-treat-superbugs/ 13.11.08
University duo capped
A Dundee University student and a staff member are donning their American Football pads to represent the UK against France on November 15.
Evening telegraph 07.01.08
Prof Bill Bass studies corpses on Body Farm
Got a question about corpses? Prof Bill Bass is your man, says Sue Armstrong
Sue Armstrong's 'A Matter of Life and Death: Conversations with Pathologists' (Dundee University Press, £12.99) is published on Nov 13. National Pathology Week (www.nationalpathologyweek.org) runs from Nov 3-9.
The Telegraph 10.11.08
110% increase in domestic abuse against men
Incidents of domestic violence against men have more than doubled in the last nine years, with police called to more than 6000 incidents in 2007-08 in which men were assaulted or threatened, according to figures obtained by the Sunday Herald. Brian Dempsey, a law lecturer at Dundee University is quoted.
The Sunday Herald 09.11.08
New evidence on nuclear bomb tests points to cover up
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been accused of "a cover-up of a cock-up" in the wake of new evidence that it failed to investigate genetic damage among the veterans of Britain's nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s.
Sue Roff, an expert from the Centre for Medical Education at Dundee University is quoted.
The Sunday Herald 09.11.08
University in project to find 'kiss of death' for cancer
The function of ubiquitins was the subject of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2004, awarded to leading scientists Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose for a research paper entitled The Kiss of Death. Mitchell said that ITI sees ubiquitins as having at least the potential of kinases, a variety of enzyme with a $16 billion (£10bn) market that the Dundee life-sciences sector has been at the forefront of exploiting.
This was overseen by Professor Sir Philip Cohen, a research professor at the University of Dundee who also sits on the ITI scientific advisory group.
The Sunday Herald 09.11.08
ITI Life Sciences invests £9.3M in drug discovery
As above
Hi-tech Scotland
http://hi-techscotland.com/article/08-11-10__iti-life-sciences-invests-93m-in-drug-discovery 10.11.08
ITI Life Sciences invests £9.3 million in major drug discovery programme
As above
Fierce Biotech
http://www.fiercebiotech.com/press-releases/iti-life-sciences-invests-9-3-million-major-drug-discovery-programme 12.11.08
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