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July 23, 2002

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø developing AI caretakers for Alzheimer’s sufferers, other impaired patients

The Assisted Cognition Project is a collaborative effort by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, Intel Computers and Elite Care, a private company developing a state-of-the-art retirement community in the Portland area that utilizes so-called ubiquitous computing to keep tabs on residents’ needs.

July 17, 2002

Collaborators receive $10.5 million to explore progression and treatment of prostate cancer

The National Cancer Institute will provide $10.5 million in funding to the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø (ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø), the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) and the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) over five years for study of the progression and treatment of prostate cancer.

July 16, 2002

New book is road map to help parents ‘find’ their child who has Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism

It can be a numbing and confusing experience for parents who receive a diagnosis that their child has autism and then must sort through the wide variety of treatment approaches available. Helping parents deal with this experience is why two leading researchers, Sally Ozonoff and Geraldine Dawson, have written “A Parent’s Guide to Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism,” which has just been published.

July 9, 2002

Pioneering genome scientist to head ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Department of Genome Sciences

Dr. Robert H. Waterston, one of the world’s leading genome scientists, has been named chair of the Department of Genome Sciences at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine, announced Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine.