Forty-three patients with primary endometrial carcinoma were treated with natural interferon-beta (IFN-beta) at two different dose levels (2 x 10(6) IU or 6 x 10(6) IU im 3 times/week for 1 week). ...IFN-beta increased receptors for estrogens (ER) and progesterone (PR) in a high percentage of the 40 evaluable patients, without modifying the receptor affinity. The ER and PR enhancement, which was simultaneous in at least 50% of patients, and the increase of over 100 fmol/mg protein observed in some cases suggest that IFN-beta exerts a profound influence on receptor expression and, probably, on the hormone sensitivity of the tumor.
New Trends in Engineering Education: The AGEP: CNY-PR Castillo, L.; Arocha, M.; Esteves, A. ...
2005 6th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training,
2005
Conference Proceeding
Engineering education is facing difficult times attracting women, African-Americans, and Hispanics in academia in the United States. The problem worsens in graduate education as the statistics for ...women and minority faculty at engineering graduate schools across the country are depressingly low. As the quest for knowledge increases, we must provide PhD students with new tools and resources to compete and succeed in the global economy. In 2002, a unique partnership between Syracuse University, Cornell University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez was established under the name of "The Alliance for Graduate Education and The Professorate; Central New York-Puerto Rico" (AGEP: CNY-PR). The alliance has been successful in increasing the number of minorities and female obtaining PhD degrees in science, mathematics and engineering while promoting research and education collaboration among the allied institutions
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