Academic Medical Center

Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam K3-110, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands b.berkhout amc.uva.nl... 

Coronel Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health Academic Medical Center P.O. Box 22700... 

Peroxisomal Diseases Laboratory, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore/Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam. X-linked adrenoleukody-strophy database. Available on line at www. x-ald. nl/. 

Center for Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands department of Biochemistry, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Vakgroep Biochemle, Laboratorium Lipoproteine Chemie, Universiteit Gent, Belgium... 

Sponsors having experienced, in-house clinical development teams with attendant capacity and resources can effectively engage SMOs as part of the trials. Academic medical centers (AMCs) have functions that largely mirror those operative within commercial SMOs, especially regarding outpatient trials. As institutions, they are normally required to use their own IRB, although recently some AMCs have agreed to involvement with central IRBs. 

When choosing an IRB, the investigator may have the option of using a "local" IRB or a "central" IRB. A local IRB is one that is housed within an institution and has been developed for overseeing research conducted within the institution or by the staff of the institution. For example, many community hospitals and academic medical centers have their own internal IRB, composed largely of clinicians who conducf research af thaf insfitution. 

The reader should be aware that other types of cells expressing CD 154 have been used to stimulate CLL cells. These include mouse fibroblast L-cells (NTL) (12, 20, 21, 23, 28) and baby hamster kidney cells (27). The CD 154 NIH3T3 cells used in this study were kindly provided by Dr. Eldering (Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands). 

In the United States, the National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) was created in 1998 as one of the many research institutes and centers within the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH). This government research center collaborates with academic medical centers to evaluate specific nontraditional approaches to health and healing by conducting clinical trials and other scientific studies, as is done for drugs. 

Tsui B, Dennehy CE, Tsourounis C. A survey of dietary supplement use during pregnancy at an academic medical center. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001 185(2) 433-437. 

Harry B van Wezel Department of Anaesthesiology Academic Medical Center Amsterdam The Netherlands... 

Department of Biochemistry Academic Medical Center Kl-157 Meibergdreef 9 NL1105 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands Email j.m.aerts amc.nl... 

Academic medical centers are currently facing up to the challenge of incorporating so-called alternative medicine and integrative medicine into the educational programs of their scientifically based institutions. The question is no longer whether it should be done but how to do it. (Fishman, 2001 Weil, 2005). 

Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Arthrogen B. V, Amsterdam, The Netherlands... 

To compete more effectively, all segments in the investigative site market—academic medical centers, parttime principal investigators, and full-time dedicated clinical research centers—are rationalizing and improving their approach to conducting clinical studies. These improvements include ... 

Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Departmentof Nephrology, Hopital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium... 

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