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Musculoskeletal Disorders (13)

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Activity-Dependent Reorganization of Corticospinal Tract
College of Physicians and Surgeons

Study functional development of corticospinal system. Examine impairments in locomotion when postnatal development of corticospinal tract is arrested by blocking neural activity. . . . More »

Project Leader
Martin, John

Location
Canada

Project
Children of China Pediatric Foundation: David Roye Jr.
College of Physicians and Surgeons

Participated and organized pediatric care for group traveling to various locations in China to perform orthopedic surgery, urological surgery and plastic-surgery procedures on Chinese orphaned . . . More »

Project Leader
Roye Jr, David

Location
China

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Clinical Gene Therapy Trial at the Pavia Medical Center
College of Physicians and Surgeons

We are providing MDR retriviral producer line for the following experiments: (1) transfer of the multidrug-resistence gene into human hematopoietic progenitors collected from bone marrow, peripheral . . . More »

Project Leader
Bank, Arthur

Location
Italy

Project
Metabolic Bone Diseases in China
College of Physicians and Surgeons

This project is a far-ranging international collaboration between the Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and our counterparts in Beijing (PUMC), Shanghai (Second . . . More »

Project Leader
Bilezikian, John

Location
China

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Multidisciplinary Surgical Mission: Program 1
College of Physicians and Surgeons

Correction of surgical disabilities in Chinese orphans. Orthopedic, plastic and reconstructive, urological, eye, and general pediatric problems. . . . More »

Project Leader
Schullinger, John

Location
China

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Multidisciplinary Surgical Mission: Program 2
Columbia University Medical Center

Correction of surgical disabilities. Orthopedic, plastic-and-reconstructive, urological, eye, and general pediatric surgical problems. . . . More »

Project Leader
Schullinger, John

Location
China

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Nuclear Envelope and Muscle Diseases: France
College of Physicians and Surgeons

The nuclear membranes and associated nuclear lamina network separate chromatin from the cytoplasmic compartment. Mutations in emerin, a transmembrane protein of the inner nuclear membrane, have been . . . More »

Project Leader
Worman, Howard

Location
France

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Nuclear Envelope and Muscle Diseases: Japan
College of Physicians and Surgeons

The purpose of the project is to elucidate the mechanisms linking mutations in the ubiquitously expressed lamins A and C to a dysfunction of skeletal and cardiac muscles. This project combines . . . More »

Project Leader
Worman, Howard

Location
Japan

Project
Regulation of Calcium Release Channels
College of Physicians and Surgeons

Characterize the structure and function of calcium-release channels that control muscle contraction. . . . More »

Project Leader
Marks, Andrew

Location
Slovakia

Project
Search for Genes Involved in Intervertebral Disk Disease: Program 1
College of Physicians and Surgeons

Lower-back pain is often caused by intervertebral disk disease. In a recent paper, this disease has been shown to be associated with a polymorphism in a collagen gene. Researchers in Hong Kong are . . . More »

Project Leader
Ott, Jurg

Location
Hong Kong

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Search for Genes Involved in Intervertebral Disk Disease: Program 2
College of Physicians and Surgeons

Lower-back pain is often caused by intervertebral disk disease. In a recent paper, this disease has been shown to be associated with a polymorphism in a collagen gene. Researchers in Hong Kong are . . . More »

Project Leader
Ott, Jurg

Location
Hong Kong

Project
Skeletal Muscle and Bone Mass in Women Throughout the Age Range
College of Physicians and Surgeons

Dr. Ai-jun Sun was a visiting scholar at our center from October 2001 to April 2002. He is Dr. Shouging Lin's research fellow at Peking Union Medical College. Dr. Lin is also chair of the Chinese . . . More »

Project Leader
Gallagher, Dympna

Location
China

Project
Surgical Missions to China: Program 1
College of Physicians and Surgeons

Correction of surgical disabilities in Chinese orphans. Orthopedic, plastic, general pediatric, urological problems. . . . More »

Project Leader
Chiu, David

Location
China





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