Health and wellbeing
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Longitudinal studies of youth with disabilities
Pioneering study improves U.S. education for students with disabilities.
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Football safety
Developed measures for the NFL to reduce the number and severity of injuries to players.
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Human liver tissue bank
The first human liver tissue bank for testing drugs on humans versus animals.
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Ultrasound for medical diagnostics
Innovations make seeing inside the body from the outside ultra simple.
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Blood treatment: Hirudin
New treatment for blood clot prevention stems from peptide once only found in leeches.
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Deafnet
National telecommunications system raises awareness within the deaf community of email’s potential.
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Environmental causes of lung disease
Foundational study helps establish air quality standards.
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Head Start Program
Assessment of federal efforts to reduce poverty leads to groundbreaking research methodology.
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Acoustic modem
SRI scientists made vast improvements to the acoustically coupled modem, which had been invented elsewhere in the early 1960s.
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Laser photocoagulation for ophthalmology
A better way to look at eye surgery.
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Malaria treatment: Halofantrine
Treatment for drug-resistant malaria saves countless lives.
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Anti-viral: Vidarabine
Drug originally intended to fight cancer discovered effective against herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses.