Charity News from Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2000NIH Awards UNC-CH, Duke $21 Million to Boost Care for AIDS Patients, ResearchDuke University Medical Center | AIDS specialists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke medical schools will receive $21 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases over the next five years to continue their battle against AIDS. Duke University Creates National Institute on Care at the End of Life Duke University Medical Center | Duke University has received a founding gift of $13.5 million arranged by hospice pioneer Hugh A. Westbrook to establish the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life to improve research, education and practice across the nation for those near death. Hardening of Arteries Is Caused, Not Prevented By The Protein Interferon-gamma, Yale Study Finds Yale School of Medicine | A protein that was previously thought to prevent hardening of the arteries has been shown to actually cause the disease, according to a Yale study.
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