The Acupuncture and Meridian Studies (AMS) Awards Selection Committee announced the awardees of the second AMS Awards 2009. The AMS award is presented by the Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute (KPI) for excellent research articles submitted to the Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies (JAMS). The title and authors' list of the second AMS Awards are as follows:
•Heo-Jun Award (US$30,000)
–Proteomic analysis for tissues and liquid from Bonghan ducts on rabbit intestinal surfaces J Acupunct Med Sci 2008;1:97-109.Soo Jae Lee, Byung-Cheon Lee, Chang Hoon Nam, Won-Chul Lee, Seong-Uk Jhang, Hyung Soon Park, Kwang-Sup Soh
•Je-Ma Award (US$20,000)
–Thermal property of direct moxibustion and indirect moxibustion J Acupunct Med Sci 2009; 4:274-80.Seung-Ho Yi
•Sa-Am Award (US$10,000)
–This award will be carried forward to next AMS awards
•Young Scientist Awards (US$5,000/article)
–Investigation of electrical responses to acupuncture stimulation: the effect of electrical grounding and insulation conditions J Acupunct Med Sci 2009;2:49-55.Yong-Heum Lee, Yeon-Hang Ryu, Byungjo Jung
–Bonghan ducts as possible pathways for cancer metastasis J Acupunct Med Sci 2009;2: 118-23.Jung Sun Yoo, Hong Bae Kim, Vyacheslav Ogay, Byung-Cheon Lee, Saeyoung Ahn, Kwang-Sup Soh
–Antitumor activity of water extracts of Cordyceps militaris in NCI-H460 cell xenografted nude mice J Acupunct Med Sci 2009;4:307-9.Sang Eun Park, Jungsun Kim, Yeon-Weol Lee, Hwa-Seung Yoo, Chong-Kwan Cho
–In vitro cholinomimetic effect of Loranthus ferrugineus in isolated guinea pig ileum J Acupunct Med Sci 2009;4:284-94.Omar Ziad Ameer, Ibrahim M. Salman, Mohammad Jamshed Ahmad Siddiqui, Mun Fei Yam, Raghava Naidu Sriramaneni, Amirin Sadikun, Zhari Ismail, Amin Malik Shah, Mohd. Zaini Asmawi
–The effect of the major components of Fructus Cnidii on osteoblast in vitro J Acupunct Med Sci 2010 [To be published]Wenping Zhang, Dongming Ma, Torao Ishida
–The distribution of transcutaneous CO2 emission and correlation with the points along the Pericardium Meridian J Acupunct Med Sci 2009; 2:197-201.Zhang Wei-Bo, Tian Yu-Ying, Zhu Zong-Xiang, Xu Rui-Ming
The AMS Awards Selection Committee: Professor Kjell Fuxe (Chairperson; Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Professor In-Chul Sohn (Wonkwang University, Korea)
Professor Adrian Roger White (Peninsula Medical School, UK)
Professor Christopher Zaslawski (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
The AMS Awards Nomination Office: Korea Pharmacopuncture Institute AKOM Building, 4F, 26-27, Gayang-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Korea
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