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Chernobyl: The true scale of the accident

...e governments of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia might address major economic and social problems stemming from t...duce internal and external radiation exposures and address the main causes of disease and mortality. In the socioeconomic sphere, the Report recommends a new ...

A bug's life: Exceptional genomic stability yet rapid protein evolution in a carpenter ant mutualist

...he scientific community is allowing researchers to address interesting ecological questions and to observe how various genomic, evolutionary, and ecological forces interact to define an organism's role in the environment. Today, Dr. Jennifer Wernegreen's group from the Marine Biological Laboratory presents n...

Dalai Lama, top scientists to discuss science & clinical applications of meditation

... historic events in Washington, DC. First, he will address the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, which expects 30,000 attendees on Saturday, November 12, from 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM in the Washington Convention Center, Hall D. SfN is the world's largest organization of scientists and physicians ded...

Researchers find Amchitka seafood safe for now

...ations." There is no currently known technology to address the radioactive shot cavities themselves; hence fu...n in the 1950's. CRESP was specifically created to address the recommendation by the National Academy of Sciences that the U.S. Department of Energy's Environm...

Scientists closer to new cancer detection method

... Buffalo. "Dr. Tan and his colleagues were able to address that with their light-switching method. This is a significant advancement in minimizing a frequent problem." Much work remains to be done, but the technique potentially could be a diagnostic tool for cancer and other diseases. It could also be used ...

Software 'agents' could help unmask reality of disease clusters

...for geographical analyses, making it impossible to address many important public health concerns," said Dr Maged Boulos, from the School for Health at the University of Bath. "Some of the solutions used to preserve confidentiality, such as centralising information to a single point in a town or aggregating ...

Asian immigrants in NYC not receiving HIV education at religious institutions

...ing general health in the community, though not to address HIV specifically. Their involvement could have a tremendous impact on preserving and protecting the health of New York City's Asian immigrants and those with whom they come in contact, Chin said. AIDS has reached epidemic proportions in parts of the...

Hunger in America rises by 43 percent over last five years

...lem. Congress and the White House urgently need to address growing income inequality and the weakening of the safety net in order to get this epidemic under control."According to the Center on Hunger and Poverty, food insecurity increased by nearly a million households from 2003 to 2004. Rates of hunger incr...

Number Of Babies Born Prematurely Nears Historic Half Million Mark In U.S.

...he March of Dimes began its multi-year campaign to address the growing rate of premature birth in 2003. The campaign educates women on the signs and symptoms of premature birth, and supports more research into the causes of premature labor. One of the goals of the campaign is to help the nation reach the goa...

Women feel more pain than men, research shows

...w gender-specific interventions can be tailored to address these potentially important differences," said Dr Keogh. "However, evidence is certainly converging to suggest that accounting for greater differences may increase the overall effectiveness of treatments." ...

Drugs from the deep blue

...the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, to address some of these questions. Discovering natural products is a great training tool because it requires skills in all areas of chemistry and a wide view of allied disciplines, Molinski said. "It's like a crossword puzzle where you have to find the clues...

Forsyth scientists find three bacteria associated with oral cancer

...l bacteria be used as indicators of disease? As we address these questions, we will begin to understand the nature of interactions between man and the bacteria we live with." ...

No small feat: First ever gene therapy success for muscular dystrophy achieved

...ructurally unrelated to laminin alpha-2. Unless we address the underlying cause of congenital muscular dystrophy we're not likely to be able to completely arrest or cure CMD," added Chungping Qiao, M.D., Ph.D., the study's first author and a research associate fellow in Dr. Xiao's lab. Future directions for...

Hormones and growth: The control of body size and developmental growth rate in fruit flies

...sten Mirth, James W. Truman, and Lynn M. Riddiford address how developing flies sense that they have reached the proper size to initiate a new phase of development. Their new findings show that the prothoracic gland'the organ that releases ecdysone'itself acts as a size-sensing tissue. The researchers found ...

Beyond genes: Lipid helps cell wall protein fold into proper shape

...for membrane protein folding will help researchers address serious diseases caused by misfolded proteins. "In cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer's disease and mad cow disease, the dysfunctional proteins are associated with membranes," Dowhan said. Membrane proteins make up 30 percent of known proteins. Dowhan estim...

Leptin-signaling Protein Maintains Normal Body Weight And Energy Balance In Mice

...hlight the urgent need for fisheries investment to address a suite of problems and to help meet the UN Millennium Development Goals in Africa. Hosted by Nigerian President HE Olusegun Obasanjo, expected participants include Ghanaian President John Kufuor, other heads of state and senior ministers, WorldFish...

Crisis in African fish supplies looms, experts warn Africa leaders

...hlight the urgent need for fisheries investment to address a suite of problems and to help meet the UN Millennium Development Goals in Africa. Hosted by Nigerian President HE Olusegun Obasanjo, expected participants include Ghanaian President John Kufuor, other heads of state and senior ministers, WorldFish...

New Scripps Oceanography project to study sediments and ecosystem restoration in Venice lagoon

...n. "It will be extremely interesting and unique to address the many different angles of a single problem." Scripps scientists and SIOSED research areas include: * Dimitri Deheyn: bioavailability and toxicity of contaminants * Joris Gieskes and Anthony Rathburn: geochemistry and benthic foraminifera...

Fragment of yellow fever virus may hold key to safer vaccine

... virus. The epitope is called E-71, signifying its address on the envelope protein. Several other amino acids in another section of the folded protein contributed to the neutralization. Yellow fever virus--and its flavivirus cousins, including dengue and West Nile –look like balls covered by approximately 1...

Scientists to mimic nature for newest cancer drugs

...those closures inadequate because they don't fully address the seasonal movement of right whales. The scient...diate implementation of interim emergency rules to address the current crisis and emphasize the need for renewed support now from the U.S. Congress and researc...

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