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Disease diagnosis, bioengineering covered at state nano summit

...to be done in the area of protein design. He will discuss current advances in the use of selection and randomization to intelligently evolve protein function, as well as the role of these advances in the application of nanotechnology. For instance, in Krause's laboratory, what starts off as a mere molecule ...

Columbia scientists develop cancer terminator viruses

...ns. In the Cancer Research paper, the researchers discuss the development of a "terminator" virus, which was administered to mice with pancreatic cancers at both primary and distant sites (akin to metastases). As predicted, when the virus was injected directly into the primary tumor, the virus destroyed no...

The ecological effects of the Chernobyl disaster

...ng in the birds. In the presentation, Gaschak will discuss how quantities of 90Sr and 137Cs vary with feeding...(National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, Ukraine) will discuss a newly described process of environmental self-cleaning in the talk, "Biogeochemical cycling of rad...

What Makes The Brain Tick, Tick, Tick: Researchers Gaining New Insights Into Brain's Internal Clock

... 2005 Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Buhusi and Meck discuss the current state of understanding of one of the brain's most important, and mysterious, clocks -- the one governing timing intervals in the seconds to minutes range. Such interval timing occupies the middle neurological ground between two other cloc...

Asian immigrants in NYC not receiving HIV education at religious institutions

...ug use to be taboo subjects and "inappropriate" to discuss in a religious setting. Still other leaders hold their own stigmatizing attitudes about HIV and did not want to get involved for that reason. Some respondents surveyed said they feared they would contract HIV if they became active in HIV prevention...

PLoS Medicine publishes first trial of effect of male circumcision on HIV infection

...s published in PLoS Medicine alongside the trial discuss some of these issues further: In an editorial, the PLoS Medicine editors discuss the peer review of the paper and their reasons for publishing it. Peter Cleaton-Jones, chai...

Restaurant seafood prices since 1850s help plot marine harvests through history

...ts from 25 countries will attend the conference to discuss discoveries about the bounty of the world's oceans over 500 years and the changes they have undergone. Extensive and previously unexplored historical and environmental archives provide valuable information and insight into the sometimes startling ch...

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

...day in the journal Genome Research, the scientists discuss this model in the ecological context of host-symbiont interplay. "Symbiosis is an important driver of evolutionary novelty and ecological diversity," explains Wernegreen. "Microbial symbionts in particular have been major evolutionary catalysts thro...

Creeping crinoids! Sea lilies crawl to escape predators, new video shows

...sciences Tomasz Baumiller will show the videos and discuss the research Oct.16 at a meeting of the Geological Society of America in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sea lilies and feather stars, members of a group called crinoids, are closely related to starfish, sea cucumbers and sea urchins. The two main types of cr...

U. of Colorado researcher identifies tracks of swimming dinosaur in Wyoming

...sciences Tomasz Baumiller will show the videos and discuss the research Oct.16 at a meeting of the Geological Society of America in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sea lilies and feather stars, members of a group called crinoids, are closely related to starfish, sea cucumbers and sea urchins. The two main types of cr...

Did feathered dinosaurs exist?

... the theropod derivation hypothesis. Finally, they discuss the significance of the Chinese discoveries with respect to bird origin and flight. The authors emphasize that the totality of evidence from various branches of science must be included if we are ever to solve the mystery of bird origins and the or...

Report focuses on challenges to unlocking future promise of vaccines

...olloquium convened by the Academy in March 2005 to discuss vaccines, current infectious disease problems, the potential for new and better vaccines, vaccine safety, research issues surrounding vaccines, education, and training topics. Experts in vaccine research and development from academia, industry, and ...

Should doctors tell patients about expensive, unfunded drugs?

...ed drugs. A large proportion said they would not discuss an expensive drug with a patient if it were not su...tress for some patients. Society at large should discuss whether new, high-cost drugs should be publicly funded, they conclude. ...

Understanding the oceans microbes is key to the Earth's future

...phy, invertebrate biology and virology gathered to discuss the importance of marine microorganisms to life on this planet, the biogeography of these organisms, their roles in symbiotic relationships and pathogenesis, their metabolic capabilities, their impacts on humans, and goals for research, training, and...

Sooner is better with cochlear implants, Stanford scientist shows

... the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers discuss how they used a simple auditory test and found that some children with cochlear implants fuse the visual and auditory aspects of speech - just like people with normal hearing. But the effect was only seen in children who received their implants befor...

Access to existing medical treatments could save more lives than spending to improve the treatments

...ut health outcomes ultimately suffer." The authors discuss the relevance of this concept at a time when the nation is struggling with the escalating costs of health care and unsatisfactory performance on quality. "Health, economic and moral arguments make the case for spending less on technological advances...

Scientist measures role of science's coolest player: The snow

...anges we are expecting in the future." Vavrus will discuss his findings today during the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (Dec. 5-9, 2005). Vavrus, a climate modeling specialist, digitally simulated a snow-free world, and measured the impact of missing snow cover on a range of climatic variabl...

Light activated anticancer drug targeted to DNA using cisplatin like sub-units

...inia Tech chemistry graduate student Ran Miao will discuss how component identity dictates device properties. He will present the paper, "Synthesis and properties of mixed-metal Ru-Pt complexes: Coupling light absorbers to reactive metal centers" (INOR 105) at 3:30 p.m., Sunday, March 26, at the Georgia Worl...

Environmental metagenomics diagnosing extreme environments, tapping opportunities for clean energy

...m fermenting just one sheet of paper. Rubin will discuss these advances on a panel entitled "Biosphere Monitoring and Ecosystem Forecasts: Sensing the Pulse of the Planet," organized by Stan Wullschleger and Thomas Wilbanks of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, at the American Association for the Advancement o...

Aspirin reduces cardiovascular risks in men and women -- but differently

... recommend that all patients and physicians should discuss the benefits and drawbacks of regularly taking asp... is important for patients and their physicians to discuss the issue and weigh the benefits and potential drawbacks to this therapy," Berger said. "Also, aspir...

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