Solution to Pollution: New Bacteria Eats Toxic Waste
...ic hydrocarbons (PAH’s). The site had been used by industry as a place to apply preservatives to wood, yet Sims found the land to be relatively free of toxins and asked the question, why? After conducting soil analysis tests, Sims found microbes in the soil that had destroyed the toxic chemicals. Sims then c...Affymetrix and the Karolinska Institutet Announce Translational Medicine Strategic Alliance
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... cycle. Initially launched to help the processing industry and the federal government understand the size of salmon runs, early UW program leaders also collected basic information about weather, lake levels, emerging insects, zooplankton levels and other fish species and juvenile salmon growth, which disting...No relief for Pacific Northwest drought
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... Lenzer, is that "ties between drug regulators and industry may influence new drug approval." Graham said at t...ed by a regulator - and that rarely happens." The industry researcher explained that the studies that are the basis for regulatory approval are too small and a...Shift of weather patterns necessitates rethinking of reforestation methods
...forest landowners. Another 32 percent was owned by industry and investment groups, and the remainder was publicly owned. In 2000, approximately 160,000 acres were being replanted each year. Non-industrial private landowners accounted for about half of the replantings Taylor's test show that fall-planted cont...Roche clinical trial registry and results database launched
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...ng. The guidance also explains a new mechanism for industry to voluntarily submit research data to further the... for regulatory decision making, will help FDA and industry gain valuable experience as this new field continues to evolve. FDA believes this approach will sav...The evolutionary triumph of flower power
...flowers, most flowering plants grown in the flower industry today are not used for any purpose other than emotional satisfaction. "Our hypothesis is that flowers are exploiting an emotional niche. They make us happy," McGuire says. "Because they are a source of pleasure ?a positive emotion inducer ?we take c...What's really making you sick? Plant pathologists offer the science behind Sick Building Syndrome
... common misconceptions, new building construction, industry standards, legal issues, and possible solutions as well as discuss proactive strategies to be taken during house construction in order to control mold, insect, and mite-related allergens. The workshop will be held Saturday, July 30 from 8:00 a.m. to...New project aims to make large-scale lobster farms feasible
...ld ultimately be marketed to a lobster aquaculture industry is running concurrently at Harbor Branch. ...Measuring Enzymes At End Of Cancer Pathway Predicts Outcome Of Tarceva, Taxol
...een possible by measuring gene expression, but our industry collaborator has provided a way that lets us test real enzyme activity within a human tumor sample," he says. "Our hope is to be able to use this system as a molecular marker to assess whether an anti-cancer therapy is working." ABSTRACT # 1670 Sen...Affymetrix Launches New Globin-Reduction Kits and Protocol Developed with PreAnalytiX
..., Affymetrix GeneChip(R) technology has become the industry standard in molecular biology research. Affymetrix technology is used by the world's top pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies as well as leading academic, government and not-for-profit research institutes. More than 1,200 systems ha...Nature provides inspiration for important new adhesive
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