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Two NIH initiatives launch intensive efforts to find roots of common diseases

...ese disease-causing variants is one of the highest priorities of current biomedical research. "Virtually all diseases have a hereditary component, transmitted from parent to child through the three billion DNA letters that make up the human genome," said Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Nation...

Afghanistan to protect wildlife and wild lands

...ley, located in the Central Plateau region. Other priorities in the 3-year biodiversity project include initiating a legislative review of environmental policies; developing a baseline of information on wildlife populations, rangeland status, and diseases affecting both livestock and wildlife such as Marco Pol...

NHGRI announces latest sequencing targets

... chartered committee that advises NHGRI on program priorities and goals. It also consists of a set of organisms whose genome sequence will add to the comprehensive strategic list of priority targets for genomic sequencing by the NHGRI's Large-Scale Sequencing program. Seven mammals which have b...

Diabetes hits 275 Australians each day as pandemic spreads

...s. These data will be instrumental in establishing priorities and calculating future budgetary needs. "The diabetes epidemic is being driven by lifestyle factors, particularly the dramatic increase in obesity, poor diet and physical inactivity ?and is already costing taxpayers over $3 billion annually. That fi...

Innovative method for creating a human cytomegalovirus vaccine outlined

...ment of a CMV vaccine should be one of the highest priorities for vaccine makers. Now, in a new study in the August 1 issue of The Journal of Virology, researchers at The Wistar Institute outline an innovative approach that could be used to create such a vaccine. The Wistar scientists began with the observat...

China's environmental challenges

...n China's major mountain ranges they say should be priorities for the country's conservation plans. One of the review articles in the issue examines the phenomenon of so-called city clusters in China, which, in contrast to the United States, tend to be much more concentrated and densely populated with littl...

Molecular structure reveals how botulinum toxin attaches to nerve cells

...e considered among the highest biodefense research priorities by the U.S. government. As part of its overall biodefense program, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has established the Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense a...

Replacing insulin is top-ranked breakthrough foreseen for health in developing world

...edge science research occurs today, health-related priorities differ greatly from those of developing countries, which therefore should develop their own expertise and capacity. "Though largely neglected by the field of regenerative medicine to date, we suggest that developing countries could potentially benef...

First Biodiversity Census of coral reef ecosystems in the NW Hawaiian Islands

...g conducted during this expedition are "one of the priorities for conserving all the monument's natural resources." The taxonomists, biologists specializing in the classification of these organisms, are donating their time and considerable expertise. "We plan to provide for the State of Hawaii a baselin...

Are genomic technologies the answer to world hunger?

...onference who highlight the complex negotiation of priorities by the different groups involved in these research decisions that usually exclude the poor who ought to benefit most as end users of these products....

New sucker-footed bat discovered in Madagascar

... of basic scientific research for establishing the priorities for conservation programs and assessments of presumed rare and possibly endangered animals, the study concludes. Due to the physical similarities between M. schliemanni and M. aurita, the researchers concluded that one species probably evolved f...

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