Controversial drug shown to act on brain protein to cut alcohol use
Medicationagainst nicotine addiction is nowadays readily available. However, asimilar and equally dangerous addiction, alcoholism, can't yet becontrolled by drugs. Or can it be? Researchers from the University ofCalifornia in San Diego identified a natural compound able to blockalcohol addiction in rodents. We can only hope that anti-alcoholismpatchs or gum...DNA conclusive yet still controversial, Carnegie Mellon professor says
Although the odds that DNA evidence found at a crime scene will match by chance the DNA of a person who was not there are infinitesimal, controversy continues about DNA identification and its use in criminal investigations, says Carnegie Mellon University Statistics Professor Kathryn Roeder. Roeder will present a historical overview of the use of DNA identification on Tuesday, April 25, during th...Report gives nod to controversial Lawson project
The UW-Madison Lawson Assessment Project report suggests that the UW System continue to work with St. Paul, Minn.-based <a href="http://www.lawson.com/index.s...Public Hearing Held for controversial anti-cloning bills
The hearings are being held to solicit public sentiment on <a href=http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2003/data/AB-104...Cancer Doctors Okays Controversial Prostate Therapy
A controversial treatment for prostate cancer in which radioactive seeds are implanted in the prostate to destroy the tumor received support Friday from doctors writing therapy guidelines for the prestigious 17-hospital National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. This type of therapy is known as brachytherapy, the procedure has been performed for years by researc...Controversial deal on public access of the human genome map
, which is a much talked about topic, considering that the mapping of the genes will enable one to have the information to manipulate individual characteristics like the color of the eye or even skin. It will also help say whether a cell will function normall...Controversial Levis jean ad to be withdrawn
It was an ad with a macabre sense of humour. It stirred up a controversy. Now it is being withdrawn from televisions all over the United States. Levis Strauss officially announced that the advertisement in question might not be used again. This followed complaints from many who felt that they did not enjoy the advertisement poking fun at organ donation. The ad shows an unconscious man fa...GMC Gives Controversial Fertility Doctor, A Clean Chit
A fertility specialist, Professor Craft, who was accused of subjecting patients to unwarranted fertility treatments, has been declared free// of any grave professional misdemeanor by the General Medical Council. Professor Craft, based at the London fertility Center, has always been consistent in his response, of conducting treatments in the best interests of the patients. He has not...Controversial Theory Says DNA Can Be Pushed To "Dark States"
Researchers at Oregon State University are pumping for a controversial theory, which says that supposedly stable DNA bases can be forced// into "dark states" where they can be easily dismantled by ultraviolet radiation. This new idea appears to contravene some of the most accepted theories in biochemistry. The theory, not long ago dismissed as impossible by much of the science community...