Institute for Systems Biology Symposium Addresses Need for Better Computational Tools
The Institute for Systems Biology announced today at its 2005 international symposium on Computational Challenges in Systems Biology that ISB's Human Proteome Folding Project launched on IBM's World Community Grid in November 2004 has already predicted 50,000 protein structures. "This project showcases the enormous power of collaborations," stated Dr. Richard Bonneau, senior scientist at t...Amazon symposium to address large-scale conservation
On July 19, 2005, at the Society of Conservation Biology annual meetings, in Brasília, Brazil, the Woods Hole Research Center and the Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia (IPAM) will hold an international symposium on the prospects for large-scale conservation of natural resources in the Amazon Basin. This region has entered a new era of natural resource destruction as the principle...Major initiative proposed to address amphibian crisis
Fifty of the leading amphibian researchers in the world have called for a new Amphibian Survival Alliance, a $400 million initiative to help reduce and prevent amphibian declines and extinctions, an ecological crisis of growing proportion that is continuing to get worse. In a policy statement to be published Friday in the journal Science, the scientists say that 32 percent of all amphibian specie...New technology addresses female fertility preservation
Women at risk for infertility, such as those needing cancer treatment, can freeze mature, fertilized eggs, but the process can take up to six weeks and for some this delay of treatment is not an option. A team of scie...Conference to address small town development
The conference is scheduled to take place on Sept. 20 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sept. 21 from 8 a.m. to noon at th...Healthcare software addresses "90 million" misclassified Americans
Then imagine employers basing their health plan buying decisions on the often inaccurate information contained in that tool. Employers don't have to imagine such a scenario because they have been living it, unbeknown to them, for yea...Statewide IT association will address IT issues and priorities
The association has 30...UW-Madison wireless plan requires more net addresses lots more
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been assigned 65,000 Internet addresses to boost its network capacity, allowing it to go forward with a planned expansion of its wireless network to blanket the campus. A non-profit Internet management body, the , established the address block for the university, which is push...HHS official addresses industry concerns on Federal Health Architecture
MADISON, Wis. The federal government is working quickly and keeping the concerns of the private sector in mind while developing a , deputy...Imbalance In Gender Ratio Addressed By Religious Leaders
Several religious luminaries have expressed concern for the launch of a movement against sex selection that has resulted in a sharp decline in girl population in many parts of the country. The movement is believed to put an end to the practice of gender discrimination//. The brainchild of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the all-religious party meet was organized in the capit...93 Year Old Widow, Suffering From Dementia Dies After the Ambulance Dropped Her at a Wrong Address
Mrs. Purnell, who was ailing with chronic lymphatic leukemia and dementia, was a regular with a day unit at Barry Hospital in South Wales//, especially run for elderly and mentally decrepit clients. An ambulance team was in charge of picking her up at the close of the day and drop her at the residence. On August 20th 2003, the ambulance, instead of taking her home in Penarth, dropped...Ontario Addresses Shortage of Transplant Organs
Ontario will soon become the first province in Canada to start accepting transplant organs from people who have died of heart failure//. The provincial agency in charge of organ and tissue donations announced that changes in guidelines that allowed accepting donation after cardio-circulatory death (DCD) could potentially expand the potential donor pool by hundreds. This move t...NGOs and Various Groups Come Together To Address the Issues on AIDS
AIDS in are country is deep-rooted and hence various organizations are putting in their effort to combat the deadly disease. Various organizations are working towards the complete eradication// of the disease from the face of the earth. One such step is taken by the Manipur AIDS Control Society, India, and asked all the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who are thriving day and night...Budhia's Medical Report Fails to Address Long Term Health Issues
The panel of doctors examining Budhia Singh has suggested that he goes ‘slow’ and should not be allowed to run - at least for sometime//. A warrant-cum-authorization letter from the Khurda district welfare committee helped Police on Wednesday to take the boy to hospital. The medical panel headed by the chief medical officer of Capital Hospital, Sugat Kar, found the boy’s s...