Bad aftertaste? New sensory on/off switch may 'cure' bane of artificial sweetener search
Chemistry and biology researchers at Virginia Tech have enhanced the abilities of the molecules they are creating to deliver killing blows to cancer cells. The man-made molecular complexes enter cancer cells and, when signaled, deliver killing medicine or cause the cell to change. The new supermolecules have more units that will absorb light - providing more control over the range of light freque...The role of IT in Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
Refco's CEO has been arrested, and while his innocence or guilt remains to be determined, Refco provides us with an e...Star panel re-evaluates Sarbanes-Oxley one year in at SEC headquarters
The event was a roundtable of public companies, auditors, investors, and members of the legal community to discuss the pros an...With Sarbanes-Oxley, compliance takes center stage for CIOs
If, five years ago, you asked a group of chief information officers for their number-one issue, they might have said storage capacity, security or bandwidth. Today, the consensus issue is compliance, particularly with the new spate of securities legislation, highlighted by Congress's passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or SOX, as it has come to be called. SOX, which was passed lar...Rayovacs IT team discusses network security, Sarbanes-Oxley and ROI myths
Rayovac Corporation and the brands it owns worldwide make batteries, lights and personal grooming products, including foil electric razors and a wide range of other products. The company employs about 5,000 people. Ben Bradley recently sat down for a chat with network engineer Mike Gutknecht; Brent Leland, director of business IT; and Rick Dempsey, CIO for Rayovac, t...Observations from the Sarbanes-Oxley trenches
earlier this year. With Section 404 effective dates right around the corner, the emotions of CEOs, CFOs, audit committee members and external auditors are in high gear as many of them are closin...Perfect babies boon or a bane?
The manipulation of inheritable genes to enable people to produce more ‘perfect’ children could radically change our attitudes to family relationships and on being human, warns a leading US science organisation. Many aspiring parents with inheritable diseases hold out great hope for IGM technology, which offers them the possibility of avoiding passing diseases such as Huntington’s Dise...Bacterium Overtook Patients At Brisbane Women’s Hospita
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH), Sydney struggles with an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant bacterium where nearly 19 patients// in three wards were found with a bacterium called carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) on their skin. To prevent the spread, 12 patients from burns unit (people with 40 or 50 per cent burns) were shifted to Sydney hospital and some t...Tuberculosis Alarm At Brisbane Childcare Center
At Brisbane childcare center, a tuberculosis case alerts the health authorities //. Tuberculosis has been diagnosed in a childcare worker, who works at the Centenary Childcare and Early Education Centre at Mount Ommaney in west Brisbane. Dr Michael Whitby, a spokesman of Australian Medical Association (AMA) said that children’s (more than 200) visiting the center are at ri...Israeli Hospital Offers Free Treatment to Young Lebanese
In a goodwill gesture during times of hostilities, an Israeli medical centre has offered free treatment to Lebanese children in need. // The Chaim Sheba Medical Centre in Israel announced that the its Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital has been directed to extend services to Lebanese citizens. "We do not distinguish between patients of any creed or nationality. In ge...