Pulp mill devastates swans' sanctuary in Chile
A recently opened pulp mill in Chile has devastated one of South America's most biologically outstanding wetlands, decimating its famed population of black-necked swans, along with most other bird life, a WWF-led team of investigators said Monday. "What was probably the largest population of black necked swans in South America has been wiped out in less than a year. It is an environmental...Investment level in HIV prevention programs related to HIV incidence in the United States
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conducted a historical analysis to examine the relationship between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) HIV prevention budget and HIV incidence in the U.S. from 1978 to 2006. The results are published in the January 2007 edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The researchers found that from t...Freeze! Scientists film proteins at work by freezing them at different states
It is difficult to find similarities between Grenoble and Hollywood or between the researchers at the ESRF and the Institut de Biologie Structural (IBS) and world-known filmmakers. However, scientists from these institutes based in Grenoble (France) have managed to produce a movie. The actors are not celebrities but a protein whose role is to eliminate toxic molecules. They filmed this protein in...New study sheds light on 'dark states' in DNA
Chemists at Ohio State University have probed an unusual high-energy state produced in single nucleotides -- the building blocks of DNA and RNA -- when they absorb ultraviolet (UV) light. This is the first time scientists have been able to probe the "dark" energy state -- so called because it cannot be detected by fluorescence techniques used to study other high-energy states created in DN...CTT - Bridging the states entrepreneurial gap
MADISON In the past, when entrepreneur Ken Schlager started a company, he looked to the west or east coasts for funding sources. This time around, Schlager is turning to the Center for Technology Transfer (CTT) in Madison for help as he launches a cutting-edge technology that applies electromagnetic fields to wastewater treatment. Schlager, a 75-year-old electrical engineer, has develop...States need to be more "connectivity conscious"
Having a good infrastructure has always been important to the economic growth of a municipality as well as a state. The infrastructure has traditionally been viewed as transportation - rail, waterways, and air as well as highways, water, and power (electricity). Today, the definition of infrastructure must also include network infrastructure and the ability to have...Madison biotech NimbleGen files for IPO; one of states' best-funded firms
The share price and number of shares are yet to be determined. J.P. Morgan Securities is taking a lead role, with Thomas Weisel Partners, Leerink-Swann & Company and Robert W. Baird & Co. participating. <...States are the best laboratories for healthcare reform
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(NIH) annual list of spending in grant money by states. The NIH's annual budget, some $28 billion, not only funds research activities in its own institutions in the Washington, D.C./Maryland area, such as the <a href="http://www.cancer...Scientists plan human cloning clinic in the United States
An international group of reproductive scientists plan to launch a human cloning clinic, which will provide cloning services to infertile couples within 18 months, according to a US infertility specialist, Dr. Panayiotis Zavos. Dr. Zavos, a biologist at the Univeristy of Kentucky, is not medically qualified but holds a doctorate in reproductive physiology and is an owner and director of...Prescription Drug Use Varies Widely Between States
Until now, your age and gender were among the best indicators of how you might use prescription drugs. With today's release of the first comprehensive state-by-state study of prescription drug use, where you live also can say a lot about which and how many medications you use. // According to the study, the percentage of adult beneficiaries obtaining at least one prescription in 2000 r...GlaxoSmithKline to Supply United States with 8 Million flu vaccine, Fluarix
GlaxoSmithKline will supply 8 million doses of its flu vaccine, Fluarix. This dosage is twice the amount GSK shipped to US last year. This amount of 8 million doses only represents about 10% of the demand from the US, due to increased need for vaccines against flu.// The immense need for vaccination increased due to large vaccination awareness programs organized in the US during recent years, due...Condom Vending Machines To Be Installed Across Indian States
The World Health Organization survey reveals that currently more than 5.13 million patients are suffering from AIDS in India, with more and more number of cases being reported each year. Anti-retroviral treatments //have already been initiated in 36 hospitals across the country. The priority of the Indian Government is to save millions of youth from falling prey to the disease. Inorde...Inhospitable Response Curtail Growth Of Specialty Hospitals: United States
According to Bruce Wilson, a Milwaukee Cardiologist, and Chief of the Specialty Hospital in the United States, the Health Care System is in dire need of a shot in the arm.//Specialty Hospitals thought of as an answer to the ills of prevailing healthcare systems, was nipped in the bud, owing to vested interests and inadequate support. Wilson, in an opinion write-up in The Wall Street Journal, has...OneStep RapiDip Gonorrhea InstaTest
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