Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
... Minister of Trade Joseph Keil. "We are pleased to accept the University of California as a full partner in the effort to isolate the Prostratin genes." Despite Prostratin's promise as an anti-AIDS drug, its supply is limited by the fact that the drug has to be extracted from the mamala tree bark and stemw...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
... Minister of Trade Joseph Keil. "We are pleased to accept the University of California as a full partner in the effort to isolate the Prostratin genes." Despite Prostratin's promise as an anti-AIDS drug, its supply is limited by the fact that the drug has to be extracted from the bark and stemwood of the m...EMBO Gold Medal 2004 goes to Spanish scientist
...4 winner, Mara Blasco, commented: "I'm honoured to accept this prestigious award. It's extremely satisfying to gain the recognition of the wider scientific community for my group's research efforts. I'm also delighted to be the first Spanish scientist to receive this prize and as a female scientist, I hope ...Researchers identify protein promoting vascular tumor growth
...er time, but until they do, children are forced to accept a period of deformity, sometimes up to age 9," Gordillo said. In addition to her Ohio State posts, Gordillo is director of the Hemangioma and Vascular Malformations Clinic at Columbus Children's Hospital, where she sees patients with HEs an...March of Dimes statement on newborn screening report
...urge the Secretary of Health and Human Services to accept them as a national standard for newborn screening. Based on the findings of this report, the March of Dimes will expand our policy on newborn screening as follows: We will urge every state to screen every baby for at least the 30 disorders li...Infant rats eagerly accept high concentrations of alcohol upon first exposure
...ife. Research shows that infant rats are eager to accept high concentrations of alcohol upon first exposure...rly in life?' The fact that infant rats willingly accept alcohol on first exposure, whereas adult animals require intensive and long-lasting initiation proce...Travelers' diarrhea not improved by restricted diet
...food is like rolling dice. It is more important to accept some risk of diarrhea rather than starve," he said. To avoid getting travelers' diarrhea in the first place, Dr. DuPont recommends food that is dry (bread or toast), is very high in sugar (syrup or honey), is highly acidic (citrus), is able to be pee...UK small firms pay lip service to green issues
...d minimising waste. 'Most small firm owners do not accept the government line that going green is good for business," says Andrea Revell, who conducted the research with Professor Robert Blackburn at the Small Business Research Centre. 'The ecological footprint of SMEs is very significant,' she explains. '...Stonehenge study tells pagans and historians it's good to talk
...stronomical events. Many pagans, including Druids, accept the 'preservation ethos', regarding such things as stone circles, barrows and iron age forts as artefacts of pre-Christian paganism, and therefore sacred. Access is important to them, but not at the expense of preserving sites for future generations....Monkey business: Studies show tiny callimicos have unusual characteristics
...roup that hasn't been followed before it begins to accept watchers. Once they become habituated to humans, we (Porter, two assistants and a guide) can follow them all day by cutting a grid of trails in the forest," she said. In her fieldwork, Porter observed groups ranging in size from two to 11 individua...22-amino acid bacterium created by Scripps scientists
...ficity of the orthogonal synthetase to selectively accept unnatural amino acids. Starting with a tRNA/synthetase pair from the organism Methanococcus jannaschii, they created a library of E.coli cells, each encoding a mutant M. jannaschi synthetase, and they changed its specificity so that it could be us...Only half of recalled meat and poultry is recovered, study finds
... systems and know their customers better, and will accept more product than was actually included in a recall just for good customer relations." Hooker hopes policy-makers can use the study in examining current food safety laws. Last year, the National Academy of Sciences recommended more stringent regulati...HHMI commits more than $30 million to help reverse brain drain, beat infectious diseases
...le for the regional grants. Both competitions will accept applications as well as nominations by other scientists. In countries with limited economic resources, the impact of even a small grant multiplies in many ways, Conley explains. The money can be used to provide training opportunities for students, e...First flavors form a lasting impression
... four months of standard formula. Because infants accept hydrolysate formulas readily during the first four months of life, all babies were content regardless of the formula they were fed. At the end of the exposure period, all infants were given the chance to feed both types of formula. The babies' behavi...Vascular access vital to pump up tissue engineering
...tice is the reluctance of the medical community to accept them. Physicians and surgeons are often traditionalists, and unless they approve of and use them, the products are unlikely to succeed. In fact, lack of confidence among surgeons and inadequate marketing strategies have led several products from prom...Should publicly funded research be free and available to the public?
...s much to reject a paper responsibly as it does to accept one. The higher the rejection rate, the larger becomes the expense budget that must be met from the fixed revenue from author fees. Additional costs will be added if their journal attempts, as ours does, to present news of science and perspective pie...New 'Understanding Evolution' Web site provides one-stop-shop for nation's science teachers
...r confrontational attitude toward those who do not accept evolution. Suggestions on dealing with religious or other objections are offered in a respectful way in a section called "Overcoming Roadblocks." Nevertheless, the site is clear that "There are no alternative scientific theories to account for the ob...Digging for truth in Guatemala
...edy Peccerelli will be present at the reception to accept the recognition on behalf of the Foundation. Peccerelli is a founding member of the FAFG and has been directly involved in the investigation of over 150 mass gravesites. He also has lead forensic archeological investigations of war crimes in Bosnia ...New evidence points to pollution as main cause of much coral reef destruction
...inte says the group's results make it difficult to accept the view held by some coral biologists that reduction of grazers by overfishing is the main driving force behind the damaging spread of algae on reefs, a view known as "top-down" control. "Basically, I think the top-down view has been a matter of lo...NAFTA arbitrators in environmental case agree to formal public input, a first for trade hearings
The decision by a NAFTA tribunal to accept and formally consider public submissions in a major environmental case represents a precedent-setting "triumph for openness" in international trade and investment arbitration, says the Canadian-based International Institute for Sustainable Developmen...