Duke Primate Center Sets October Expedition To Find 'Juliet'
...rk into a combinationlemur breeding facility, zoo, education center and tourist attraction. The ultimate objective of the Primate Center capture program is to builda breeding stock of captive animals that can be used to replenish populationsin the wild when protected areas are created. The October expedition...Newly Discovered Gene Halts Cell Division and May Have Cancer Link
...devoted to prevention, patient care, research, and education in cancer. Throughout its long, distinguished history, the Center has played a leadership role in defining the standards of care for patients with cancer. Memorial Sloan-Kettering was recently named the nation's best cancer center for the fourth cons...'Juliet' Evades Primate Center Expedition
...rk into a combination lemurbreeding facility, zoo, education center and tourist attraction. The one bright spo...pproach of captive breeding, habitat protectionand education aims to preserve the animals and to encourage further ecotourismin certain areas, Glander said. The...'BirdSource' Website For Citizen-Science Data
...ab maintains programs in academic research, public education and citizen science to foster understanding about nature and the importance of earth's biological diversity. The Lab and Cornell University together provide an international center for training both amateurs and professionals in the ecology, evoluti...High Levels of Vitamin C Prove Toxic to HIV
...devoted to prevention, patient care, research, and education in cancer. Throughout its long, distinguished history, the Center has played a leadership role in defining the standard of care for patients with cancer. In 1996, Memorial Sloan-Kettering was named the nations best cancer center for the fourth consec......ies. It conducts a variety of programs in science education and career development, science policy, and international scientific cooperation. It publishes the weekly peer-reviewed journal Science and administers EurekAlert! [www.eurekalert.org], the online news service featuring discoveries in science,......ties. It conducts a variety of programs in science education and career development, science policy and international scientific cooperation. It publishes the weekly peer-reviewed journal Science and administers EurekAlert! [www.eurekalert.org], the online news service featuring discoveries in science, ...President's Budget Proposal Cuts R&D By 14 Percent By 2002
... a variety of programs in science policy, science education and career development, and international scientific cooperation. The Association publishes the weekly peer-reviewed journal Science and administers EurekAlert! [www.eurekalert.org], the online news service featuring discoveries in science, me...Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
... devoted to prevention, patient care, research and education in cancer. Throughout its long and distinguished history, Memorial Sloan-Kettering has played a leadership role in defining the standard of care for persons with cancer. In 1996, Memorial Sloan-Kettering was named the nation's best cancer center by...Children With AD/HD Have Significant Functional Disabilities Related to Attention Deficit
...iderable controversy exists within the medical and education communities about whether AD/HD is a disability or a behavioral problem. Diagnosis of the disorder occurs most often in school-age children and usually is precipitated by disruptive classroom demeanor. Lock and colleagues felt that if functio...First Planned Release Of Captive Lemurs In Madagascar Wilds Expected In Fall
...f each year in a nearbytown. As an example of the education efforts, local residents will be remindedthat the Betampona refuge is a vital repository for clean drinking waterand also protects their villages from flooding. Madagascar is one of the world's poorest nations, and a major priorityfor conservationis...Enzymes Targeted As Key To Understanding Drug Interactions
...h to outreach, by means of conferences, continuing education courses for pharmacists and articles in professional journals and newsletters. Pharmacy professors Dr. Philip Hansten and Dr. John Horn have recently authored an expanded version of their book, Drug Interactions: Analysis and Management, to help heal...1996-1997 Human Genome Lecture Series
... Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians....Researchers Find Association Between Alzheimer's Gene And Mental Impairment After Cardiac Surgery
...ery. The study also showed that a higher level of education is protectiveof cognitive decline. "We don't know the exact reason for this, but it is probably thatmore well-educated people have a greater functional reserve of brain cells,have more experience in test-taking, and may have developed more alternati...Captive Lemurs To Depart For Madagascar Oct. 17 For First Release Into The Wild
...s and educational opportunities. "As an example of education efforts, we plan environmental classes for local school children to encourage theirappreciation of their homeland's natural riches -- including its unique plants and animals and their habitats -- and theconservation issues facing them today," Welch s...Cornell Text On International Nutrition
...reference book for workers in agriculture, health, education and other fields who are concerned with nutritional problems in developing countries, the 508-page, 41-chapter text takes an applied and multidisciplinary approach to science-based information on food, nutrients, causes of malnutrition, nutritional d......e San Diego Zoo and nationally known for heranimal education on television; Chris Palmer, CEO of NationalWildlife Productions and consultant to TBS Superstation, DisneyChannel, Discovery Channel, Home and Garden Television, TravelChannel, Outdoor Life Network, and public television; Peter Dunne,a prominent con...Whitaker Awards $6.8 Million For Biomedical Engineering Education
...illion in grants to improve biomedical engineering education at six universities in the United States and one i...modern molecular medicine. The emphasis will be on education and research in the delivery of molecular medicine and the role of molecular transport processes in ...Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Receives $1.1 Million Grant From National Cancer Institute
... premier not-for-profit oceanographic research and education facilities, dedicated to the exploration of the world's oceans, estuaries and coastal regions for the benefit of all humankind....Penn State Erie's Sea Grant To Focus On Ecology, Economic Development
...nitial focus of the Sea Grantwill be on extension, education and communications, rather thanresearch. Studies will include non-point source pollution ofPresque Isle Bay and the invasion of non-native plants in PresqueIsle State Park. An evaluation of the effect of increasedclarity in the Bay is also planned....