Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...ents and educators, about emerging sciences and to encourage more students to consider careers in biotechnology. Past research has shown that the interest of many students in science starts to wane in about Grade 6, said Mark Lievonen, President of Aventis Pasteur Limited. "This competition is design...Highlights of the October 2004 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
... as milk and fruit juices. As your best guideline, encourage your children to enjoy soft drinks in moderation as long as they also consume other nutrient-rich drinks." Does Having a Salad Help in Weight Management? As a weight management strategy, most nutrition experts agree that along with regular ...AAAS US Presidential Candidates' Forum
... legislation. "We should not use taxpayer money to encourage or endorse the additional destruction of living, human embryos," he writes. Both candidates are in favor of keeping human cloning, or reproductive cloning illegal. To read the responses of the candidates on these and other hot-button items such as Vi...Half-million dollar landmark achieved for the Methuselah Mouse Prize
...tion will further swell the size of the Prize, and encourage scientific research teams around the world to develop breakthrough techniques for extending the healthy human lifespan. It will create a needed impetus and focus for the development of new rejuvenation therapies." The Methuselah Mouse Prize is being...Trial shows which brain cancer patients benefit from temozolomide
...psed after initial treatment. "Our results should encourage and fuel further multidisciplinary research, bridging the gap between basic research and clinical practice," said Dr. Hegi. "Whether temozolomide will cure some patients remains to be demonstrated. Glioblastoma remains a dreadful disease without a cu...USAID, Conservation International & Starbucks launch Conservation Coffee Alliance in Central America
...s is working with farmers and their communities to encourage and expand the production of high quality, sustainable coffee and support farmers' success into the future," said Dub Hay, senior vice president of Coffee, Starbucks Coffee Company. "The Conservation Coffee Alliance complements Starbucks holistic sus...Master of antimalarial resistance
...oroquine-resistant malaria, mutations in pfcrt may encourage chloroquine to "leak" out of the vacuole before it has a chance to stop the heme detoxification process. The pfcrt mutations seen in halofantrine and amantadine resistance seem to slow down this leak, restoring the parasite's sensitivity to chloroqui...Key stimulator of colorectal cancer identified
... in CRC, and that agents which stimulate PPARd may encourage abnormal cell growth in certain populations at risk for CRC. In addition, it is possible that blocking PPARd might prove useful for prevention and/or treatment of CRC." ...Martin Saunders to receive the James Flack Norris Award
...anic chemistry. The award, established in 1963 to encourage and reward outstanding contributions to physical organic chemistry, will be presented to Saunders at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego California in March 2005. Saunders will receive the award for his seminal contribu...Research suggests new avenue for stopping, preventing colon cancer
...gs suggest that drugs that activate PPARdelta "may encourage abnormal cell growth in certain populations at risk for colorectal cancer," DuBois cautioned. DuBois credited Sudhansu K. Dey, Ph.D., who directs the division of Reproductive and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt, with maintaining the PPARdelta "kn...Amyloid fibers sprout one step at a time
...e effect than was intended. Conversely, drugs that encourage the rapid formation of a relatively inert and stable amyloid might deplete the toxic oligomers and therefore be beneficial," he said. Weissman emphasized that basic studies of amyloid formation must be extended beyond the yeast prion model before th...Byproduct of water-disinfection process found to be highly toxic
...garding an Environmental Protection Agency plan to encourage all U.S. water-treatment facilities to adopt chlorine alternatives, said Michael J. Plewa [PLEV-uh], a genetic toxicologist in the department of crop sciences. "This research says that when you go to alternatives, you may be opening a Pandora's box ...Joslin President awarded medal from international diabetes organization
...o find innovative research concepts that will both encourage and support new ideas and put them into practice in research labs across the globe....Second call for proposals for the European Young Investigator Award
...m of the EURYI Awards is to effectively enable and encourage outstanding young researchers to work in one of the European countries participating in the programme for a five year period. This is intended to support the career development of the next generation of leading researchers and, at the same time, to i...Rensselaer marks the opening of the center for biotechnology and interdisciplinary studies
... and research disciplines to enhance discovery and encourage innovation. The Center is designed to foster the multidisciplinary nature of biotechnology. It is organized around "constellations" of research Biocomputation and Bioinformatics; Integrative Systems Biology; Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medi...APS awards more than $140,000 to minority students of physiology
...orically underrepresented minorities in science to encourage diversity among students pursuing full-time studie...rity students in the physiological sciences and to encourage their recruitment to responsible positions in academic institutions throughout the United States. I...What actually influences air pollution over the Indian Ocean?
...na during part of the year. These results strongly encourage future field campaigns, especially during the monsoon transition periods, to further explore the extent of air pollution in this region....Nevada researcher re-ignites mammal reproduction debate
...on," she said. "The idea is that it will hopefully encourage more research."...APS awards more than $36,000 to its 2004 undergraduate research fellows
...in its fifth year, this program aims to excite and encourage students about careers in biomedical research. In 2004, 29 applicants vied for the 12 research positions. Each fellow receives a $2,000 stipend to cover travel and living expenses during the 10-week fellowship. Fellows also receive an additional ......onsored by the National Institutes of Health, will encourage other investigators to ask the questions: Is that a big eye or a small eye, and why? What is it about environments in which animals live that determines eye size? For his part, the Cornell neurobiologist has moved on to a new study of eye size throug...