Wildlife Conservation Society hosts public symposium on human-wildlife diseases
...roaches to help prevent the spread of diseases, to addressing threats to the global food supply from new and emerging pathogens. Experts from conservation biology, policy and law will also be on hand to discuss strategies to better link health and conservation efforts around the globe. With its state-of-the-ar...Berkeley Lab soil scientist Margaret Torn receives Presidential Early Career Award
...ng years. In addition, one of the questions she is addressing -- the role of feedback mechanisms -- lies at the heart of how we can accurately predict climate change." Of her research, Torn says, "Most important, I am working to characterize the feedbacks between climate change and ecosystems -- as sources and...NHGRI launches Centers for Excellence in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Research
...ynamic and broad-based approach to identifying and addressing some of the most pressing issues facing individual... to improved human health. It will be dedicated to addressing two overarching themes resulting from the clinical integration of genomics: the need to define crite...Study suggests cell-cycle triggers might be cancer drug targets
...cell generation in adults," said Sicinski. "We are addressing this in ongoing experiments." The blood system issue aside, the results remove a major theoretical objection to developing drugs that would inhibit, or block, overactivity of cyclin D proteins, according to the study's authors. Excess cyclin D produ......ding the intricacies of the mammalian clock and to addressing problems with jet lag and certain sleep disorders is discovering the different genes that communicate the timing of the master clock with the circadian rhythms of the various tissues. Not all of these genes are known. Identifying the Clock Genes ...Technology already exists to stabilize global warming
...e'll have to spend real money," Socolow said, "but addressing the global carbon problem now will provide a tremendous stimulus to the economy and will promote the development of needed international institutions, while averting the most serious environmental consequences." ...LSU Vet School receives $9.9 million for infectious disease research
...cantly increase their research productivity toward addressing the intricacies of some of the world's most deadly diseases," said Kevin Smith, vice chancellor for research and graduate studies. "This is one of the best mechanisms that will facilitate access to new research funding and ensure the success of LSU's...Symposium to tackle questions of genetic engineering and biodiversity
...dway. The workshop will focus on the SCB's role in addressing conservation issues related to genetic engineering. It will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 1, on the fourth floor of Lerner Hall. "Our goal is to convince conservation biologists that genetic engineering is bound to impact t...Satellites map volcanic home of Africas endangered gorillas
...lated islands but as part of the larger landscape, addressing the development needs of local settlements to provide alternatives to the short-term eating up of park grounds. The map can help a lot with this, for example by enabling the planning of eco-tourism that can benefit local people." The next phase in...$6 million appropriation to focus Sandia research on drinking water desalination, removal of arsenic
... focus on research and development of technologies addressing the technical, economic, and environmental issues associated with the treatment and utilization of inland brackish groundwater. Several entities that do desalination research, including Sandia, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Office of Naval Research,...K-State business researchers to help with major study on food supply veterinary medicine
...tudy will be comprised of multiple research phases addressing the demand for and the availability of food supply veterinarians in the United States and Canada," he said. "Additionally, the project will address student recruitment, retention and appropriate training of food supply veterinarians in order to serve...Ecological science for a crowded planet
...ciety of America, as well as the science itself in addressing the growing number of environmental challenges we face globally," says William Schlesinger, ESA President. "This report is the outcome of many hours of deliberations, debates and discussions, which also included participation of the Society's 8,000 ...Clemson University researcher reaches for the stars to prevent osteoporosis
...induced bone loss in a pre-clinical model. "We're addressing astronaut health, but this research will ultimately impact millions of people here on Earth -- people who are bedridden, who have osteoporosis and paralysis," Bateman said. An estimated 10 million people have osteoporosis, and another 34 million a...Can we restore wetlands and leave the mosquitoes out?
...ests that a proposal is strengthened by explicitly addressing mosquito control. Willott will discuss the ethical questions arising from wetland restoration at the first Future Trends in Environmental Philosophy conference, to be held June 1-4 at the Highlands Center in Allanspark, Colo. Her talk, "Restoring Nat...Mite transmits viruses damaging to wheat
...ent? The mystery so intrigues Rush that he will be addressing a series of new questions. For example, what if the problem cannot be tied completely to the mite, but rests with an abundance of over-summering grasses that might be harboring the viruses? "Again, we just don't know until more work is comp...Developing tools for reliable 'gene chip' measurements
...al, according to the paper. As a first step toward addressing reliability issues, a consortium co-led by NIST and industry is developing standards that will satisfy needs identified at a 2003 workshop. At the workshop, organized and hosted by NIST, leaders in the microarray field from industry, government and u...Institute for OneWorld Health CEO advocates focus first on developing world markets
...goals. We can all participant in and benefit from addressing global health inequities." The World Health Organization recommends the particular use of drug combinations containing artemisinin, an ancient Chinese herbal medicine extracted from the wormwood plant. Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has ...University of Michigan symposium charts course for the future of telemedicine
...s for their implementation and recommendations for addressing these barriers in the United States and on a global basis "The appropriate use of telemedicine can redress the problems of equal accessibility and geographical variations in quality while keeping costs in check," said Rashid L. Bashshur, Ph.D., Dir...What it Takes: Design principles to broaden participation in SET
...d services. Our goal is to make a difference -- by addressing a broad range of social problems and by ensuring that the results of our research are useful.AIR is committed to remaining strictly independent and non-partisan in all matters. Objective, science-based research and analysis ensure we better serve our...Four new research centers to explore link between oceans and human health
...ng partnership demonstrates that NSF and NIEHS are addressing the current and future needs of a growing human population, one that is increasingly dependent upon the ocean's resources," said Arden Bement, acting director of NSF. "It also demonstrates NSF's commitment to bridging major interdisciplinary gaps in...