Sperm Protein May Hold Clues For Fertility And Contraceptives
...or movement of the sperm into theanimal's oviduct, announce researchers at the University of California, Davis. The discovery, which has direct implications for human fertility research aswell as development of male contraceptives, is reported in the Sept. 18 issue ofthe journal Science. "We suspected that sp...Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt To Speak At Ecological Society of Americas 1998 Annual Meeting
The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce that Bruce Babbitt,Secretary of the Department of Interior, will speak at the plenary session ofESA's 1998 Annual Meeting, to be held in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 2-6,1998. Rosina Bierbaum, Acting Associate Director for the Environment of theWh...Perkin-Elmer To Introduce New Instrument Based On Breakthrough DNA Analysis Technology
...calendaryear 1999, Perkin-Elmer expects to shortly announce an early access programfor customers interested in becoming test sites for the instrument latein calendar year 1998. As reported in a separate news announcement made today, Perkin-Elmer,genomics pioneer Dr. J. Craig Venter, and The Institute for Gen...Huntington's Disease Findings Pave Way For Potential Cure
...y Eberhard Scherzinger of the Max Planck Institute announce that theyhave found a way to recreate the protein clumps in a test tube, which will makeit much easier to develop new therapies that prevent the clumping. The Batesresearch was supported in part by the Hereditary Disease Foundation. Founded byDr. Wex...Better Peroxidase Improves Disease Diagnosis
...San Clemente, Calif. In July, American Qualex will announce the use of soybean peroxidase-based compounds in new diagnostic kits at the annual meeting of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry in Atlanta, July 22-23. The company also plans to collaborate with diagnostic, biotechnology, life science an...Cornell Researchers Precisely Date Wood From Ancient Tomb In Turkey
...lications of the past for modern society. "What we announce in Nature is the beginning of the process of bringing some order to our understanding of the cultures and histories of our shared past."...