Everyday Technology Underlies First DNA Computer Logic Gates
...e, took fellow researchers by surprise with their announcement at the recent First International Conference on Computational Molecular Biology in Santa Fe, N.M. Ray and Ogihara's logic gates rely not on electrical signals to perform logical operations -- as do logic gates in today's computers -- but...UMass Researchers Announce Birth Of Genetically Modified Cloned Calves
...ically altered somatic (body) cells. The announcement was made today at the meeting of the International Embryo Transfer Society in Boston. The animals are genetically identical to one another, and were created through a combination of cloning and genetic engineering (also called ...Perkin-Elmer To Introduce New Instrument Based On Breakthrough DNA Analysis Technology
...alendar year 1998. As reported in a separate news announcement made today, Perkin-Elmer,genomics pioneer Dr. J. Craig Venter, and The Institute for Genomic Research(TIGR) have signed letters of intent relating to the formation by Perkin-Elmerand Dr. Venter of a new genomics company which will be a beta test site...PSA To Debut At National Oceans Conference
A new public service announcement will make its debut at the National OceansConference in Monterey June 11 - 12. The theme of the PSA, narrated by American Oceans Campaign President Ted Danson,is connections. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is sponsoring ...Milestone In Mitochondrial Structure Revealed
BERKELEY, Calif. --In the short-term, the announcement is of consequence only to thosecell biologists whose focus is on "mitochondria," the subcellular structureswhich generate energy for living cells. In the long-term, however, theannouncement may be recorded as a milestone on the road to discovering a ...First Derivation Of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Reported In Science
...ce at (202) 326-6440. Further information on this announcement and Geron Corporation can be obtained at http://www.geron.com ....Swedenvironment No. 3 Highlights
This is an announcement for Swedenvironment No 3. Below you will find a very brief summary. Both the summary and the full text is available on Internet: www.swedenvironment.environ.se Swedenvironment is a newsletter from Ministry if the Environment, the Environmental Pro...Americans Urged To Consume More Folic Acid
...,legumes, and other good sources. "This is a major announcement by the American Heart Association," said JamesRippe, M.D., of Tufts University Medical School. "As a cardiologist, I will bedirecting my patients to make an easy, manageable change in their dailyroutines, namely eat a fortified breakfast cereal such ...Center Set Up To Evaluate Evidence Of Chemical Threats To Human Reproduction
...gencies and the scientific community." The announcement in the Federal Register page 68782, vol. 63, Numbe... of children. Panel reports, the Federal Register announcement said, will bewritten "in terms that can be understood by those who are not scientificallytrained." ...A New Encyclopedia Of Mouse Genes
...them. Many scientists have not waited for a formal announcement to begin using thedata, some of which has been available since early 1996. Marra says, "This is auseful resource not only for mouse biologists but for all biologists. Itemphasizes the universal nature of DNA." Tools such as the mouse EST databaseperm......bstances in public sessions, according to a center announcement in theFederal Register. The sessions are tentatively planned for August in theWashington, D.C., area. The center asked scientists to share their latest data on the substancesto be reviewed: butyl benzyl phthalate, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalat......ise to $82 million with this new initiativeand the announcement by HHMI on April 29 that it plans to award $15 million ingrants to support the research of biomedical scientists in This new initiative is the first HHMI international competition to focus onscientists conducting research on a specific group of dis...UV Rays, Fire And Flame Retardants To Be Reviewed For Possible Listing As Carcinogens, NTP Announces
...ticipated to be human carcinogens." In an announcement in the Federal Register, the National ToxicologyProgram requested public comment and data relevant to the substances to besubmitted to: Dr. C. W. Jameson, NTP Report on Carcinogens, PO Box 12233, Research TrianglePark, NC 27709. Comment......uary 1993 until the announcement; nine months from announcement topublication; and after publication until September 1996. They looked at thetreatment records of 2607 HIV-infected women who delivered live children. Theyfound that after accounting statistically for patient and health care deliveryfactors, these Me...International biotech firm to locate in Southwest Virginia
...rol bleeding in surgery and trauma. In making this announcement with Virginia Governor James Gilmore, George J.M.H...ingredients to creating the jobs oftomorrow. This announcement demonstrates the real-world economic value ofuniversity research. We like to say at Virginia Tech t......ry - comes almost one year later to the day of the announcement of theCenter for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films. "This 'patented partnership' will be a catalyst for additionalindustrial support. The more we do, the more industries see what can be done,"said Thomas Keinath, dean of Clemson1s Colleg...Advanced light source reveals secrets of ribosome structure
...e molecule that makes up the crystal. The announcement of the new ribosome images focuses attention on thestatus of the MCF as one of the world's premier facilities for proteincrystallography. The demand for time on its beamlines is already heavy: the MCFclaims approximately one third of all users of the...Hutchinson Center to lead $11.5 million ovarian-cancer research consortium
...and the Hutchinson Center. (Coincidentally,today's announcement falls on the sixth anniversary of the death of MarshaRivkin, who in 1994 died of ovarian cancer at age 49, leaving five daughters aswell as her husband, Saul Rivkin, M.D., a medical oncologist at Swedish MedicalCenter.) The Consortium has three major...CWRU med school snares $3 million Howard Hughes Institute grant to build structural biology program
...p in realizing the goal articulated at the October announcement of the School of Medicine's $300 million campaign to support education and research. At the time, Berger said that he wished to recruit 125 new research faculty members. "It is the support of organizations like the HHMI, as well as generous individu......uencing. That goal has come a step closer with the announcement that Cornell University researchers have built and tested a nanofabricated device that can separate DNA fragments by length. The silicon-based device performs the same function as the cumbersome gel electrophoresis process biologists now use but in a...