National Academies Advisory: Sept. 18-19 Nanotechnology Conference
...lines, and develop a common language with which to discuss nano developments. Participants will meet again from Nov. 19-21 in Irvine, Calif., for the annual Keck Futures conference, at which they will continue their discussions and compete for research grants. DETAILS: The Sept. 18-19 conference will be...Ecologist calls for creation of an international panel to assess human behavior
...cientists to form an international panel that will discuss and recommend changes in the way human beings trea...dent Bush said, 'not negotiable.' And they need to discuss possible lifestyle changes in a framework not just of what is possible for citizens of powerful nati...APS/IUPS launch PHYSIOLOGY bimonthly
...ited articles that identify, review and critically discuss the most important research and developments in the broad, integrative science of physiology. The editor is Dr. Walter Boron, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at the Yale University School of Medicine, who f...Report outlines vision and recommendations for microbiology in the 21st Century
...echnology, molecular biology, and education met to discuss what new directions microbiology should take in the 21st century to best improve people's lives and the health of the planet. A full copy of the report can be found online at www.asm.org/Academy/index.asp?bid=2093 ....Register early for the AIUM regional course, Ultrasound: The Complete Perspective, and save
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...e on heart patients traveling by airplane, authors discuss effects of air travel and security devices on pacemakers and implantable automatic defibrillators; preflight screening; and in-flight venous thrombosis. They make recommendations on safe air travel after heart attacks and prevention of in-flight deep...Research shows oceans are becoming more acidic
... the world's leading oceanographic institutions to discuss how the ocean might be affected by higher levels o...hese future effects. They were also called upon to discuss potential environmental consequences of proposals to use the ocean to sequester excess atmospheric C...AACR applauds FDA decision to create new office of oncology drug products
...oss-agency expert consultation, provide a forum to discuss and develop regulatory policy and standards, and serve as a focal point for agency interaction and collaboration with the cancer community. This positive development stems, in part, from the growing relationship between the FDA and the National Cance...Society for conservation biology conference
...ional Authority and the U.S. State Department will discuss their efforts to address the biological, legal, and political aspects of environmental problems in Iraq, including environmental contamination due to warfare, the draining of the southern marshes, and the inventorying and monitoring of existing and t...Article series aims to educate on the truth of anti-aging claims
...y of America's series of summer events designed to discuss the topic of anti-aging medicine. The subject is addressed in an article of the June issue of The Gerontologist, as well as a recently released edition of the Public Policy and Aging Report, put out by GSA's policy branch, the National Academy on an ...Other highlights in the July 7 JNCI
...tential strategies for targeted cancer therapy and discuss the importance of RET inhibitors to slow the growth of thyroid tumors. Contact: Franco Zunino, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, 39-02-2390-2267, franco.zunino@istitutotumori.mi.it Study Finds Possible Mechanism for Acrylamide's Mutagenicity Acrylami...Germans must research the history of reproductive medicine during the Nazi era
...ing can go, so that we can have it in mind when we discuss ethical questions on reproduction and fertility. If we do not, we face uncertainty, lack of information and confusion when considering ethical questions in the future. "The study of Nazi medicine was a taboo in both German states until recently. It...National Academies Advisory: June 25 UN public briefing on agriculture in Africa
...ANNAN, who requested the study, will be on hand to discuss it. MEETING DETAILS: Friday, June 25, at 3 p.m. in Conference Room 6, United Nations Headquarters, First Avenue at 46th Street, New York City. PARTICIPANTS FROM THE PANEL THAT WROTE THE REPORT INCLUDE: SPECIOSA WANDIRA KAZIBWE (panel co-chair),...Finding the hole in the defenses of cavity-creating microbes
...iology, Quivey and graduate student Elizabeth Fozo discuss a vulnerability of S. mutans, a bug that infects almost everyone. Scientists have known for some time that the microbe specially modifies itself once it starts producing acid in the mouth. The Quivey group has shown that the changes include shufflin...'Plants for the future': A European vision for plant biotechnology towards 2025
... Research Agenda 2025 and the Action Plan 2010 and discuss these with member states," says Karin Metzlaff, Director of EPSO. "These activities are also a key step towards implementing a long-term research policy for Europe at European, national and regional levels." EPSO hopes that this initiative will attra...Tulane opens doors to discovery
...obel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1977, will discuss his research into the interaction between cancer a...ng afternoon, 1998 Nobel Prize winner Ignarro will discuss his research into nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system. The full, thr...New computational tools to aid in protein research
...k of geometric measurements. "In these papers, we discuss a new framework for thinking about how to solve these problems, and our algorithms are highly accurate," says Donald, the Joan P. and Edward J. Foley Jr. 1933 Professor of Computer Science and an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and of Biological Scien...The protection of human subjects in gene transfer research explored at conference in July
...of gene transfer and human subject protection will discuss the current and future state of gene transfer and the protection of human subjects, recombinant DNA, and the FDA perspective of good clinical practice. The educational conference is open to the public with registration fees between $195-4...