NIH conference to assess state of medical implants
...ill present to conference attendees. Following discussion of the draft statement by conference attendees on January 12, the panel will meet in executive session to finalize their statement. A press conference from 1:00-2:00 PM on January 12 will conclude the Technology Assessment Conference. For a list...... will present to conference attendees. Following discussion of the draft statement by conference attendees on January 12, the panel will meet in executive session to finalize their statement. A press conference from 1:00-2:00 PM on January 12 will conclude the Technology Assessment Conference....Licensing procedure for genetically modified organisms turns out to be fallible
...nd companies.According to the philosophers, expert discussion in such leading periodicals asScience and Nature has to a large extent involved artificial controversies because thematter of the relevance of certain research questions was hardly considered. Theomission in the bureaucratic licensing procedure is al...President Clinton awards nation's highest honor for science and technology
...he 1999 laureates will participate in a roundtable discussion on "Science and Technology in 2025," on Tuesday Ma...he 1999 laureates will participate in a roundtable discussion on "Science and Technology in 2025,2 on Tuesday March 14, 10 am - 11:00 a.m., at the National Press ......international symposium of scientific lectures and discussion featuring some of the world's preeminent researchers, many of whom are based in San Diego. The awards were established by the institutions to recognize significant contributions in the advancement of biomedical research, and in the application of ba......ables and supplemental materials.) A roundtable discussion will appraise science and technology during the Clinton Administration and in the years ahead. Other sessions will highlight emerging issues in technology transfer, medical advances, and the globalization of research and development. Click here...Study finds children are exposed to pesticides
...icides is a tremendous task. There is considerable discussion about the best way to monitor exposure among children. Fenske and colleagues write that biological monitoring -- including the use of urine samples -- appears to be one useful component of an effective assessment program....Biomedical scientists from Russia to Rio to explore biology's frontiers at HHMI in June
...ident of the National Academy of Sciences, leads a discussion on the evening of Wednesday, June 21, about US initiatives to foster international scientific collaboration. Although the scientists have gathered before at regional meetings -- in Prague, Warsaw, Budapest and Moscow, and in Buenos Aires and Rio d......eview NTP activities. Among the agenda items is a discussion of testing recommendations for future studies- with opportunity for comment from the public. The public event will be at the NTP's headquarters, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, in the Rodbell auditorium of the Rall building, ...Spring meeting press conferences
...6:30 PM, we will move into the Briefing Room for a discussion based on Jill Schneiderman's new book, The Earth Around Us: Maintaining a Livable Planet (W.H. Freeman, 2000). The editor and other contributors to this collection of thirty-one essays on the importance of earth science in securing a livable future o...Obesity has reached epidemic proportions - urgent need for research
...G) invited 40 experts from all over the world to a discussion forum entitled "Genetics, Diet and Disease - Consequences of Obesity" at Leipzig University. Under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. med. Wieland Kiess, Director of Leipzig University's Children's Clinic, the scientists discussed the causes and effects o...Introgen Therapeutics reports progress in gene therapy studies at annual ASCO meeting
... Localized Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer." The poster discussion session described research conducted by Stephen Swisher, M.D. and colleagues of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in collaboration with Aventis Pharmaceuticals and Introgen Therapeutics. The study, which began in 1998, evaluated...Targeted Genetics presents clinical data on E1A cancer gene therapy
...head and neck cancer or ovarian cancer at a poster discussion session on the topic of Biologic Therapy for cancer. Preclinical data from studies of a systemic delivery formulation of E1A also were presented in the same poster. Data from a recently completed Phase II study of tgDCC-E1A in recurrent head and ...Amazon rainforest field research facility opens for ecological, global change studies
...st field stations and participated in a roundtable discussion with LBA scientists at the facility's base camp. "This base camp includes temporary living quarters for up to 40 people and is expected to be completely occupied in July," says Donald Deering of Goddard Space Flight Center, project manager for NASA's...Journalists will get latest information at Addiction Studies Institute
...tions. A password-accessible section will offer a discussion forum for journalists and scientists and a listing of expert sources and how to contact them....New research highlights concerns over children born through donor insemination
...change personal attitudes in a population and that discussion on the ethics of telling, or not telling, is vital among responsible professional groups. The findings highlight the risk of children who have not been informed by their parents, being told by others. That is a major concern which must be addressed."......cy of conservation, concludes Human Natures with a discussion on the evolution of environmental ethics and other human values. "A modern knowledge of biological and cultural evolution helps us grasp what kinds of animals we are, where we came from and how we fit into the natural world," he writes. Ehrlich is c...Teaching evolution in US schools: new report to be released Sept. 26
... causal factors. The daylong symposium expands the discussion to policymakers, scientists, members of the religi... University, Long Beach 9:35 Respondents and open discussion Moderator - Chester E. Finn, Jr., Thomas B. Fordham Foundation Paul R. Gross - University Professor ...The evolution of animal eyes has caused much discussion among scientists. Most classical textbooks dealing with this topic come to the conclusion that the eye has been invented many times independently in different animal phyla, due to the dramatic differences in eye structure observed between, for examp......ter emphasis on observational data would frame the discussion more meaningfully and concretely, and would facilitate development of a coherent policy for the future. *To view the complete table of contents of GEOLOGY , as well as that of the GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICAN BULLETIN , see http://www.geosociety...