Human stem cell research leads Science's top ten list of the best scientific advances in 1999
...fly and humans are ahead of schedule, with a rough draft of the human genome due in March 2000. The genomic explosion continues to drive the development of sophisticated tools like DNA "chips" and advanced databases to handle the sequencing, comparison, and analysis of thousands of genes. Blueprints for t...NIH conference to assess state of medical implants
...ty, will weigh the scientific evidence and write a draft statement that it 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 finaliz......Genome Project,which expects to complete a working draft of the sequences of all 23 human chromosomes by March ofnext year. The multicenter study is co-authored by over 200 collaborators from research institutions in 6nations. Among those collaborators is the research group from Children's Hospital, led b...CIIT publishes formaldehyde cancer risk assessment
...am of scientists at CIIT, working under the latest draft guidelines for cancer risk assessment established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, have published an up-to-date risk assessment for cancer from inhaled formaldehyde, which occurs in some residential and workplace environments. The compreh...NTP-CERHR announces the Second Phthalates Expert Panel Meeting to be held December 15-17, 1999
... August 17-19, 1999 in Alexandria, Virginia and to draft summary statements on the seven phthalate esters. The seven phthalates being reviewed are butyl benzyl phthalate, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, di-isodecyl phthalate, di-isononyl phthalate, di-n-butyl phthalate, di-n-hexyl phthalate, and di-n-octyl pht......ific, legal and religious communities toreview the draft and discuss the implications of stem cell research. The meetingwill be held at 9:00 a.m. that day at AAAS headquarters on 1200 New York Avenue.This is another in a series of forums convened by AAAS to promote continueddialogue on emerging scientific ...Stakeholders improve global change assessment
...ggestions on the topics they deem important,on the draft assessment, and on ways to distribute information ...er events. The committee's review of the draft document worked well according tothe researchers. The committee made it clear that an executive summ...Researcher Awarded Patent For System To Fight Multiple Diseases
...lines for RecombinantDNA Research. Curtiss helped draft the guidelines in the 1970s as an originalmember of the NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee. Although internationalpatents on this technology first were granted in 1989, the U.S. Patent andTrademark Office had ruled in 1984 that the invention was...Whitehead Receives $35 Million Grant From National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
...ses. The consortium's goal is to produce a working draft covering at least 90 percentof human genome sequen...meProject leaders projected completing the working draft by December 2001. Thenew consortium goal advances this timetable by more than a year and a half. Th...NSB Meets In L.A. On Expanded Environmental Research, Education, Assessment
...scussions of the NSF Strategic Planand the Board's draft report on high school achievement in mathematics andscience. ************************************************** What: National Science Board Meeting and EnvironmentalSymposium When: Feb. 17-18, 1999 - opening session Feb. 17 ...Science Announces Top Ten Research Advances Of 1998
...ue's editorial, which is available upon request. A draft of the "Breakthrough of the Year" section is available, under embargo,from the AAAS News & Information Office. The editorial by Dr. Bloom will beavailable Friday, 11 December. The cover of the 18 December issue of Sciencerelates to the "Breakthrough ...... to combine their legal and scientific expertiseto draft a proposal for a "Genetic Resources Recognition Fund"at UC Davis. With some fine-tuning, the proposal was accepted by campusadministrators and the fund was established to finance UC Davis graduatefellowships for students from the countries that origi...