Genetics Debate Suffers From Misinterpretation, Scholar Says
...r," said Jerry Hirsch, professor emeritusand guest editor of a special issue of the journal Genetica (mailed to subscribersOct. 24) devoted to "Uses and Abuses of Genetics in Society.""First-hand familiarity of the material under discussion is an elementseemingly lacking in the commentary that has appeared.......te. Media Accreditation--Any reporter, writer or editor with credentials from averifiable newspaper, magazine, radio or TV station, wire service, syndicate orother news organization may register and receive a press badge.Freelancers must have a letter from a verifiable news organization indicatingthey hav...Prostate Cancer Switch May Yield Map Of Cancer Machinery, Targets For Drugs
...e process of editing film."Garcia-Blanco said. "An editor starting from the raw footage can decide to cutone scene and not another, possibly producing two very different films." He emphasized that "we don't know yet for a fact whether this switch inthe receptor is critical for either androgen indep...American Society Of Gene Therapy To Hold Its First Annual Meeting
... Media accreditation: Any reporter, writer or editor with credentialsfrom a verifiable newspaper, magazine, radio or TV station, wire service,syndicate or other news organization may register and receive a press badge.Freelancers must have a letter from a verifiable news organization indicatingthey hav...New Species Of Winged Dinasaur Named For Yale Professor
..., is professor emeritus of geology and geophysics, editor of theAmerican Journal of Science, and curator eme...eabody Museum of Natural History, where he is also editor emeritus of thePeabody Museum Bulletin and Postilla....Rice Names Matthews Dean Of Natural Sciences
... Biochemistry chair. She is associate editor of the Journal of Biological Chemistr... sizable research program, and she's an editor of a major journal in her field. On top of that she has had a lot of hands-on experienc...NASA Funds New Origin Of Life Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
...he Study of the Origins of Life (ISSOL) and is the editor of thejournal Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere. In 1996, Ferris wasawarded the Oparin Medal from the ISSOL for "the best sustained scientificresearch program in the origin of life." The team of principal investigators includes John Dela...Creatine Works, But Long-Term Effects Are Still Unknown
... says Dr. William J. Kraemer, newsletter associate editor and professorof applied physiology at Penn State. Creatine is a naturally produced amino acid, one that is needed by thebody to promote muscle movement during short bursts of intense exercise. For thepast six years, its use by athletes and c...Dismantling Dangerous Genetic Codes With A Faster, More Flexible RNA Mimic
...etal-based ribozyme mimics, Bashkinwas the invited editor of the May 1998 issue of Chemical Reviews, an issuedevoted entirely to DNA and RNA cleavage. In the issue, he and his studentsreviewed the progress made around the world in this area, and scientistsworldwide reviewed additional aspects of this chemi...Genetically Speaking, Race Doesn't Exist In Humans
...ton University in St. Louis. Sussman and his guest editor for this issue, Faye Harrison, Ph.D., professor ofanthropology at the University of South Carolina, have enlisted the talents andexpertise of anthropologists across the discipline's four subdivisions --biological, socio-cultural, linguistics and arch...AAAS Annual Meeting And Science Innovation Exposition
... etc.), or a letter on official letterhead from an editor of a publication or a producer of a program certifying that you are covering the conference for their respective organization. (Please note that freelance journalists will need to present such a letter, unless they can show proof of membership in NAS...Gap Widening Between Genetic And Behavioral Research
...ory A. Miller, PhD, of the University of Illinois, editor of the journal,Psychophysiology. Norman B. Anderson, PhD, director of the Office of Behavioral and SocialSciences Research (OBSSR) at NIH, writing in the January issue of the journalwith co-author Paul A. Scott, warns that this conceptual div......itorial inthe same issue, Robert M. Quencer, M.D., editor of the American Journal ofNeuroradiology, calls this "a distinct challenge for highly detailed MRimaging." He suggests the use of stronger magnets in MR imaging to provideadequate spatial resolution. The Oregon team has approval to assess thedistribu...Controlling Problem Snakes: Saipan Benefits From USGS Research
...ty of these islands," notes Dr. Gordon Rodda, lead editor forthe book and a renowned expert on brown tree snake biology and management. "Thisbook provides researchers and managers with guidance on managing these speciesbased on the latest ecological, behavioral, and control technology information." On Saipa...... SocialIssues, Montreal), Stefano Nespor (Lawyer, editor in chief of La Rivista Giuridica dell'Ambiente, Milan), Pier Giuseppe Monateri (University of Turin) 16:00 Genetics and the Media Round table discussion - Moderator : Cinzia Caporale (Bioethicist, La SapienzaUniversity, Rome - journalist at Radi......the NationalInstitutes of Health. He has served as editor in chief for a number of scholarlypublications, in...d in scientific journals. He is also the pituitary editor formajor endocrinology and internal medicine textbooks. Dr. Melmed has received a number of honors a...Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A 1999 consensus
...th MCS by a medical professional. Dr. KayeKilburn, editor of the Archives of Environmental Health and one of theauthors of the consensus, hailed the new MCS definition as a practical andorderly step that was overdue. Although physicians do not yet fullyunderstand the etiology of MCS, anyone who meets the c...Gift funds new Gene Media Forum at Syracuse University
...ng ResearchCenter. He serves as the North American editor of Science Progress, as acontributing editor of worldlink, and as executive editor of Environmentmagazine....Media Advisory: The Geological Society of America 1999 Annual Meeting
... the GSA Headquarters area. Cornelia Dean, science editor of the New York Times, will sign her book, Againstthe Tide: The Battle for America's Beaches, at the Science and Outreach booth. Sara Andrews will sign her latest forensic geology mystery novel, Bone Hunter,and other books in the series, outside the ...CU-Boulder professor documents controversial history of Rocky Flats
... He is a formerChicago Tribune reporter and former editor of the "Bulletin of the AtomicScientists." He began researching and documenting the history of the nucleararms race in 1990 with a research and writing grant funded by the John D. andCatherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He currently teaches graduate l...