Expanding the genetic code: the worlds first truly unnatural organism
...entially, this bacterium can be added to a minimal media (salts and a basic carbon source) and it's able to do the rest." E. coli is notorious for its ability to quickly reproduce, which could conjure images of mutant bacteria running wild. "We crippled the organism's ability to biosynthesize leucine [on...Scientists hone in on cause of amphibian deformities
..." The deformity problem first received widespread media attention when deformed frogs were spotted by school children in Minnesota in 1995, but it quickly became apparent that its scope was extraordinarily broad and the impacts severe in some frog populations, including one near Corvallis, Ore., 75-80 pe...Little value seen in CT scans for lung cancer screening
... former smokers. "Direct-to-consumer marketing and media coverage of CT trials has encouraged demand for lung cancer screening despite a lack of evidence for its efficacy," says lead author Parthiv J. Mahadevia, M.D., M.P.H., a research scientist at MEDTAP International in Bethesda, Md., who was a Robert W...Coral smothering 'green tide' seaweed spreading on Florida reefs
...ative that will allow such work to move forward. A media press conference and dive event on Jan. 23 coincides with the first day of surveys on local reefs for this new project. Over the next two years, Lapointe and his colleagues will complete a comprehensive study of the factors controlling the spread of ......uggested that chaos in three-dimensional excitable media can emerge through disordered dynamics of such filaments. In his opinion, this can often explain the development of fibrillation and the phenomenon of sudden cardiac death. Investigations by A.S. Mikhailov (Fritz Haber Institute) together with S. Alo...World shark attacks sink for second year in row, UF research shows
...ee in a dog bite." Burgess, who fields calls from media outlets around the world about shark attacks, said...gast on the weekend after July 4 causing a rash of media coverage that persisted with subsequent attacks. "We had 600 inquiries in the three months of the 'S...Mount Holyoke College series examines advances in human reproductive technologies
...chnologies, and how visual representations and the media influence our views of human reproduction as it intersects with technology. The series will bring together leading scientists, ethicists, legal experts, science writers, and artists for discussions about existing and emerging human reproductive techn...EMBO to coordinate EU funded project to support science teachers
...rough the exchange of best practice and the latest media aids. It will also strengthen collaborations between schools, scientists and companies to develop new teaching resources for science," adds Andrew Moore....Planet Vearth sends out call for help
...es to the February 14th event . They will tell the media about their new Club. Tina Martinez, Program Director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, says they are happy to do their part. "Not only will our kids help save Vearth, but they'll also be learning standards based science content," she expl...ASM biodefense meeting scheduled for March 2003
...echnology to develop new diagnostics Comprehensive media facilities will be available. The press center will be located in the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel. Programs, abstracts, news releases and information about daily press activities will be available. An opening press briefing has been tentat...Cell density determines extent of damage caused by cigarette smoke exposure
...rchers added TGF antibody (10 g/ml) to the culture media after gels were released. Antihuman IgG antibody was used as control. To measure TGF-1, samples were assayed both with and without acidification and neutralization to convert the latent form of TGF-1 to active forms. TGF-1 was quantified by an ELISA...Microbial forensics: An overview (news briefing and symposium)
...spores found in letters mailed to Congress and the media after Sept. 11, she said. But such technologies have not been established under the realm of precedence that is needed to assure reliability in a court of law, Salyers said. The task is daunting, she added, noting the challenge of connecting a bacte...Alaska oil and gas exploration good and bad for area life
...NationalAcademies.org or by calling Bill Kearney, media relations officer, at202-334-2138....Invitation to cover Europe's leading conference on fertility and reproductive medicine
...decisions currently facing society. We welcome the media to the 19th annual meeting of the European Society...duction & Embryology. All sessions are open to the media and registration is free to bona fide journalists on presentation of official press credentials. Fa...Bacterial viruses make cheap easy vaccines
...wn within a matter of days using simple equipment, media and procedures," says John March, one of lead researchers presenting findings at the American Society for Microbiology's Biodefense Research Meeting. Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria but not humans. In this particular study, March a...Scientific innovations, social issues and biobusiness at Bio Tech Helsinki 03
...onf.com/media/index.htm For futher information on media arrangements, please contact Ms.PirjoRtknen,e-mail: pirjo.rotkonen@teonsana.fi , tel. +358-9-2706 9220 Published press releases: http://www.biohelsinkiconf.com/media/press-releases.htm Website: http://www.biohelsinkiconf.com/index.html...Atomic force microscope powerful new tool for measurement of particle attraction
...tter understanding of particle transport in porous media (ENVR 38)," will be presented at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 23, in room 389 of the Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. Cail, who is from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, did her undergraduate work at St Francis Xavier University and her master's degr...Sea Grant News & Notes for March 26, 2003
...a nine-year service connecting members of the news media and other interests with sources throughout the Na...airs officer Jana Goldman will continue to provide media services. The twice-monthly tip sheet news service, of which this is the final edition, will not be ...VEGF gene transfer fails to help peripheral arterial disease patients
... bit about these approaches in the years since the media reported first signs of success from pilot-phase and Phase I studies," says Rajagopalan. "It's important that we did these scientific Phase II studies so that we could learn more about safety and also critically evaluate efficacy. These results shoul......e, history, sociology, psychoanalysis, theoretical media studies. The fundamental question underlying Albrecht Koschorke's academic research concerns the links between social structures, medical representations of human beings, economic systems, technical and media-related discoveries, perceptive possibili...