Platelet Receptor Biology Is Key To Fighting Heart Disease
...y funder of biomedical research and training inthe nation -- $175 million in federal fiscal year 1997. In addition, for thethird consecutive year, the institution posted the highest annual growth inthese areas -- 17.6 percent -- of the top ten U.S. academic medical centers. News releases from the University...Seeing Blue-Yellow Color Perception For The First Time
...y funder of biomedical research and training inthe nation -- $175 million in federal fiscal year 1997. In addition, for thethird consecutive year, the institution posted the highest annual growth inthese areas -- 17.6 percent -- of the top ten U.S. academic medical centers. News releases from the University...New Hope On The Horizon For Patients With End-Stage Cardiovascular Disease
...ah, Cedars-Sinai is one of only a few sites in the nation tooffer Percutaneous Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization (PTMR). Using thisprocedure, cardiologists insert a laser catheter into the heart, creatingmultiple channels from the inside of the heart, out. These channels improveblood flow to heart mus...Commercial Fish: Eat Up, Despite Low Levels Of Mercury
...s of expertise studying mercury exposure,chose the nation of about 65,000 people as an ideal site to studyth...me amount of mercurythroughout the world. The nation boasts high-quality free medical care andeducation. Most people born on the islands stay there,...Antioxidant Action Of Vitamin E Significantly Reduces Heart Disease In Mice
...y funder of biomedical research andtraining in the nation -- $175 million in federal fiscal year 1997. In addition,for the third consecutive year, the institution posted the highest annual growthin these areas -- 17.6 percent -- of the top ten U.S. academic medical centers.News releases from the University ......y funder of biomedical research andtraining in the nation -- $175 million in federal fiscal year 1997. In addition,for the third consecutive year, the institution posted the highest annual growthin these areas -- 17.6 percent -- of the top ten U.S. academic medical centers....New Evidence Points To Role For Free Radicals In Alzheimer's Disease
...y funder of biomedical research andtraining in the nation -- $175 million in federal fiscal year 1997. In addition,for the third consecutive year, the institution posted the highest annual growthin these areas -- 17.6 percent -- of the top ten U.S. academic medical centers.News releases from the University ...Amid Albanian Turmoil, Archaeologists Unearth Secrets Of The Stone Age
...t last summer despite turmoil that has plagued the nation and ethnic fighting on its northern border. Davis plans to survey in the Mallakastra (Fier-Patos-Ballsh) region about a four-hour drive south of Tirana before commercialism and looting interfere with the region's historic remains. His work so far h...NSF-Supported New Scientists And Engineers Receive Presidential Award
...o spirit of technologicalinnovation and drive this nation forward and build a better America for thetwenty-first century." "These are the 'Golden Globe Awards' for the Albert Einsteins and MarieCuries of tomorrow -- our nation's most promising scientist and engineeringeducators," said NSF director R......g 15 to 19 year old women is six times that of the nation as a whole." Current recommendations from the United States Public Health Service andprofessional medical societies call for routine screening for chlamydia andgonorrhea in all sexually active females under age 20, since these diseasesoften are asym......y funder of biomedical research andtraining in the nation -- $175 million in federal fiscal year 1997. In addition,for the third consecutive year, the institution posted the highest annual growthin these areas -- 17.6 percent -- of the top ten U.S. academic medical centers....New Biochemical Technology Ready To Retrieve, Purify Heaviest Crude Oil
...t term to meetthe long-term strategic needs of the nation and the world. Oil resources oncedeemed out of practical reach will now be made available for processing so thatthe resulting fuels will burn more cleanly." Crude oil is a dense, dark fluid containing many varieties of complexhydrocarbon molecules, ...Babbitt to address conservation biologists on The Age of Restoration
...ntific publication thatexamines the ecology of the nation and specific threats and remedies involved inrestoring watersheds back to their former vigor. Said Babbitt: "In my travels across the country, I have discovered thestirring of a third generation of environmental activism, not politicalactivi...USGS assesses nation's biological resources at century end
...ative endeavor amongscientists from throughout the nation who came together to synthesizeexisting and new information so that we can all know the state of ournatural resource legacy." Volume One covers seven factors affecting biological resources nationwide:natural processes, land use, water use, climate ch...World's smallest deer species discovered by WCS
...r decades, until WCSbegan surveys in this isolated nation in 1994. "Perhaps the most important aspect of this discovery is that this newspecies of mammal was found in another region of Asia outside the Annamites,"said Amato. "This highlights the importance of continuing rigorous biologicalsurv......ruce Babbitt said, "Over the last two decades, our nation has made great progress in improving water quality...in the four decades since Rachel Carson warned the nation of the risks posed by environmental contaminants, a large range of nutrients and other contaminants ...INEEL launches comprehensive vadose zone management program
... weapons production. Activitiesthat once gave the nation a sense of security during World War II and the Co...creatingoverarching guidance that will benefit the nation into the foreseeable future,"said Clayton Nichols, chief scientist at the DOE's Idaho Operations Off......top 50 in the nation. It was listed as 12th in the nation and second inthe entire state. "The time that I spent in Pittsburgh this past year was devoted to hearttransplantation, lung transplantation, and ventricular assist devices," said Dr.Magliato. "I am grateful to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Ce...Pfiesteria Event: Sea Grant and DNR officials report on attitudes and activities
...lgal blooms to the front pages ofpapers across the nation and to featured positions on network news reports.Public reaction was at times panicky and fearful as rumors spread about safetyof coastal waters and seafood. Delaware Sea Grant coastal specialist Jim Falk of UD has taken the first reallook at publi...Statewide evacuation plan for animals developed by Clemson University
...g states. South Carolina isamong the first in the nation to formally address the needs of animals inemergencies. "You should take your animals with you if at all possible," Reece said. "Livestock may still be left, but some arrangements may be made to move evencattle, hogs and poultry under certain...