Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...gotiate the distribution of the drug in developing nations at a minimal profit if Keasling is successful. "This may be the first time that indigenous people have extended their national sovereignty over a gene sequence" said Cox, director of the Institute for Ethnobotany at the National Tropical Botanical G...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...gotiate the distribution of the drug in developing nations at a minimal profit if Keasling is successful. "This may be the first time that indigenous people have extended their national sovereignty over a gene sequence" said Cox, director of the Institute for Ethnobotany at the National Tropical Botanical G...Researchers devise potent new tools to curb ivory poaching
...phic damage, he said. Two years ago, five African nations sought, and three received, an exemption from the ban so that they could conduct one-time ivory sales. Now numerous other countries are considering seeking exemptions, and some hope to obtain permanent exemptions. "Once the door is cracked open, the...Ecologist calls for creation of an international panel to assess human behavior
...us, gender and economic inequities and whether any nations can ethically produce or store weapons of mass destruction.'' Ehrlich pointed out that the scientific community is well aware of the nature of the threats and the ''population-consumption drivers'' creating them, but the actions to counter those thre...Ottawa's leadership in biomedical and health research has paid off
...a commitment to being one of the top five research nations in the world, the government created innovative new programs in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Canada Research Chairs (CRC), and Genome Canada (GC) to support infrastructure, facilities ...Scientists discover new intricacies in how ulcer bugs stick to stomach
...ions in the United States and other industrialized nations can be treated with antibiotics, but treatments are too costly for many sufferers in underdeveloped nations, where the bacteria's pervasiveness and poor sanitation significantly increase the risk of repeat infections. In addition, resistance to stand......ada, Australia, Germany, Chile and seventeen other nations will fill the city and surrounding areas. Scientists from several government agencies, including the US Geological Survey, US Forest Service and state fish and wildlife agencies, will also present research at the meeting. Organized Oral Session topic...New lower-cost assay system equivalent to flow cytometry for accurate CD4+/CD8+ cell counts
... is currently marketing the EasyCD4 and EasyCD8 in nations outside of the United States, Europe and Japan. The company is also introducing a version of the EasyCD4 system for research use only in the United States and will subsequently seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for use of the system as...Melting ice cap gives urgency to new census of marine life project in Arctic Ocean
...geology and physics from the circumpolar and other nations will use submersibles, modern sonar detection and traditional techniques to record and inventory biodiversity in the Arctic Ocean in anticipation of additional climatic warming that, if realized, could remove the ice cap and dramatically alter aquati...NASA scientists get global fix on food, wood & fiber use
...ing less per person than any region. If developing nations raised consumption to match the developed world's use per person, humans would consume more than 35 percent of the total annual land NPP....Two billion vulnerable to floods by 2050; number expected to double or more in two generations
...ster-related loss of life. Even the most advanced nations are affected: the 2002 floods in Europe killed roughly 100 people, affected 450,000 people and left $20 billion in damages; the US, which suffered 50 deaths and $50 billion in damage in the Mississippi River flood of 1993, has averaged 25 flood death...NCAR aircraft, ground instruments to track carbon dioxide uptake
...ays to enhance carbon uptake. High carbon-emitting nations and industries are interested in devising strategies for meeting quotas and trading carbon credits. ACME (short for the Airborne Carbon in the Mountains Experiment) gives scientists an opportunity to combine airborne data with ground-based measuremen...East Asian governments urged to harness market forces to improve environment, save money
... threats to economic growth." As well, "East Asian nations can capitalize on the recent advances in information technology to their best advantage. "The Chinese registry of potentially toxic chemicals . . . is a clear example of increased levels of transparency in information dissemination." Other examples i...American Society of Plant Biologists offers developing nations free access to science journals
...y that it is offering scientists in nearly 70 poor nations free access to its plant science journals: Plant P... number of years. By providing scientists in poor nations access to current scientific information, we believe scientists in these nations will be better able...Mathematical rule said to be widely and wrongly used to forecast future beach erosion
...model is being inappropriately used in at least 26 nations to make potentially costly predictions about how shorelines will retreat in response to rising sea levels, two coastal scientists contended in the Friday, March 19, 2004, issue of the research journal Science . "Models can be a hazard to society, an...Newly cloned gene key to global adaptation of wheat
...ia and Canada, but also by more than 70 developing nations and on six continents, according to CIMMYT -- The International Wheat and Maize Improvement Center. Although it originated in the mild climates of the Middle East, wheat is now cultivated throughout a wide range of temperatures and environments. ...Duke study gives first worldwide measure of sea turtle casualties by longline fishing
...am mined available turtle bycatch data from the 13 nations that collect such information. And they extrapolated estimates for areas like the Indian Ocean where bycatch data was unavailable. They also collected the most current fishing information from three primary sources: The International Commission for t...New Seascape initiative stretches from Costa Rica to Ecuador and protects key marine habitats
...om the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The four nations that share the Seascape and dozens of partner organizations are expected to put additional millions into the project, which is being led by UNESCO's World Heritage Centre. The announcement was made today during the opening of the 24th Annual Meeting ...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...gastrointestinal illnesses every year. Developing nations lacking proper sanitation methods often report the highest number of cases. Technologies such as ozonation, chlorination, and artificial UV radiation, while useful, are high in cost and demand complex equipment and skilled operators. "The need for......om trawling on the High Seas. They urge individual nations and states to ban bottom trawling to protect deep-sea ecosystems wherever coral forests and reefs are known to occur within their Exclusive Economic Zones. They urge them to prohibit roller and rockhopper trawls, which allow fishermen to trawl on the...