Novel Viral Vaccine Protects Aids In Animal Model
...ie Prestayko, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of BioStratum. In the Journal of Virology study, Narayan and his colleagues testedthe protective effects of the viral vaccines by exposing the immunized monkeysto a highly pathogenic hybrid virus named KU-SHIV-1, which Narayan developedthree years......")Williams, M.D., Ph.D., Chiron's chief scientific officer and president of ChironTechnologies. "This latest discovery is a critical step in discovering anddeveloping targeted therapeutics and vaccines against HCV and HCV-induceddisease, and greatly increases our knowledge about the biology of this virus." ...Fetuses Destined For Abortion May Be Used To Test Gene Therapy
...pha-thalassaemia, saysClaudia Mickleson, biosafety officer at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology and chair of the RAC. We each carry four copies of the gene that isdefective in people with alpha-thalassaemia. In the worst cases all four copiesare damaged and fetuses die in the womb or shortly after bir...International Study Finds Mothers' Lifetime Lead Exposures May Put Breast-Fed Newborns At Risk
...Institute toxicologist who serves as NIEHS project officer for the study, said"If this relationship can be verified through further investigations, then onecould obtain an accurate estimate of an infant's lead exposure by simply testingthe mother's blood lead." The study also produced preliminary evidenc...New Device Brightens Recycling Efforts
...Purdue professor of chemistry and chief executive officer of SpectraCode. "One of the primary obstacles in recycling today is the lack of sufficient means to avoid cross contamination during collection," Grant says. "Polymers of different composition are incompatible when melted together, and a ton...New Evidence Shows How Some Flu Viruses Become Lethal
...influenza viruses," said Dominick Iacuzio, program officer for influenza and related viral respiratory diseases at the NIAID. For the full text of the article, contact Dave Schneier at the National Academy of Sciences news office at (202) 334-2138. Written by Brian Mattmiller, (608) 262-9772...Horses Prefer Bridles That Have A Bit Missing
...bridle with a bit. Kerstin Alford, welfare officer with the British Horse Society, hasgiven Buck's invention a guarded welcome. "Some horses do resent having a bit intheir mouths. If this provides an alternative for those animals, then all welland good. But any type of riding tack can cause problems ...Whitaker Foundation To Fund AAAS Science Journalism Awards Through 2001
...an 50 years," said Richard S. Nicholson, executive officer of AAAS."Continued support from the Whitaker Foundation is testimony to the strength andstature of the competition." Independent screening and judging committees comprised of scientists and sciencejournalists select the winning entries. The winn...... John Monahan,Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Avigen, Inc. "Based on theseresults and additional R&D advances at Avigen, we are working closely with Dr.High to develop this therapy further with the objective of initiating a humanclinical trial as early as the end of calendar 1998 which, if s......h FAP," said Rifat Pamukcu, M.D., chief scientific officer andsenior vice president of research and development at Cell Pathways. "Leftuntreated, FAP patients invariably develop colon cancer." He noted that arandomized, placebo-controlled Phase III trial of FGN-1 in FAP patients wasongoing and expected to co...Infant Dependency Drives Menopause, NSF-Supported Researcher Reports
...duals in social groups," says Penny Kukuk, program officer in NSF'sdivision of environmental biology. "Studies that follow individuals throughouttheir lifetimes and that determine numbers of offspring they leave behind arecrucial to finding answers to questions such as why there is menopause." The r...New Gene Therapy Technique Results In 60 Percent Tumor Regression Rate
...and vicepresident of research and chief scientific officer at Progenitor. The researchers say clinical trials are likely sometime in the future,but before trials can begin, scientists want to enhance the expression system toallow for a higher rate of tumor regression. In their studies, scientists at...UMass Researchers Announce Birth Of Genetically Modified Cloned Calves
...y in 1994. He is a co-founder and chief scientific officer of ACT. He received a doctoral degree in veterinary and animal sciences at UMass in 1989. ACT is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avian Farms, Inc. , of Waterville, Maine, a poultry genetics company....Mutant Gene Not Sole Explanation For Hiv Non-Progression
... Oren Cohen, M.D., a medical officer in NIAID's Laboratory of Immunoregulation (LIR); LIR Lab Chief and NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.; and their colleagues report their findings in the Sept. 15, 1997 issue of The Journ...Florida Company Using ORNL Technology For Revolutionary Wheelchair
...n," saidTerry Lewis, president and chief executive officer of Cybertrax. "For thefirst time, people, not products, determine the shortest, smartest and mostpractical route between two points." Lewis, who expects Cybertrax to employ 20 to 30 people, plans to introducethe TransRovr to the market by May, pendin...