Potential for enhanced sequestration of carbon in soils supports evaluations
...ct. According to Post's team, agriculturally based options for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by increasing sequestration of carbon in soils "should be evaluated to see how competitive they are in comparison with a variety of other options," such as flue-gas capture to reduce emissions or remove carbo...4 October press briefing to focus on minority recruitment to science and engineering programs
...release 4 October--will clarify legally defensible options for protecting diversity in science and engineering programs. The report, Standing Our Ground: A Guidebook for STEM Educators in the Post-Michigan Era, will be released at 1:00 p.m. U.S. ET Monday, 4 October, 2004, at the National Press Club, Lisagor...Natural mineral locks up carbon dioxide
... gas in the emission stream treated, there are two options for commercial implementation. Fossil fuel burning plants could simply place a serpentine reactor as the last component of their emissions clean up and sequester carbon on site. Or, if the area is heavy with fossil fuel burning plants, each plant co...DHA-rich diet protects brain from Alzheimer's damage, UCLA study shows
...or purified DHA supplements made from algae. Other options include DHA-rich eggs laid by chickens that eat DHA-supplemented feed....NHGRI launches Centers for Excellence in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Research
... populations to help to identify and assess policy options for addressing these challenges. In addition to funding these four centers of excellence, NHGRI announced the award of three exploratory grants that provide two to three years of support to investigators for planning and developing potential new...Columbia, Stony Brook, Guidant to develop biological pacemaker based on gene & cell therapies
...goal of the program is to develop better treatment options for people with heart disease. Terms of the invest...orting innovative research that brings new therapy options to physicians and their patients. We look forward to deliberately moving the idea of a biological pa...University of Pittsburgh receives $10 million grant for head and neck cancer
...of UPCI's Head and Neck Cancer Program. "Treatment options are limited and often leave a patient with disabling side effects that can have a devastating impact on quality of life. This grant will enable us to enhance the quality of life for head and neck cancer patients and greatly improve their prognoses th...Technology already exists to stabilize global warming
... Pacala and Socolow show how each of the 15 options they identified could prevent 1 billion tons a year worth of carbon emissions by 2054. To illustrate their idea, the researchers created a graph that divides the problem into seven 1 billion-ton-per-year "wedges." (See figures.) In their paper and 51...Joslin Diabetes Center launches research section on developmental and stem cell biology
...function, and may ultimately suggest new treatment options for multiple degenerative disorders. Birth Defects in the Offspring of Women with Diabetes Targeted Long-time Joslin researcher Mary Loeken, Ph.D., who transferred from the Section on Cellular and Molecular Physiology, is studying the underlying ca...New prostate cancer gene identified
...ancer research, as the number of current treatment options for advanced prostate cancer remains limited," sai...lp provide prostate cancer patients more treatment options and a better quality of life." The study was the result of an increasing trend in genome research: a...Molecular therapeutics advance fight against brain cancer
... and are one of the best ways to advance treatment options for gliomas and other human cancers. O'Rourke's basic research interests include finding new treatments for gliomas based on genetic alterations detected in tumors. He is currently investigating a variant of the epidermal growth factor receptor that ...New survey reveals insights into unique relationship between mothers and pediatricians
... not had discussions with their pediatrician about options to reduce the number of shots. Dr. Trachtenber...bies. I encourage moms to ask pediatricians about options to reduce that number." Close behind immunization, physical development was the number two topic d......Idaho, Tanaka will explain how various restoration options could affect cattle ranches and rural communities. John Freemuth's (Boise State University and Cecil Andrus Center for Public Policy) talk, "The policy landscape of the sagebrush ecosystem," will take a closer look at the politics behind manage...Commercialization deal boosts hope for new sickle-cell drug
...Food and Drug Administration. Current treatment options are few for sickle-cell disease, a genetic blood disorder that affects millions of children and adults worldwide, including about 70,000 Americans, primarily people of African descent (about 8 percent of African-Americans are carriers). The only appr...New technique helps scientists reveal interactions between genes and drugs
...roximately 33,000 human genes. Normally their only options for mounting a search in such a vast field are either to rely on anecdotal reports of dramatically altered patient reactions, or to conduct extensive surveys of the genes for all the proteins known to interact with a given drug. The new approach lets...First International Scientific Conference on Childhood Leukaemia
...s Risk assessment, safety precautions and policy options Future research priorities There will also be poster presentations of further new data. Registration is free for bona fide media on presentation of official press credentials at the conference press office or by pre-registering. You are welcome to...Unique partnership between UH, FDA opens path for scientific exchange
...o experience medical research, while exploring the options of a government-related career. In turn, the college atmosphere provides FDA staff and researchers with experiences in a real-world setting and access to a large, diversified population base. Participants from the FDA will have opportunities to stu...NIH launches first center in Nationwide Chemical Genomics Network
...ion over the course of a four-year contract if all options are exercised, will deliver to the NIH center a suite of technologies, materials and services, including a highly automated robotic system capable of screening more than 1 million compounds per day in a variety of biochemical and cellular assays. The...Gene expression ratio identifies risk of recurrence in breast cancer patients receiving tamoxifen
... could help identify which drugs would be the best options for particular patients. The researchers gathered tumor samples from patients who had received tamoxifen treatment for early-stage, estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer. They identified 60 frozen samples suitable for gene expression analysis fo...Tufts researchers identify a novel target for cancer therapy
...and suggest anti-hsp90 antibodies may be potential options for cancer treatment." Jay and colleagues collaborated with scientists at the National Cancer Institute and Xerion-Pharmaceuticals AG of Germany on this research....