Designer diets: ACS symposium will explore relationships between diet and genes, August 28-29
... Ph.D., of Life Sciences Alliance, will provide an overview of nutrigenomics. Besides discussing how a study of diet and gene interactions might improve health, she will describe how the field could spawn futuristic businesses that are built around creating specialty diets and providing products and services ...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology: September 2001
...ostic Laboratory Immunology. The commentary is an overview of known research on the interaction between HIV and HCV in individuals who are infected with both viruses. It is estimated that as many as 1 in 4 HIV patients is co-infected with HCV. One finding is that while HCV infection appears to have little ...First-ever autism research conference to explore new frontiers
...f-the-Science" symposium that will provide a broad overview of current knowledge and future directions on autism research, as well as a presentation of the Lifetime Award for Research on Autism posthumously to Dr. Donald Cohen, formerly Director of the Yale University Child Study Center, Chairman of the Depar...Gender issues related to spaceflight: A NASA perspective
...n gender differences in physiology. It provides an overview of known and potential gender differences in physiological responses to spaceflight and covers cardiovascular and exercise physiology, barophysiology and decompression sickness, renal stone risk, immunology, neurovestibular and sensorimotor function,...Inventor of artificial hand sees 'bionic' replacement parts becoming more human
...-driven mechanical fingers. Craelius published an overview of bionics entitled "The Bionic Man - Restoring Mobility," in the international journal "Science," on Feb. 8. Craelius believes "bionic technologies can be adapted for restoring some degree of almost any lost function," and that if progress continue......22. Reporters covering the event will get a broad overview of the field, challenges for the future, and possible applications. Speakers will be available for one-on-one interviews. (Note to TV editors: Video b-roll of select sensor-related projects will be available at the conference.) More than 600 industry...Mutations may yield clues to heartbreaking childhood disease
...e 2001-2002 academic year, Douglas will present an overview on her project during an upcoming awards ceremony. It will run from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, in the Glass Pavilion on the Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St., in Baltimore. The Johns Hopkins University is recognized as the country's fi...Undergraduate unraveling genetic mysteries in fruit flies
...e 2001-2002 academic year, Comeaux will present an overview on her project during an upcoming awards ceremony. It will run from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, in the Glass Pavilion on the Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St., in Baltimore. The Johns Hopkins University is recognized as the country's fi...NIAID unveils bioterrorism research agenda
...sm Research of the NIAID, which provides a general overview of the Institute's broad plans for attacking the full range of potential bioterrorism pathogens. "Research is a vital element of bioterrorism defense," says HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson. "The NIAID Counter-Bioterrorism Research Agenda describes...Spinal cord injury and Alzheimer's risk among topics at American Chemical Society meeting
...s on EurekAlert! may see a more detailed embargoed overview of the meeting by clicking here . News releases and advisories will be posted on the World Wide Web, on an embargoed basis, at www.eurekalert.org under the "ACS 223rd national meeting" button. They will also be posted at www.chemistry.org when...Spinal cord injury and Alzheimers risk among topics at American Chemical Society meeting
...Advisor John Marburger and others will discuss an overview of energy issues. Topics include sciences role in nuclear energy, petroleum, carbon and climate change, fuel cells, alternative energy and sustainable mobility. (Sunday, April 7, 1-5 p.m., Rosen Centre, Grand Ballroom B. For immediate release .) ...Mechanics of bacteriums toxin being unraveled
...heart disease processes. She also provided a brief overview of her progress studying the bacteriums toxic attack on skin and cells, particularly on the toxins ability to completely block fat accumulation. She theorizes that what she is seeing may partially explain the wasting syndrome often observed in infec...CIIT research on estrogens featured at national meeting
...e, will open the June 19th news conference with an overview on the Genome Project and genetic research. Dr. Yous research centers on the effects of endocrine-active chemicals on biological systems. He will present findings at the meeting from a developmental study on the effects of environmental exposure to ...... in the Research section of the site, providing an overview of the institute's scientific activities. This section includes an overview of the Human Genome Project, an international, multi-year effort of exploration designed to help sci...Ecology and conservation of fragmented tropical forests
...s of Forest Fragments (BDFF) Project, presented an overview of what has been learned so far and suggested directions for the future. He pointed out that although species declines small fragments may be rapid, larger fragments of 100 hectares or more retain their diversity much longer, enabling us to take step...The effects of human-caused atmospheric changes on tropical forests
...f the results follows. Yadvinder Mahli provided an overview of ongoing climate changes as a result of increasing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Since the mid-1970s all tropical forest regions have warmed, although with regional variation in intensity. There has been even more re...Transplantation Society Congress
...om . Additional information on each briefing (an overview of the topic, a list of participants and their titles and lay summaries of the abstracts to be discussed) is available by calling Lisa Rossi at (412) 916-3315 or sending an e-mail to press@txmiami2002.com . Abstracts and the final program will soon...ExonHit, UMBI announce RNA splicing symposium
... provide every participant with a state-of-the-art overview of alternative splicing and its implications on human pathologies," said Tocqu. UMBI consists of five research and education centers across the state. UMBI's Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology--a center of excellence in the field of protei...Smart materials expand within global marketplace
...tober 16, 2002 to provide industry participants an overview of the latest coverage on Smart Materials. To participate, please email Julia Rowell at jrowell@frost.com with the following information: Name, Company, Title, Telephone Number, and email. Upon receipt of the above information, a confirmation/pass...Non-invasive imaging technique detects plaques beginning to form in vessels
...g, is co-senior author. Wickline also presented an overview of molecular imaging and nanotechnology at the Molecular Basis for Cardiac Imaging session. Atherosclerosis the progressive hardening of arteries results from the accumulation of plaques in key blood vessels. In order for plaques to form, a crowd o...