Alive! scientists to discuss discovery of 250-million-year-old bacteria
...nd his colleagues will discuss their discovery and plans for the future. *********************************************** Who: Russell Vreeland, William Rosenzweig and Tim Lowenstein What: Discovery of 250-million-year-old bacteria and an overview of past, current, and future research ...Procter & Gamble donates proprietary "super aspirin" technology to Vanderbilt University
...t from the University's Chancellor Fund. PharmaVU plans to contract the remaining pre-clinical toxicology studies to an outside company and then to conduct Phase I clinical trials. "Carrying the drug through Phase I trials will greatly enhance its value," Roberts said. "At that point it should be very at......ffective at nurturing nerve cells as loop 4, Longo plans to use both of the fragments as leads to more effective molecules. The next step in developing these fragments into drugs that might slow Alzheimer's, Longo said, will be to search for molecules that contain the loop 4 structure, but that also have...Changes in North American land use have had major impact on global environment
...ll evolve and decline could be important in making plans to reduce greenhouse emissions. Negotiators from around the world are due to meet in The Hague this month in a push to resolve details of the Kyoto Protocol, which seeks to limit the production of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses. Among th...UCSD bioengineer to receive President's National Medal of Science
...ear, and biological complexities. With plans to devote 100 percent of his time to develop this interdisciplinary area, Fung resigned his professorship from Caltech in 1966 and came to UCSD with Ben Zweifach and Marcos Intaglietta to start one of the nations first bioengineering progra...Chance discovery of 'immortal skin' holds medical promise
...jected by human patients, she says. Stratatech has plans to move quickly toward possible medical uses, with clinical trials and work with regulatory agencies leading to initial human trials by 2002. Allen-Hoffmann says a number of basic research projects at UW-Madison and elsewhere also are likely to capit...Energy department's Idaho lab teams with Russia to establish Ecological Biotrade facility
...four Russian biological institutes today announced plans to work with Diversa Corporation to establish a Russian Ecological Biotrade Center to explore that country's biodiversity potential for developing important new commercial products. The effort is part of the Department of Energy's Initiatives for Pro...Taking the long view: examining factors which influence Northern Spotted Owls
...rable climate," says Franklin. "Most conservation plans for the Northern Spotted Owl assume that their ov..., need to be considered in order for conservation plans to succeed....Bilbies invade central Australia
...which came from the Monarto colony. There are also plans to re-introduce some birds, such as the Bush Thick-knee and the Plains Wanderer. These ground-dwelling species have declined in the area since the removal of cover by rabbits and stock, and because of increased predation by cats and foxes. Plans to ...2000 FALL MEETING: updated press conferences, press registration, and other information
...vailable from undersea sampling of the crater, and plans will be discussed for the upcoming deep drilling of the impact crater and through a thick section of impactites, the crystalline material produced by the fusion of an impacting meteorite with local rock. It is anticipated that analyses of these rocks...Counting salmon essential measure of recovery efforts
...n but has implications for monitoring conservation plans across the nation, including those for Atlantic sa...mon plan, yet one charged with looking at what all plans should consider as part of monitoring results. "Most conservation plans and most permits issued by ......ectations of future industry conditions, strategic plans and forecasts of operational results. Various risks may cause Millennium's actual results to differ materially, including: uncertainties about its drug discovery and clinical development processes, uncertainties about obtaining patent protection for ...DNA research reveals new bird species in Colorado
...evelop locally supported conservation plans. These plans identify ways of improving grouse habitat, and many recommend moving some of the Gunnison sage-grouse to other Gunnison sage-grouse populations within southwestern Colorado to mimic natural gene flow, with the effect of increasing genetic diversity i...Tobacco settlement $ = biomedical research; business development
...h and business development. The state of Michigan plans to award $50 million annually for 20 years to universities, research institutes and biotechnology companies. The initiative is administered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). Research or commercialization proposals from U-M sci...Avocados contain potent liver protectants
...or food and beverage manufacturer in Japan. Kagome plans to patent the avocado extract and test it on humans in the near future, the researchers say. More than 8,000 research papers will be presented during this year's International Chemical Congress, which is sponsored jointly by the American Chemical......ound in living organisms, will spearhead the teams plans to design an innovative VLSI chip, similar in its workings to the human retina, that can capture detailed, submillisecond images of large numbers of the brains neurons. Working with animals, Penn neuroscientists Brian M. Salzberg, Diego Contreras and...Researchers trace toxins from algal blooms through the marine food web in Monterey Bay
...he toxin in algae from Monterey Bay last year. She plans to begin working with public health officials in the region to find out if people are being affected by this toxin. "It will probably be hard to detect cases of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning, simply because there are so many possible causes of diarr...Conservation battle faces long odds in Brazilian Amazon
... co-author of the report. But if these development plans go through, well lose the largest remaining wilder...r the rights to continue some of their development plans that would inject carbon into the atmosphere, so long as development plans elsewhere are shelved. Th...Hessian fly genomics research will benefit wheat farmers, others
...because Purdue University entomologist Jeff Stuart plans to use that genetic information against it to prevent future outbreaks of the pest. Major infestations of the Hessian fly dont happen often, but when they do occur they can be devastating. For example, 1989 outbreaks in Texas and South Dakota caused ......ions for use in the biotechnology industry. Patel plans a career in drug discovery and cancer research. He has been honored by the Puget Sound Blood Center for his active role in minority bone marrow recruitment. The three scholars starting their fellowships next summer are: Heather Cheng, a gradu...