Genetic Study Reveals Sumatran Tigers Are A Distinct Species From All Mainland Tigers
... from Sumatrantigers. Finally, since conservation plans for wild populations depend onsupport from the country where the animals live, recognition of the specialnature of Sumatran tigers opens possibilities for education programs inIndonesia to protect a now better understood feature of that country's nat...The Shape Of Life: How Does The Computer "Know" When It Sees It?
...DavidNoever at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center plans to conduct what may be oneof theworld's largest co...ion to astrobiology. The Unusual Suspects Noever plans to use shape to identify life forms just as a detective usesfingerprints to identify suspects. But s...DFG To Set Up 14 New Collaborative Research Centres
... fields " to be established at Bayreuth University plans to organise andcharacterise such nano-structures on different scales of length by means of molecularinteraction as well as mechanical, electric and magnetic fields. One of the goals of thisexercise is to produce thin, organic, high-purity films with ...Third Annual Awards For Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Recognize Innovations
... products. Argonne's industrialpartner (NTEC Inc.) plans to open a demonstration plant in 1999, followed byfull-scale production of 100 million pounds per year....Dismantling Dangerous Genetic Codes With A Faster, More Flexible RNA Mimic
...ucleus of every human cell; itcontains the genetic plans of the genes contained on 46 chromosomes. RNA(rib...m with DNA. It is responsible for carrying out the plans of DNA by directing the formationof proteins. Bashkin has chemically engineered a new class of DNA m...Putting A Price Tag On Pollution
...tion When public officials review plans for a new factory, they often face atoughenvironmental question: How much will it cost to clean up or limit the soilcontamination causedby the factory? A Johns Hopkins University researcher wants to help them answer suchquestions. Roger Gha...NCI Awards Hopkins $3.8 Million For Cancer Genetics Network
...zens of hospitals andphysicians in the region with plans to attract many more. Additionally, peoplewith strong family histories of cancer may voluntarily enroll to participate infuture educational and clinical studies. "Our initial goal is to establish aconfidential registry of people with strong family ...Russian Queens Bee-Little Mites' Impact
...rski-hatched bees. By next spring, Rinderer's team plans to begin distributing mated Russian queens to beekeepers for experiments to evaluate how well they pollinate plants and produce honey under field conditions. The Russian queens are fueling considerable excitement among apiarists, says Troy Fore ...Astronomical Costs Of New Medical Technology
...paths policy makers may consider: 1. Managed care plans will increasingly ration care. "If technological progress continues to push costs upward, constraining health care cost growth will require placing greater restrictions on this care,'' Chernew said. 2. The decentralized, competitive health care sys...Milestone In Mitochondrial Structure Revealed
...e effort underway to solve complex I. For this, he plans to try a newstrategy, one in which he will combine x-ray and electron crystallographytechniques. This approach will include the use of multiple crystal averaging andphase information from both heavy atom derivatives and electron micrographs.Despite t...Highlighting USGS Science At ACS
...ew of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) plans to add a drinking water standard for uranium by the year 2000. Join Robert A. Zielinski of Denver, Colorado, for an overview of a 2-year USGS study of the abundance, forms, and solubility of uranium contained in fly ash. Ground water is a very common...Loss Of Tumor Suppressor Gene Triggers Colon Cancer
...t interaction," Vogelstein says. Vogelstein's team plans tobegin screening compounds that can block expression of the c- MYC oncogene through interference with the transcription factors regulatedby APC. In 1991, investigators including the Vogelstein-Kinzler team firstidentified APC (adenomatous polypos...New Anti-Microbial Agent Destroys Anthrax
...ation agent," Baker said. In future studies, Baker plans to evaluate BCTP's effectiveness against inhaledanthrax spores, as well as other bacteria and enveloped viruses. His researchhas been funded by DARPA's Unconventional Pathogen Countermeasures Program. TheU-M and Novavax have filed a patent applicat......specially those with a large physician membership, plans to remedy that lack. The first objective of the In...ists on medical school faculties. The Consortium plans to: Define what a well-prepared physician nutrition specialist is; establish educational sta...Zinc In Sludge From Spanish Reservoir Break Equals Mine's Annual Output, Researchers Find
...d to the pollution, he said. Dr. van Geen plans to compare the nearby Tinto-Odiel watershed, ahistorically polluted area, to the two rivers contaminated by the mine spill. The Tinto and Odiel rivers are located in a Spanish region known as the Iberianpyrite belt, which has been heavily mined for t...NASA Using Space Incubator To Understand Breast Cancer
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CONTROVERSIAL plans to treat unborn children with gene therapy have be...opies of the gene for the enzyme. He also outlined plans forin utero treatment of an inherited blood disease called alpha-thalassaemia,caused by a defect in ...Whitaker makes largest individual grants ever totaling more than $30 million
...dation, with assets of approximately $400 million, plans toterminate at the end of 2006. So far this year, it has awarded $87 million tosupport biomedical engineering.......he waterin the cells, preventing tissue damage. He plans to repeat the experiment with acomplete autopsy to confirm that the tissues are preserved intact. Theresearchers also plan to demonstrate the procedure with other animal organs andprolong their storage for up to a year. Seki hopes that within a few y...