APS Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Translational Research Conference, Sept. 8-11
...ebsite. The "Press Room" section offers access to press releases and abstracts on research presented at past meetings as well as research reported in APS journals. The next APS conference, "Integrative Biology of Exercise," is scheduled for October 6-9, 2004 in Austin, Texas. Information is available at:...Stonehenge study tells pagans and historians it's good to talk
...ysis of available published material, websites and press coverage, along with fieldwork and discussions with visitors and local people at Stonehenge and similar places. Dr Blain said: "Stonehenge is the centre of an on-going struggle between travellers, pagans, 'Druids', members of the 'alternative' commun...Antioxidants during pregnancy may help prevent birth defects tied to alcohol
...ave attracted considerable interest in the popular press as potential treatments for cancer, atherosclerosis, chronic inflammatory disease and aging. Sulik, a member of the university's Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, said a major focus of her research has been cellular mechanisms involved in...Myths surrounding Cuyahoga River fire 35 years ago
...nd. The short-lived fire was out before the local press reached the scene to record images of its blaze. But it was a fire that followed ones in 1868, 1883, 1887, 1912, 1922, 1936, 1941, 1948 and the most devastating of all--the 1952 blaze that resulted in nearly $1.5 millions in damage. Nor was the Cuyah...Nanosphere announces genetic detection advance in Nature Biotechnology
NOTE TO REPORTERS/EDITORS: The embargo on this press release has been changed since it was originally posted. Nanosphere Inc. today announced researchers have developed a colorimetric detection capability for its nanoparticle-based molecular detection systems that will further simplify the identificati...World's largest scientific society convenes regional meeting June 2-4 in Indianapolis
...rt Pribush, 317-940-9406 rpibush@butler.edu . All press inquiries should be directed to Brian Mathes, 317-277-7720, mathes@lilly.com ....Whales, seals or men? Who stole all the fish?
...years. Japan and Iceland, for example, continue to press the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to allow a resumption of commercial whaling, partly on the grounds that this will allow fish populations to grow, says IWC secretary Nicky Grandy. And fishers in North America routinely claim that seals and ...Kinase backgrounder: Iressa discovery part of major kinase project at Dana-Farber
...ce. The investigators say the stars are aligned to press this search, named the Kinase Project. Todd Golub, MD, who is affiliated with both institutions, notes that Dana-Farber researchers had the foresight several years ago to begin freezing patient tumor samples and "waiting for the day they had technolo...Scientists identify six genes associated with survival in diffuse large B cell lymphoma
...ppliedbiosystems.com/ . Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking. These may be identifi...s and Exchange Commission. All information in this press releaseis as of the date of the release, and Applera does not undertake any dutyto update this infor...BioTime awarded NIH grant to aid Hetacool development
... Looking Statements The matters discussed in this press release include forward-looking statements which are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limit...DELTA mission and ESA astronaut dock with ISS
...C establishment in Noordwijk, which is open to the press every working day throughout the mission from 08:00 to 20:00....APS announces 2004 Distinguished Lecturer Awards
...ington, D.C. on April 17-20, 2004. Members of the press are welcome to attend. AWARD LECTURES Christine E. Seidman, M.D. Harvard Medical School Physiology in Perspective: The Walter B. Cannon Award Lecture This is the Society's highest award and is presented to an outstanding physiological scientist...European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference - June 2004
... bona fide journalists on presentation of official press credentials. A media centre with computers, fax, p... be available. English, French and German-speaking press office staff will be on hand to assist you. But please note: the official conference language is Eng...Leading experts in field of gene therapy to meet in Minneapolis
...earch will be conducted throughout the meeting. A press room with interview space, computers, modem lines,... To receive an annual meeting preliminary program, press conference schedule, or registration materials, contact John Gardner at 414-278-1341 or jgardner@ex...American Society for Microbiology 104th general meeting
...available in late April. Preliminary programs and press registration materials are currently available and...www.asm.org/Media/index.asp?bid=2673 . Additional press materials can be found at this site as they become available. PLEASE NOTE: The housing deadline is...AACR: The premier international meeting for developments in cancer research
...is sponsoring teleconferences to coincide with the press briefings scheduled during its 95th Annual Meeting...nce.com ). On-site, please call 407-685-5404. All press releases about the data being presented will be available at www.eurekalert.org . Or, please conta...Germany starts clinical development of a new tuberculosis vaccine
This press release is also available in German . To mark World Tuberculosis Day on March 24th, a consortium of business and research centres have launched a programme to develop just such a vaccine. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biolog...Researchers discover an alternate form for the disease gene associated with Rett syndrome
For a related press release from the University of Toronto, click here . Clinton, MD (March 22, 2004) - Researchers at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children and their collaborators have identified a new form of the protein MECP2 which regulates the complex expression ...Rockefeller University scientists take on controversial 'vibration theory' of smell
...eas. Because Turin's theory have received so much press attention, Vosshall explains that it was time for science to step in. "Our only goal is to do what Turin said should be done, in a properly controlled fashion," she says. "I just did the experiments that Luca Turin suggested - but never actually di...Media invited to attend International Society For Heart & Lung Transplantation meeting April 21-24
....ishlt.org/meetings . MEDIA ASSISTANCE Media with press credentials are welcome for no charge at all scien...essions and symposia. A fully equipped and staffed press room with supplemental materials and opportunities for press briefings will be available on site fro...