DFG to establish 14 new priority programmes
...ginning in 2004. The DFG's Senate selected the new programmes from 58 proposals. The programmes will receive a total of 38 million over the first two years. This increases the number of Priority P...5 Million award for pioneering project to train new breed of scientists
...ciences research is outstripping existing training programmes in the UK. Highly specific skills in biology, physical and mathematical sciences will enable these scientists to make sense of complex computer data sets tied to gene mapping. These data sets comprise a scientific bible of life, revealing how protein...Infertility treatment versus fertility control: the challenges for developing countries
...o existing family planning and reproductive health programmes in primary and secondary levels of care. But because of the high cost of infertility treatments, I feel that tertiary methods should be regionalized rather than provided in every tertiary unit," he said. "Introducing new reproductive technology as a...Institutions and locations of scientific excellence
...erall, the interlinking effect of the coordinated programmes offered by the DFG (Collaborative Research Centres...cientists from various institutions in coordinated programmes run by the DFG. The Humboldt University Berlin is worthy of note in this respect. Within a few years...Cyclacel's biomarker technology shows that CYC202 induces cancer cells to commit suicide
...to use our Biomarker technology in additional drug programmes as they progress into clinical trials."...International meeting on the Southern Ocean
...he meeting expects to agree international research programmes for improved global climate models, for examining the circumpolar links between climate, ocean, ice and biological processes and the future sustainable management of marine life. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, that isolates the frozen continent, ...Retinoblastoma survivors face increased risk of a second cancer
...ficult at the moment to set up efficient screening programmes for these affected families."...Egg-sharing does not damage a donors own chance of a baby say UK researchers
Women who take part in egg sharing programmes run by fertility clinics are not compromising their chance of having a baby by donating some of their eggs, according to UK research published today (Thursday 30 October) in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction[1]. The Li......rs to quickly find funding opportunities, training programmes and open positions. It also serves as a one-stop-shop of respective information," explains Sabine Rehberger-Schneider, EMBO's Mobility Consultant. "The service of the LSMC is open to all scientists. Furthermore, we are also planning to provide verbal...Asia's biodiversity vanishing into the marketplace
... publicity, conservation education and enforcement programmes were then carried out repeatedly in the rural and urban areas. Within five years, all visible commercial wildlife trade disappeared from the major markets in the cities and smaller towns. "The Sarawak case shows that it can be done," said Dr. Elizabe...Estimated one in five people worldwide lack enough zinc in diet
...ant evidence that the rapid implementation of such programmes would pay immediate dividends in improving the health and life expectancy of people in high-risk countries, particularly children." Says Dr. Cutberto Garza, MD, a Professor at Cornell University and Director of the UN University's Food and Nutrition...New guidelines show significant benefits of FUZEON for wide range of pre-treated HIV/AIDS patients
...nitial investment in establishing patient training programmes yield significant returns in the maintenance of adherence, patient confidence, and in the benefit of FUZEON therapy "FUZEON is an important treatment for the increasing number of patients with HIV drug resistance. By providing clear advice on timin...Inadequate vaccines can help breed more vicious malaria strains
Vaccination programmes could create conditions which promote the evolution of virulent strains of malaria, according to a laboratory-based study of the malarial parasite Plasmodium in mice. The findings, published online in the open-access journal, PLoS Biology, are like...Stem-cell research and reproductive cloning laws should be separate
...s who will not be clear about the type of research programmes that could be publicly funded or that are legally permissible in the near future. Carol A Tauer (Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota, USA) outlines how late last year two international bodies were unable to resolve disagreements that invol...High resolution satellite imagery assists hunt for infectious 'kissing bugs'
...p us to implement effective control and monitoring programmes on the ground." In the Esquipulas municipality before April 2004, out of 8772 children under 15, MSF screened 5359, finding and treating 50 Chagas positives. And out of an estimated 782 pregnant women, MSF screened 141, finding and treating two posi...