Fund Aims To Repay Developing Nations For Valuable Genes
...ine their legal and scientific expertiseto draft a proposal for a "Genetic Resources Recognition Fund"at UC Davis. With some fine-tuning, the proposal was accepted by campusadministrators and the fund was established to finance UC Davis graduatefellow...... year 2002. The President's most recent (FY 1998) proposal calls for more moderate reductions, but the trend is still downward. New England is home to 12 of the top 100 research universities in the nation. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard, and Yale all rank among the top twenty univer...... year 2002. The President's most recent (FY 1998) proposal calls for more moderate reductions, but the trend is still downward. Universities in Washington and Oregon depend on the federal government for more than two-thirds of their research funding. The University of Washington relies on the federal......t remains uncontrolled. There is, however, a local proposal for a marine reserve around Punta Tombo. "Most species don't do well under pressure, and that includes penguins," says Boersma. "These charismatic birds must be protected."...UT-Houston Awarded $2.5 Million For Scleroderma Research
...tt attributes the success of UT-Houston's research proposal in largepart to the dedication of scleroderma patients, their families and friends:"Without their commitment and tireless efforts to raise public awareness ofscleroderma - and to clearly get it on the national agenda of researchpriorities - we would ...Plasminogen-related Growth Factors
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...tionapproach that is called phytoremediation. In a proposal submittedto Norfolk Southern Corporation and subse...e EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) to accept a proposal from a company thatplans to use phytoremediation, these questions need to be answered.N&W's comm...USGS 1999 Budget Emphasizes Clean Water, Disaster Information, Species And Habitat Research
...ence for our changing world." The FY 1999 budget proposal also includes a $7.1 million savings from government reinventioninitiatives. Highlights of the FY 99 budget include: A $16.5 million increase to support the Clean Water and Watershed Restoration Initiative, whichis designed to improve the healt...U-M Engineers Win Army Grant To Build Artificial Eye
...s, then relays those signals to the brain, the U-M proposal relieson lasers to do the bulk of the transmitting. Because light travels far fasterthan this biological conduction, signals will move more quickly through theman-made device than through an optic nerve. "The scheme will also allowprocessing of dat......t's Report on Carcinogens. "Final" comment on a proposal to remove saccharin from the Report onCarcinogens was also sought. In an associated Federal Register notice, the NTPsaid it is also re-reviewing dioxin for procedural reasons. NTP said in one notice it is "especially interested in obtaining addit......ms called for in PresidentClinton's FY 1999 budget proposal are encouraging, but uneven and heavilydependent u...s that the bulk of the increases in thePresident's proposal will support health and life science programs. According tothe AAAS analysis, these programs often d...ASU Scientists Join NASA Astrobiology Institute
...in the fall as Professor of Geology. "The ASU proposal resonates extremely well with the stated goals of ...ASA strategic planning activities, I think the ASU proposal captures both thebreadth and the depth of research in this new field of science." Reflecting th......ctive laboratoryscience is one track included in a proposal being developed for graduateeducation in clinical laboratory science at UK. Work in the reproductivelaboratory science specialty will lead to a master's or doctoral degree....Out On A Limb: Young Burro Receives Artificial Leg At Colorado State
...re of them." Lee said he is considering a proposal to write a book about Primrose,with proceeds to benefit children who themselves undergo amputations. PHOTO EDITOR: To view or download digital photographs of Primrose (stored asJPEG images equivalent to eight-by-10, 200 dpi), use a Web browse...Fetuses Destined For Abortion May Be Used To Test Gene Therapy
... been givenan even more contentious twist. Under a proposal presented to a US governmentpanel late last month, this therapy would initially be tested on fetusesdestined for abortion. Earlier this year, French Anderson of the University of SouthernCalifornia in Los Angeles announced that he was seeking......he Museum's Linder Theater In response to the 1996 proposal by conservationists to restore the easterntimber wolf to New York's Adirondack State Park, the Center for Biodiversity andConservation at the American Museum of Natural History and the Hastings Center,a research and education institute for bioethics,...... Darwin first advanced his theoryof evolution, the proposal has come to dominate biological understanding.Current thinking has it that new traits arise spontaneously through geneticmutations, and, if they promote the survival of the individual, the genes may beselected for in subsequent generations. Over time...Tigers And Land Mines: Wildlife Experts Discuss Fate Of Korea's DMZ
...riety of wildlife and managementtopics including a proposal to turn the DMZ into a peace park. SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Dr. Kent Redford, Director of Biodiversity Analysisand Coordination, Wildlife Conservation Society; Prof. K.C. Kim, Chairof the DMZ Forum, Penn State University; Dr. Joshua Ginsberg, Directorfo...Purdue Students Win $4,500 For Vegetarian Gelatin Dessert
... exciting in light of the newhealth-claim labeling proposal for soy products that the FDA is currentlyconsidering."......Research in Space Science (JURRISS) Program. Their proposal wasselected by NASA in May. In collaboration with Prof. Elena Vorobyova of MoscowState University, they proposed to conduct an in-situ study of permafrost as amicrobial habitat. Now that Siberia's brief summer is about to end, it's time for Hoover an...