Duke ecologist finds devastation, hope in Iraqi marshes
...up to hundreds of miles daily, sometimes under the protection of armed U.S. military guards, occasionally under hired local Iraqi guards in the region north of Basra. Often unarmed, the four scientists were led by the Assisting Marsh Arabs and Refugees (AMAR) international charitable foundation into the small v...OHSU researchers publish final results of groundbreaking smallpox vaccination study
...er time, do not create a sustained higher level of protection compared to those persons vaccinated only once." To conduct the research, OHSU enlisted the help of 332 study participants. Of this larger group, 306 participants had received at least one vaccination within their lifetime, some had undergone as many...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...ministered through the nasal passages may increase protection against pneumococcal disease compared to the curre...th standard vaccination strategies to give optimal protection both systemically and at mucosal surfaces." (J.M. Lynch, D.E. Briles, D.W. Metzger. 2003. Increase...Deer help disperse seeds--including noxious weeds
...e areas. Other seeds came from plants that need no protection and threaten to overwhelm native plants. At the ESA meeting, Vellend will report: "White-tailed deer represent a significant and previously unappreciated vector of seed dispersal across the landscape, likely contributing an important long-distance co...Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere (SAMAB) 14th Annual Conference
...ms and rivers Mapping and GIS for planning and protection Include with your abstract the subtheme and type of presentation proposed, name, address, organization, phone, fax, email address, and audio and/or space requirements. Submissions should be made by September 5, 2003. You will receive notification a...How a little bit of cold can kill a big manatee, and what it might mean for the species
... safely stabilized, eventually leading to loosened protection measures. Proponents of down-listing point to an increase in the population from about 1,500 in 1991 to the current rough estimate of 3,000. However, the inevitable shutdown of power plants should be taken into account in the debate over the manatee...Waiter, there's a shark in my soup
...aled a new genetic test that may lead to increased protection for these misunderstood fish. Using DNA technology...WCS says that a major obstacle to obtain increased protection under CITES has now been removed. Scientists estimate that great whites have declined by as much as ...Sixty-day antibiotic treatment not enough to prevent anthrax in some cases
...erapy. Sixty days of antibiotics provides adequate protection in outbreaks with low exposure to spores. However, four months of antibiotics are required for outbreaks in which persons are exposed to large numbers of spores." Dr. Brookmeyer and his colleagues tested their model using data from the 2001 anthrax a...Helping coral reefs survive climate change
...ovide key services to people, from food to coastal protection to tourism. Reef-building corals depend on symbiotic algae to photosynthesize much of their food, and surface waters that are warmer than normal can "bleach" corals by depleting their photosynthetic pigments or even make them expel their algae. To he...Homeland security highlights ACS scientific meeting in New York Sept. 7-11
...us research papers on homeland security, including protection of the nation's food supply, safeguarding chemical plants and detection of chemical and biological warfare agents, will be presented at the American Chemical Society's 226 th national meeting in New York City Sept. 7-11. Many other research topics ...Gene helps determine whether the stresses of life push you into depression, Science study says
...ility to stress, whereas the long version provided protection against stress. The exact role the gene plays in f...nt versions of genes may provide unequal levels of protection to other unhealthy elements in the environment. "We looked at stressful experiences, but you can lo...Nation on the verge of 'new era in modern river management'
...nagement, one in which proponents of environmental protection and ecosystem restoration stand on equal footing with those of the hydropower, barge and boating industries. Lowry explores the dynamics behind efforts to restore rivers. In a new book, Dam Politics: Restoring American Rivers (Georgetown University P...International meeting on the Southern Ocean
...advice to international bodies responsible for its protection and sustainable management....Plant pathologists to discuss strategies for global crop protection at the APS Annual Meeting
...l, MN (July 11, 2003) - Current international crop protection programs and the opportunities for additional stra... of highly successful, large-scale integrated crop protection programs around the world and will highlight the important partnerships and connections necessary to...JCI table of contents, July 1 2003
... COMMENTARY: Pleasant memories: remembering immune protection while forgetting about graft-versus-host disease AUTHOR CONTACT: Paul M. Sondel University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Phone: 608-263-9069 Fax: 608-263-4226 Email: pmsondel@wisc.edu View the PDF of this commentary at: https://www.the-jc...ART laws put patients at risk and should be changed, warns head of Germany's IVF registry
...Spain: Germany's restrictive legislation on embryo protection is putting women and babies at risk and should be modified, the chairman of the German IVF registry will tell a meeting of international fertility experts. Professor Ricardo Felberbaum will warn participants at the European Society of Human Reproduct...Towards an AIDS vaccine: unusual antibody that targets HIV described by scientists at TSRI
... a vaccine that will provide complete prophylactic protection to someone who is later exposed to this virus. An important part of such a vaccine will be a component that elicits or induces effective neutralizing antibodies against HIV in the blood of the vaccinated person. Also called immunoglobins, antibodies...New study demonstrates bone protein can reverse kidney failure
...nted to learn if this protein was somehow offering protection against kidney injury," explains Kalluri. The investigators used mouse models of chronic renal injury, characterized by the presence of scar tissue known as renal fibrosis; once kidney disease was well-established in the animals, they administered hu...WCS biologist George Schaller reports surprising increase in Tibet's wildlife
... later, Tibet's Forest Department has clearly made protection of wildlife a priority. "Protection of wildlife in the region has greatly improved during the past decade. Patrols search for poachers, guns have been confiscated, and education has created awareness about wildlife laws among nomads and officials,"...Critical Therapeutics launches Phase I clinical trial of anti-inflammatory compound
...s demonstrated potent anti-inflammatory and tissue protection activity in multiple animal treatment models of disease including pancreatitis, vascular reperfusion injury, hepatitis and endotoxemia. CTI-01 has the potential to prevent and reverse complications in patients undergoing serious operations or multi-o...