New comprehensive textbook on companion animals fills need
...here was a serious lack of a comprehensive general textbook on the topic."...Fundamental change to Immunology 101
...T cells develop from CLPs," explains Schwarz. "The textbook figures would always show an early split in hematopoiesis between the lymphoid lineages [T cells, B cells, NK cells], developing from a CLP, and the myeloid lineages. This is a very elegant model, and I was surprised to find how little direct evidenc...New diagnostic technology helps justify earlier cataract surgery
...roblems. "There have been innumerable articles and textbook chapters noting that the Snellen test does not document the visual deficits experienced by cataract patients," said Samuel Masket, MD, chair of the Eye Surgery Education Council. While some insurance companies will cover the cost of cataract surgery ...APS/IUPS launch PHYSIOLOGY bimonthly
...borated with Emile Boulpaep on their comprehensive textbook for medical and graduate students, Medical Physiology: A Cellular and Molecular Approach, published by Saunders in 2003. What was unique about designing Physiology, Woolsey said, is that "Walter Boron wanted to make it a more widely read journal and...New textbook introduces students to the foundations, applications of nanotechnology
...ers across many disciplines to write a broad-based textbook specifically for students. Introduction to Nanosca...ademic, government, and industry researchers." The textbook consists of 23 chapters in seven sections, beginning with the fundamentals, how to make and characte...John Sherris receives 2004 Abmm/Abmli Professional Recognition Award
... most enduring achievements is the highly regarded textbook Sherris Medical Microbiology, now in its fourth edition. Sherris earned his medical degree and doctoral degree in pathology from the University of London, England. After gaining additional training and work experience, primarily in clinical mic...Rewriting textbooks on DNA crossover
... "something of a mystery," Hunter said. The textbook explanation has been that the linked DNA strands f...ct from an early stage, Huntersaid. That turns the textbook account of meiosis on its head, hesaid. While researchers now have a better understanding o...AChemS: Cutting edge research in taste, smell, & chemical irritation
...or mice. These findings suggest that - contrary to textbook wisdom - the size of an animals olfactory brain is a poor predictor of olfactory performance. [ Read More ] Odors and Emotions: The Smell of Stress? Popular literature is rife with anecdotal accounts suggesting that an emotional event experienced ...Ferns diversified in shadow of flowering plants
...ryer and her colleagues have radically revised the textbook story of the rise of the angiosperms by suggesting a more interesting dynamic about ecological interactions molding concurrent patterns of diversification in these two groups," said James Rodman, program director in NSF's division of environmental bi...The scoop on poop: Insect feces, dead leaves may provide clues to health of world
...g. "It engages students in real science, not just textbook theory," said explorer Robert Ballard, founder of the JASON Foundation for Education and best known for his discovery of the Titanic. Participating schools around the world play an active role in the research through experiments they will be conducti......n after transplants. Professor Pfeffer's work is a textbook example of how basic research can lead to a better understanding of infections and new treatments. After gaining his doctorate at the University of Ulm, Klaus Pfeffer took up a post as an assistant at the Technical University of Munich, followed by t...NIST chemist receives rare forensics award
...mnist_DNA.htm ). Butler is the author of a leading textbook in the field, and in 2002 he received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers....JAK2 enzyme helps protect brain cells, wreaks havoc on blood vessels
... Dr. Marrero recently co-authored the preface of a textbook scheduled for release later this month, "Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Integrating Science and Clinical Medicine," with Dr. David M. Stern, a renowned diabetes and vascular researcher and dean of the MCG School of Medicine. The book is being p...AGI receives grant to develop environmental science textbook
...nt of $998,000 to develop an environmental science textbook for high-school students over the next three years...geoscience approach to environmental problems. The textbook will integrate technology, field, and laboratory-based activities to address five core concepts asso...Emory's CancerQuest wins top Web award from Scientific American
...dations, he says. CancerQuest is structured like a textbook and features several animated graphics to explain concepts. A dictionary is built in, so users can quickly look up the definitions of scientific terms. All references are documented, with links to other Web pages for those wanting more information ab...Columbia professor receives 2003 National Golden Apple for Teaching Excellence
...h sciences. Dr. Despommier is also the author of a textbook on parasitic diseases published in 2000 and is widely acclaimed for his book West Nile Story, an account of the West Nile virus epidemic that began in NewYork City during the summer of 1999. As one of the students who nominated Dr. Despommier, I am...One fig, one wasp? Not always!
...revailing wisdom concerning one of the most famous textbook examples of a tightly co-evolved mutualism, not every fig species is pollinated by its own unique wasp species. In this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Drude Molbo, postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Ins...The nucleus: Not just a bag of chromosomes
...the chromosomes." Wilson notes that no college textbook yet reflects current understanding of the nucleus. "Scientists studying the nucleus have just reached the point where we've discovered enough to talk about the bigger picture and how our seemingly separate areas overlap," she adds. "But it's really ...Mount Holyoke College series examines advances in human reproductive technologies
...y of biology. He is the author of the best-selling textbook Developmental Biology. Rosamond Wolff Purcell is a photographer and writer whose recent work includes Special Cases: Natural Anomalies and Historical Monsters, a Village Voice Book of the year, the award-winning Swift as a Shadow and with Stephen Jay...Essay on genes and behavior prompts culture clash in academic journal
...nd the Human Prospect. Feldman is co-author of the textbook Cultural Transmission and Evolution: A Quantitative Approach. In their Current Anthropology essay, the authors noted that the general tendency among evolutionary psychologists is ''vastly to overestimate how much of human behavior is primarily tracea...