ESA recommends cautious approach to releasing GMOs into the environment
...y and genetic diversity within a species. "ESA urges scientifically-based risk assessment of GMOs and standards appropriate for product testing and release into the environment," says the Society's statement. "The ESA is committed to providing scientific information that can aid in the development of ...Biotechnology promises major advances for U.S. Army
...s between government and industry. The report also urges the Army to invest in education, assembling "a cadre of science and technology professionals capable of translating advances in the biosciences into engineering practice."Also, to help speed the development of certain technologies, the report suggest...Still waters? 'Clear-cutting' robs the deep-sea of ancient treasures
...enewable resources." In his Science paper, Roberts urges conservation targeting 10 marine biodiversity hotspots in the following regions: The Philippines; Gulf of Guinea; Sunda Islands; Mascarene Islands; Eastern South Africa; North Indian Ocean; South Japan; Cape Verde Islands; West Caribbean; and Red Sea...Leading cancer research organization urges FDA to speed approval of drugs for precancers
...chers from across the globe. "Our call for action urges researchers in academia, pharmaceutical companies and government to accelerate the development of chemopreventive agents," said Margaret Foti, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of AACR. The AACR contends that the FDA should approve agents targeted to pr...AAAS urges opposition to 'intelligent design theory' within U.S. science classes
...ectors wrote in a resolution released today. "AAAS urges citizens across the nation to oppose the establishment of policies that would permit the teaching of 'intelligent design theory' as a part of the science curriculum of the public schools." AAAS--publisher of the weekly journal, Science, provides lead...Genetically modified crops not necessarily a threat to the environment
...lly modified crops, a new Indiana University study urges a pragmatic approach to dealing with "transgenes" that escape from crop plants into the wild. Use of transgenic crops is becoming more common as farmers reap benefits from the plants' decreased susceptibility to disease and increased marketplace valu...Estrogens as antioxidants reducing heart disease in younger postmenopausal women
...ations lower than those found in women on HRT. He urges that, "randomised control trials using lower doses of HRT, different estrogens and progestins, and in younger postmenopausal women, from 50 to 60 years, are urgently needed to resolve the confusion created by recent studies". The research team used b...Articles on protected area management published in BioScience
...g, input, process, output, and outcome). Hockings urges that assessments of protected area management effectiveness be more widely used, and that monitoring and evaluation become standard practices. Jamison Ervin's article "Rapid Assessment of Protected Area Management Effectiveness in Four Countries" su...New ACOG guidelines on progesterone to prevent preterm birth praised by March of Dimes
...se the rate of premature birth. The ACOG Committee urges physicians to restrict the use of progesterone only to pregnant women with a documented history of a previous spontaneous preterm birth, as this was the population studied in the two separate randomized clinical trials cited. In the study by Meis et...American Lung Association's 2004 State of the Air report ranks cities and counties with dirty air
...wood or trash. The American Lung Association also urges taking steps to help clean up the air, including carpooling and filling gas tanks after sundown, as well as supporting strong national, state, and local pollution control programs. For the full lists or to contact members of Congress to oppose revis...New public policy & aging report highlights facts and fiction about anti-aging medicine
...ist Steven Post of Case Western Reserve University urges us to pursue anti-aging agendas in order to "invent a long-lived society in which we can retain our capacities more fully until death." This publication is the first in a series of summer events designed to confront the hope and hype of anti-aging me...Only 21 states offer newborn screening tests recommended by March of Dimes
...h of Dimes says. Dr. Howse says the March of Dimes urges Congress to provide $25 million to fund Title 26 of the Children's Health Act of 2000 to help improve and strengthen state newborn screening programs. The metabolic disorders on the recommended list for screening are: phenylketonuria (PKU); congenita...Folic acid vitamin use by women reaches all-time high, March of Dimes survey finds
...ng (39 percent). She also said the March of Dimes urges all women to eat a varied, healthy diet before and during pregnancy. Of women who were not pregnant at the time of the 2004 survey, 37 percent reported taking a vitamin containing folic acid daily, up from 30 percent in 2003. Daily consumpti...