Amid growing public concerns, bioscience firms begin formalizing ethical decision-making practices
...vely to pressure from regulators and consumers and begun the process of internalizing principles to the point where they are an integral part of day-to-day decision-making," she says. Each case provides a detailed examination of the company, the ethical issues faced, and the mechanisms being used to addres...Controversial findings help explain evolution of life
...f the science community, has just in recent months begun to garner increasing interest, and is being confirmed by other studies. And though it began as scientific heresy, the findings could help explain how the presence of water was the key to the evolution of life on Earth, making it possible for life to...UCSD forms stem cell collaboration with major Australian centers
... biology and developmental biology. UCSD also has begun a collaboration with the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, to foster education, training and research collaborations of mutual interest in areas of importance to both entities. The State of Victoria has made a major commitment to make the ......ban areas as unworthy of study, they have recently begun to realise that cities provide an ideal theatre in...arn this response."Most of these species have just begun to adapt to human environments," Brown says. "It's a cool natural experiment."...Pituitary hormone implicated in bone loss after menopause
... murky, Zaidi said. However, emerging evidence has begun to cast some doubt on whether estrogen deficiency can fully explain bone loss after menopause, he added. For example, mice without an intact pituitary gland become resistant to the effects of ovary loss on bone density. FSH levels also show a closer ...Penn researchers discover gene that creates second skeleton
...understand the physiological consequences, we have begun to develop a genetically engineered mouse with the FOP mutation," notes Shore. The ACVR1 gene and protein have been encoded in the molecular machinery of vertebrate DNA for nearly 400 million years long before the earliest dinosaurs appeared on Eart...NIEHS Director unveils new strategic plan for environmental health sciences
...print for future progress." The NIEHS has already begun implementing some new programs to meet its goals and objectives. The establishment of the Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-05-005.html program, to be awarded to at least six recipien...Study provides first look at the 'birth' of a retina cell
...ignated to play a particular role, but has not yet begun to function as such. The discovery provides a new vantage point for understanding how a healthy visual system develops. It also raises the possibility of re-directing the production of cell types as needed to stave off eye disease. The study reports...ACS weekly press package April 24th, 2006
...n the May 9 issue of Biochemistry . They now have begun to unravel how it functions. These studies will help us to understand why aspartoacylase malfunctions in patients with this disease, Viola said. The long term goal of this research is to design improved forms of this enzyme that can be used as a trea...NIST and NCI to collaborate on proteomics assessment
...te (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health have begun a program to develop measurement assessment materi...eliable and reproducible research results. NCI has begun a $104 million, 5-year program called the Clinical Proteomic Technology Initiative for Cancer ( http...ACS weekly press package — May 1st, 2006
...School of Public Health in Baltimore,Md., now have begun to fill existing knowledge gaps by studying theconcentrations in municipal sludge of triclocarban (TCC). This topicalantiseptic is a common ingredient in many antibacterial personal careproducts, and primarily soaps. In a report scheduled for theJun...RNAi Global Initiative members advance standards for genome-wide RNAi research in second meeting
...servations at the April meeting, and now they have begun discussing aspects of the proposed research protocols at select scientific conferences. After collecting additional input from other experts in the field, RNAi Global representatives plan to publish a draft of the proposed standards in a peer-review...Forsyth issues imperative for a vaccine against cavities
...children at about the age of one, after teeth have begun to emerge, but before mutans streptococci bacteria have begun to colonize the tooth surfaces. At this stage, Taubman explains, children's immune systems are devel...Virginia study urges early emphasis on science
... from the National Educational Longitudinal Study, begun in 1988, to see if expectations about science made a difference in later choice of college academic study. "To the question, does it matter if a person decides early on whether to pursue science? The answer is yes," Tai said. "While the outcome may ...Iraq's marshes show progress toward recovery
...ve but uncoordinated reflooding--local farmers had begun blowing up dikes and dams after the collapse of the Hussein regime in April 2003--and noted some reestablishment of native plants. Subsequent monitoring, done in collaboration with Iraqi scientists, estimated overall ecosystem health. Richardson and ...Damaged Iraq marshes show renewed signs of life
...e found that some of the remaining inhabitants had begun to blow up the dikes and dams. As a result, portions of the marshes had reflooded, and some native plants were beginning to re-establish themselves in the restored areas, Richardson said. "That was good news," he said. "But the evaluation could be co...Patient's generosity after death leads to possible clues for lung disease
...'s generosity, researchers have for the first time begun to analyze the progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a degenerative illness distinguished by lung inflammation, scarring and diminished breathing capacity that typically leads to death within about five years of diagnosis. The project, ...UC Davis researchers report new molecule that targets leukemia and lymphoma cells
...lymphoma. In addition, Lam and his colleagues have begun testing the peptide as a drug-delivery vehicle for lymphoma tumors in mice. LLP2A is intended to work like a monoclonal antibody but a peptide is much smaller than an antibody and has the potential to infiltrate cancer cells more successfully. Monoc...Rangeland repair enters phase 2
...vely than the previous ground cover. The recently begun Phase 2 will focus on how and where compost is used. Researchers will also study combinations of compost and management practices. The department of rangeland ecology and management at Texas A&M will develop sequential approaches to the revegetation...Human activities in arid urban environments can affect rainfall and water cycle
In the past half-century, cities have begun to expand in some of the Earth's most arid areas. While scientists have known for some time that the so-called "heat-island" effect of large cities such as Atlanta and Houston can affect their weather, they knew less about this effect and other proce...