Leading scientists to discuss research applications for therapeutic cloning
...ted Regenerative Medicine: The Future of ART?" and chaired by Linda Giudice, M.D., Ph.D., of Stanford University, will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 20. "Human reproductive cloning is unsafe, unethical and ought to be illegal everywhere in the world," said Dr. Schatten, who also is director of the Pittsburgh...Arthur Galston to receive distinguished alumni award from University of Illinois
...hen mandatory retirement age of 70. At Yale, he chaired the Botany Department and the former Biology Department, the Course of Study Committee and the Committee on Teaching & Learning, and was Director of the Division of Biological Sciences. During his career at Yale, he mentored 24 Ph.D. students and 67 ...International marine survey of coral death
...pers result from a Working Group on Marine Disease chaired by Harvell and funded by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. In the Frontiers paper ("The rising tide of ocean diseases," Vol. 2, No. 7, by Harvell and 16 other researchers at Cornell and affiliated institutions), the resear...Stronger therapy better for AML with normal genetics
...s). It is part of a larger CALGB cytogenetic trial chaired by Clara D. Bloomfield, professor of internal medicine and the William G. Pace III Professor in Cancer Research, OSU Cancer Scholar and senior adviser to the OSU cancer program. Unexpectedly, the current study also found that patients who had an ...'From the Sidelines' describes the making of a scientific revolution
... art in a number of public buildings. Locally, she chaired the juries which selected the major artworks for the Eugene Airport and Eugene's Hult Center for the Performing Arts. On campus, she guided the selection of art for some of the largest construction projects in the university's history, including the ...Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease moves forward in animals
...son's Institute in Sunnyvale, Calif., who recently chaired a panel probing GDNF experimentation for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. "This is additional experimental evidence that suggests that it can be a promising approach to this disease using in vivo gene therapy, which is very app...NIMH research showcased at APA meeting
...ymposia entitled "Neuroscience for the Clinician," chaired by Dr. Akil, will familiarize practitioners with t...ntial relevance to clinical practice. A symposium chaired by Grayson Norquist, M.D., Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Mississippi School of M...HHMI awards first Gilliam Graduate Fellowships
...aware Community Foundation, and for many years, he chaired Delaware's Judicial Nominating Commission. Gilliam was an alumnus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, where he and his wife, Linda, established a $1.5 million fine arts endowment in honor of his father, James H. Gilliam Sr. on his fath...New genetic test may detect risk of rare complication from anesthesia
...an is a nationally recognized expert on MH, having chaired panels on the topic at anesthesiology conferences. He also serves on a national emergency hotline for physicians, sponsored by the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States....Joslin-chaired study shows new compound may decrease vision loss in diabetes
BOSTON -- A multicenter international study chaired by a Joslin Diabetes Center investigator and reported in the July issue of the American Diabetes Association's journal Diabetes brings hopeful news to the 18 million people in the United States -- and millions more worldwide -- with type 1 or type 2 ...GSK nonpeptide oxytocin receptor antagonists damp contractions in late-term rat pregnancy
...posium, "Clinical utility of NH receptor analogs," chaired by Joseph Verbalis of Georgetown University and Maurice Manning of the Medical College of Ohio. The other participants in the symposium are: Robert H. Ring, head of molecular neurobiology, depression & anxiety disorders, discovery Neuroscience, Wy...OT, VP studied as novel psychiatric drug sources; consider gender-specific drug models
...posium, "Clinical utility of NH receptor analogs," chaired by Joseph Verbalis of Georgetown University, and Maurice Manning of the Medical College of Ohio. The other participants in the symposium are: David P. Brooks, Vice President Biology U.S., Cardiovascular and Urogenital Drug Discovery Centre, GlaxoSm...Choline during pregnancy may avoid, reverse some Fetal Alcohol Syndrome nervous disorders
..., "Renal actions of NH hormones: pathophysiology," chaired by Jeff Sands, Emory University School Medicine, and Peter Gross, University of Gallen, Switzerland. "Amelioration of fetal alcohol-induced diabetes insipidus by dietary choline during pregnancy in the rat." John Claybaugh, Ginger Pole, Aileen Sato,...Hormonal signaling in the brain: radical shift in understanding information processing
...ium, "Central release and actions of NH hormones," chaired by Quentin Pittman, University of Calgary, and Larry Young, Emory University School of Medicine. "Melanocortin and oxytocin in facilitated sexual responses." Gareth Leng, Celine Caquineau, Nancy Sabatier, Alison Douglas, University of Edinburgh. Leng...Would boosting the oxytocin system lead to longer breast-feeding?
...ing in the symposium, "Central control lactation," chaired by Bill Armstrong of the University of Tennessee School of Medicine, and Glenn Hatton, University of California, Riverside....California Institute researchers unveil computer graphics innovations at SIGGRAPH
...nce in SIGGRAPH's "Emerging Technologies" program, chaired by Donna Cox of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. (Cox is a participant in the Calit2-led OptIPuter project.) The program was organized in part by UCSD's Ruth West, whose pioneering ......ed Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, and chaired the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice. He serves on various boards including the World Conservation Monitoring Centre UNEP, as Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council, Species Survival Commission of the World Co...If oxytocin eating role doesn't mature at birth, what other situations affect its impact?
...sium "Central release and actions of NH hormones," chaired by Quentin Pittman of University of Calgary, Canada, and Larry Young, Emory University School of Medicine....Acute-leukemia sign may signal need for different therapy
... study is part of a larger CALGB cytogenetic trial chaired by Clara D. Bloomfield, professor of internal medicine and the William G. Pace III Professor in Cancer Research, OSU Cancer Scholar and senior adviser to the OSU Cancer Program. "It's widely believed that AML cases with these abnormalities have the ......e chosen yearly from a pool of nominees by a panel chaired by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) President Lu Yongxiang. The award winners are invited to visit the CAS, give academic lectures in their respective fields and to host postdoctoral-level researchers as part of an academic exchange. "Randy has long...