New protected areas keep Madagascar's conservation vision on track
... in northeastern corner of the island in 1997. WCS continues to co-manage the park along with the National Parks Service of Madagascar (ANGAP) and will manage the new Makira Protected Area in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests. The newly established Makira Protected Area adds 371,...New data show Ferriprox is more efficacious than deferoxamine
... rates among thalassemia patients, cardiac disease continues to be the most common cause of death, responsible ... transfused patients, iron-induced cardiac disease continues to remain a serious problem," said Caterina Borgna-Pignatti, M.D., lead investigator, Clinica Pediat...Crater drilling declared major success
...e passive continental shelf and coastal plain that continues today," said Ken Miller, who chairs the Department of Geological Sciences at Rutgers University. "Comparison of the section in Virginia with more complete sections sampled in New Jersey and Delaware will yield new insight into global sea-level change...Oh, rats! Designer animals reveal possible heart disease genes
...le free of charge at: http://pga.tigr.org/ . TIGR continues to study the panels of designer rat strains, and Lee hopes in the future to knock out specific candidate heart disease genes, directly testing their effects. "With all this information in hand, science is moving from a microscopic to global perspecti...Environmental exposure to cadmium associated with increased cancer risk
...es "Historical pollution from non-ferrous smelters continues to present a serious health hazard, necessitating targeted preventive measures"....Virginia Tech scientists develop process for creating biocompatible fibers
...future opportunities are vast. "Our research group continues to fabricate molecules that self organize and can be electrospun. Potential applications include drug delivery, that is, a carrier and matrix to control the release of drugs." Long's research group is working with Virginia-Maryland Regional College ...Major new awards program honors cancer researcher
...s Mrs. Vilcek. "It is important that this country continues to make good on its historic promise as a land of opportunity." The Vilcek Prize will be bestowed on Dr. Massagu on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 in a gala ceremony at The Mandarin-Oriental on Columbus Circle in New York. Dr. Massagu will be introduced by ...Bird flu poses threat to international security, Illinois scholar says
...urity. "Of course, the spread of AIDS has been and continues to be a major concern worldwide," he said, "but an even greater threat, with regard to international security, may well be avian influenza," or bird flu, as it's commonly called. And while biologists, epidemiologists and other scientists are engaged ...Genetic evidence shows colonialists pushed orang-utans to brink of extinction
...ally existed, and more importantly, if the decline continues at the same speed, the population will be extinct within a few decades," said Dr Goossens. Normally the genetic effects of recent events such as colonial deforestation would be obscured by ancient demographic events. However, humans have so devastat...Yale study: Not enough metals in earth to meet global demand
...or many metals, the average rate of use per person continues to rise. As a result, the report says, even the more plentiful metals may face similar depletion risks in the future. "This is looking at recycling on a broader scale," said Cynthia Ekstein, the National Science Foundation (NSF) officer who oversees ...Argonne researchers contribute 1000th structure
...d. "This Department of Energy-funded user facility continues to find ways for scientists to further speed the process of protein structure determination." The SBC at Argonne, which has been providing data since 1998, is based at the Advanced Photon Source, this hemisphere's most brilliant source of X-rays for...Missing steps of jumping-gene replication discovered
...tase actually jumps onto the second DNA strand and continues the synthesis," she explains. "We think that this is how the second part of the element integrates into the genome. If this mechanism proves to be correct, it will bring us much closer to knowing how more than half a million retrotransposons have acc...JCI table of contents, February 1, 2006
...sulin's effect on the liver: "Direct or indirect?" continues to be the question AUTHOR CONTACT: Jean Girard Universit Ren Descartes Facult de Mdecine, Paris, France Phone: 33-153-73-27-00; Fax: 33-153-73-27-01; E-mail: girard@cochin.inserm.fr View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article...New survey sheds light on MS Therapy
...ccur in the early stages of the disease and damage continues even when the person has no symptoms of an attack and feels well. Therefore, MS specialists advise the early use of a drug that effectively helps limit lesion formation, reduce relapse rate and possibly slow disability progression. The majority of ...High resolution 'snapshots' detail dynamics of a cocaine antibody
...Biology. Despite intensive research, cocaine abuse continues to be a major public health problem, so far eluding efforts at developing an effective therapeutic agent to counter the craving, addiction, and overdose of the drug. To date, no treatment has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). C...New partnership focuses on prostate cancer diagnostics
...atment techniques for prostate cancer. The program continues to make significant progress through its basic and clinical research programs and its multi-center database. The USU-HJF Joint Office of Technology Transfer has filed several patent applications on the unique use of the combined panel of genes, as we......ases, complementary) hypotheses to explain why sex continues to exist in the midst of recurrently evolving asexual competitors. The most widely accepted explanation has been that sexual reproduction confers the benefit of "unlinking" genes, meaning bad versions of genes won't always get to ride the coattails o...Mathematics in fact and fiction discussed at AAAS Annual Meeting
...al. But even as mathematics in the popular culture continues to be portrayed as the province of the lone, brilliant individual, the changing nature of mathematical proof has been creating a very different landscape for many professional mathematicians. With the appearance of computer-aided proofs, such as the ...Summer research programs for undergraduates evaluated nationally
...g scientific research opportunities for them. She continues to participate in a program that places approximately 35 fellows in a university lab individually to do summer research. Elgin believes that the goal of education is to learn "how knowledge is created in a discipline," and a summer research opportun......because of efforts like theirs that our department continues to be one of the best in the country. We are proud of their service and contributions to entomology, and pleased that the Entomological Society of America is recognizing them. The UCR honorees and their awards are: Michael E. Adams, Professor: Recog...