University of Kentucky awarded $6 million for GDNF and related research
... news show "60 Minutes" broadcast a feature on the controversy that arose when Kentucky and New York patients enrolled in a national Phase 1 clinical trial for the drug were left without medical treatment or legal recourse when Amgen, Inc., the biotech firm that holds the patent for GDNF, suddenly withdrew the d...'Patient-choice' C-section rate rises 36%: HealthGrades study
...al affairs and the author of the study, said, "The controversy over 'patient-choice' C-sections continues in the medical community, with some doctors believing that patients should have the ability to choose a C-section if they prefer. Other doctors believe that patients can never fully understand the risks invo...Study continues the debate on the nature of bisexual men
...nt issue of Psychological Science investigates the controversy about whether bisexual men exist. In terms of behavior and identity, they clearly exist as there are men who have sex with both men and women. Upon measuring genital, as well as, self-reported sexual arousal to male and female stimuli, researchers ...Proposal would allow wild animals to roam North America
... Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, pointing to the controversy that raged when wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995. "There are going to have to be some major attitude shifts. That includes realizing predation is a natural role, and that people are going to have to take precautions." He...Would boosting the oxytocin system lead to longer breast-feeding?
... SPRINGS, Colorado (July 19, 2005) There's little controversy about the benefits of breastfeeding infants over giving them formula. Mother's milk is the perfect food, providing exactly the correct nourishment for newborns, while protecting them from many illnesses. There also are good economic and maternal hea...Researchers discover key gene involved in bark beetle pheromone production
...f Nevada, Reno scientists have ended a decade-long controversy over the process by which bark beetles make pheromones: they manufacture their own monoterpenes the fragrant substances plants produce and which are often used in perfumes. It had been thought that insects and other animals were incapable of making ...Studies reveal how cells sense oxygen
...he findings should help to resolve a long-standing controversy over the identity of mammalian oxygen sensors, acc...ins controversial. The current studies address the controversy about the role that mitochondria play in oxygen sensing, which should allow the field to move forwar...Lack of coherent cloning policies reflects polarized debate, limited understanding, study says
...the report's principal analyst, Gail Javitt. "The controversy about human embryo research, on the one hand, and the specter of human reproductive cloning, on the other, have kept the cloning debate an emotionally charged and highly controversial fixture of the political landscape for the past several years." Ho...Waggle dance controversy resolved by radar records of bee flight paths
...ck to the food, and then other bees joined in. The controversy has persisted because prior to the advent of harmonic radar, no one could show exactly where the recruits flew when they left their hives. The scientists watched the waggle dance occurring in a glass observation hive and identified recruits. They cap...Breakthrough isolating embryo-quality stem cells from blood
... aborted human foetuses, an issue which has led to controversy and opposition in many parts of the world. Any alternative source, such as voluntary adult donations, could spark a boom in new cures. Scientists have known for some time that stem cells exist in adult human blood and certain other tissues. However t...New alloy verified for safer disposal of spent nuclear energy fuel
... of welding metallurgy. The article comes amidst a controversy over plans by the Bush Administration and Congress to transport the nation's spent nuclear fuel to Nevada and deposit it inside Yucca Mountain about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. In 2002, over the objections of Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, Congres...How important is sexual conflict?
.... As with many exciting areas of biology, however, controversy exists over the details and generality of the scenario outlined. Sexual conflict is not in debate; what is being debated is whether this generates escalating arms races between the sexes, and if so, when, how often, and what is the effect of this on ...NJIT Presidential Award winner takes stem cell research another step
...lt stem cells taken from adult bone marrow. So the controversy over the ethical implications of embryonic stem-cell research, in her case, is moot. An adult stem cell is an undifferentiated cell that builds and maintains tissues and organs, and which can renew itself through cell division. Stem cells are harvest...One step closer to prediction: Baltimore to host international scientific meeting
...ms such as Pfiesteria have been at the center of controversy as the number of outbreaks around the globe appears to be on the rise. Excess nutrient loading to water bodies, also known as eutrophication, is recognized as a key factor contributing to the increasing proliferation of harmful algal blooms. More th...Ecologists see the primeval wood for the trees
...emperate Europe, which has been the source of much controversy among forest ecologists. In 2000, the Dutch ecologist Frans Vera challenged the prevailing ecological view of ancient woodland as closed canopy forest by arguing that ancient woodlands would have resembled modern parkland because of the action of lar...Your brain and you: Forecasting the ethical challenges ahead for neuroscience and society
...Farah said. "When you think of how much political controversy the theory of evolution engendered in this country, just remember that the existence of an immaterial soul is a far more widely held belief than the genesis myth."...Revisiting the vertebrate invasion of the land
...ibution of the tetrapod appearance, and fueled new controversy over the environmental and biological factors involved. Topics in this state-of-the-art issue range from the fish-tetrapod fossil record to diverse aspects of the behavior, physiology, biochemistry, and ecology of the extant fish species that use eit...How the brain is wired for faces
...A is necessary for us to recognize faces--there is controversy over what kind of processing the area is doing. Now, Galit Yovel and Nancy Kanwisher have tackled two central questions with one set of experiments: the nature of processing that occurs in the FFA and whether the FFA is "domain specific," that is, ex...A $2 Million NSF grant brings technology and biology together at UC Riverside
...s on the environment, an issue at the heart of the controversy over genetically modified foods. http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=869 In September, Prof. Edith Allen earned a $2 million grant to study the impact of excess nitrogen from air pollution on the plant world. ht......nd has been widely documented, but a long standing controversy is whether moa were already in decline prior to human settlement. Using new genetic analyses on an extinct species for the first time we have been able to shed light on this mystery. We estimate that, as little as 1,000 years ago, the standing popula...