The Future of Chemical Plant Security one-day symposium, Monday, Aug. 29
...es, emergency responders, the public and others in dealing with a number of chemical incidents. This has led to concerns about how well communities are prepared to respond in case of a large-scale chemical attack or an accident. "In the immediate future," says CSB Chairman and CEO Carolyn W. Merritt, "we can...... of evolving competitors, whether the species were dealing with PD or SG type games. The study helps explain how cooperation could be a natural outcome of evolution....Genetic links could unlock clues to leading cause of blindness
...uthor of the study. "This is a big step forward in dealing with the disease." The researchers studied seven genetic sites in the monkeys thatcorrespond to human chromosomes linked to macular disease. One of those areas, the findings confirm, contains genes that predict age-related macular degeneration in hum...Bumblebees copy one another when contending with unfamiliar flowers
...dings suggest that bees adjust their behavior when dealing with flowers of unfamiliar plant species. The observations are reported in the June 21 issue of Current Biology in a new paper by Elli Leadbeater and Lars Chittka of Queen Mary, University of London. Bumblebees are highly social insects, but they do ...Results of world's first gene therapy trial for arthritis show approach safe, feasible
...n. "Given that gene therapy was so new and we were dealing with an otherwise healthy patient population, the ex vivo protocol was the most appropriate approach to take at the time," stated Paul Robbins, Ph.D., professor of molecular genetics and biochemistry and orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pitts...Non-dieters more successful at boosting health than dieters, study finds
...ssionals began to look for a more effective way of dealing with the health risks. One model that has arisen is known as Health at Every Size. Rather than focusing on calorie counting, this approach encourages obese individuals to actually back off from monitoring how much food they eat and, instead, train th...University looks to the past in fight against disease
...Medicine (CHSTM) will reflect on the experience of dealing with human and animal disease problems to inform future research and management policies. Professor Michael Worboys, who heads CHSTM, said the Office of Science and Technology (OST) commission was the first of its kind for British historians of scien...To stop evolution: New way of fighting antibiotic resistance demonstrated by Scripps scientists
...utations is an effective evolutionary strategy for dealing with environmental changes that maximize the chances that a progeny cell will be better adapted. In order to evolve, organisms have to mutate, so they turn on the mutation process when they are threatened with extinction. Romesberg reasoned that ...Deeply held values fuel debate over offshore wind power
... the need for a new legal and policy framework for dealing with offshore wind developments and other new ocean uses. Their research was published in the current issue of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy and almost simultaneously reprinted in the Environmental Law Reporter. "Currently in the Unite...Joslin hosts conference on diabetes in American Indian/Alaska Natives, May 16-19 in Denver
...ties. Although there are significant challenges in dealing with the related epidemics of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, there are many new tools and strategies that can strengthen clinical, public health, and community approaches to solving the problem of diabetes. The four-day conference will high...DRI awards 2005 Nevada Medal to University of Washington archaeologist Donald K. Grayson
...oecologists. Paleoecology is the branch of science dealing with the interaction between ancient life forms, including humans, and their environments. Grayson's primary areas of research concern human interaction with the landscape and using archaeological data to answer biological questions. His work has foc...Buying time through 'hibernation on demand'
...ent," Roth said. "Today, physicians have no way of dealing with uncontrolled fever other than literally putting people on ice. Well, we believe we know how to flip the breaker on the patient's furnace; if they have a fever, we believe we know how to stop it on a dime." Roth anticipates that such clinical tri...Cornell graduate student named 2005 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leader
...ed in looking at domestic and international policy dealing with agriculture and sustainable development," she says. Laughlin's doctoral research is a study on the ecological risks of gene flow from genetically engineered virus-resistant crops to wild crops, an issue she says she enjoys in part because of its...New strategies to reduce hospital-acquired infections
...o stress the need for more stringent approaches to dealing with nosocomial infections, such as the new infection control standards mandated by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), as part of their 2005 National Patient Safety Goal. State legislative initiatives across th...Scientists making advances receive international awards
...psycho-oncology as a subspecialty within oncology, dealing with the psychological, social, and behavioral aspects related to cancer. Holland will be the recipient of the 10th AACR-Joseph H. Burchenal Clinical Research Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements in clinical cancer research. The award'...Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner receives 2005 UCSD/Merck Life Science Achievement Award
...logy companies working on a wide range of problems dealing with cell regulation. The symposium, entitled RNA: Beyond the Central Dogma, is in many ways a tribute to the discoveries and visionary ideas in RNA biology and other fields that Brenner has been responsible for during his fruitful scientific career....AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner registers 'strong concerns' over suppression of science films
...ssions and to offer our support and partnership in dealing with them. A March 19, 2005 New York Times article-"A New Test for Imax: The Bible vs. the Volcano," by Cornelia Dean-raised serious issues about the future of science and scientific freedom in America. The article, which detailed the growing trend o...Scientists collaborate to assess health of global environment
...izations that oversee major international treaties dealing with biological systems requested the information. The lack of adequate data to uphold such treaties is what helped convince the United Nations to initiate the program, he added. Case studies In September, the assessment team will release five tech...Fewer fish discarded after individual transferable quotas offered
...ilar to that in British Columbia, the challenge of dealing with overfished species may mean U.S. fisheries may never have discard rates as low as those of British Columbia, the authors say. Such a change also would involve the cost of 100 percent observer coverage, although the authors write the costs may b....... The genetic defect keeps the body from properly dealing with "errant" immune cells that it normally eliminates by a process called immunological tolerance. These immune cells then attack the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, mistaking them as foreign invaders. "It's critical for the immune sys...