Creating new insight into HIV-AIDS virus wins Canada's top student biotech prize
...ative. It was last year in a Grade 10 health class discussion about the HIV-AIDS virus that curiosity got the better of James McLeod. "Our teacher was explaining how the virus attacks specific cells in the body's immune system," James, 16, recalls. "I remember thinking about that process and wondering why it ha...NIH panel urges more informed approach to multivitamin/mineral use for chronic disease prevention
...ncerns of conference participants presented during discussion periods, the panel considered pertinent research from the published literature and the results of a systematic review of the literature commissioned by the NIH Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR). The systematic review was prepared thro...UAB researchers find two surgical interventions for preemies have same effectiveness
...ey are most comfortable with, but we hope it spurs discussion of alternative operations with scientific non-bias." "This is the first clinical trial to compare to two different emergency surgical treatments in babies," added Douglas C. Barnhart, M.D., UAB assistant professor of surgery and also co-author of th...Plant-cell-produced technologies-cutting edge approach to bringing solutions to the market
...e Lex (European Commission, DG Research) will open discussion on Science Policy and R&D collaboration under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) in the area of biosciences for animal and human health. Two parallel seminars will examine innovative plant-cell technologies and will present the benefit of healthy ...WHO expert to edit first international influenza title as pandemic fears grow
...vide an international platform for information and discussion among experts who will help to shape international responses to any outbreak." The prestigious editorial line-up will also include Dr Geoffrey Schild, Chair of ISIRV, who has been appointed Deputy Editor. Dr Schild is a former Director of the UK N...Chronic neuropathic, 'phantom' pain comes from affected nerve and spinal cord, not brain
...or others, might have expected. According to their discussion section: "Given the increase in the excitability of dorsal horn neurons that follows peripheral nerve injury in vivo, and the presence of mechanical hypersensitivity (heightened pain responses) in our experimental animals, the observed changes in the...MBL scientists find evidence of RNA in organelle essential to cell division
...ations are broad and I expect there will be lively discussion on their meaning for topics from cell division to eukaryotic evolution. At this point we know very little about their function or origins, but we are confident they represent a special set of transcripts," says Dr. Mark Alliegro. The findings are ...Public Library of Science announces PLoS ONE: A new approach to open-access publishing
...with the broader community through annotations and discussion threads, adding value to published material and cr...ientific community as a whole to engage in an open discussion on every piece of published work, capturing the varied and extremely valuable assessment of publishe...Koshland Science Museum Program: Animals and their habitat
...toctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo. This program and discussion will feature several small animals, including a chinchilla, alligator, and python. Advance registration is recommended. Admission to the museum is free throughout the day. http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/events/upcomingevent.jsp?id=219...Policy makers draw up list of 'top 100' ecological questions
...ist of 100 questions is the outcome of two days of discussion between 654 environmental policy makers and academics. The academics acted as facilitators, helping the policy makers arrive at a short-list of 100 key questions from an initial long-list of more than 1,000. Policy makers came from 30 leading environ...LSUHSC research finds evidence of RNA in structures essential to cell division
...ations are broad and I expect there will be lively discussion on their meaning for topics from cell division to eukaryotic evolution," says Dr. Mark Alliegro. "At this point we know very little about their function or origins, but we are confident they represent a special set of transcripts." Centrosome irregul...Ten years later, 'Dolly' is still making headlines
...ical biotechnology and providing an open forum for discussion of industry topics. The conference will take place June 1821 at the John B. Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Mass....Study contradicts USA warning that an antidepressant can cause congenital abnormalities
...or the mother. If a woman does decide, following a discussion with her physician, that she wants to discontinue paroxetine, the drug should be slowly tapered off."...IVF identity fraud: A phenomenon that puts patients, children, and clinics at risk
...rtility identity cards. "This needs considerable discussion among professionals, patients, legal and political bodies to ensure that personal and institutional rights are not affected", said Dr. Sabatini. "However, given the implications for patients, clinics, and public funding, we think that it is essenti...New phase for Global Biodiversity Information Facility
...ontributions for Voting Participants. During the discussion before the vote that accepted the provisions of the Annex to the MOU, it was agreed to move away from a category-based scale to a new continuous funding scale based on gross domestic product (GDP). This was seen as the most transparent and easily und...Stevens' Disruptive Technologies Roundtable Series discusses SPOC
... attend. The program is a by-invitation roundtable discussion about a revolutionary product that eliminates unnecessary surgery by finding the overlooked source of back and neck pain. The product, recently featured on CBS TV and Eyewitness News, is the basis for the Technogenesis start-up company, SPOC, LLC. Th...Large dinosaurs were extremely hot in their day, UF study finds
...udy is an important contribution to the scientific discussion about dinosaurs, because it is the first that uses evidence directly derived from fossils -- rather than from theoretical models -- to conclude that many of the larger dinosaurs were indeed warm reptiles," said Frank Seebacher, Ph.D., of the School o...A new look at the state of the oceans
...eir impact on the climate will be at the centre of discussion during the seminar 'A new look on the ocean' at the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF 2006) in Munich. The primary focus of the seminar will be on utilisation and monitoring of coastal zones and their potential benefits for industries and society. Friedhe...Industry, C-SPAN leaders energize Lugar-Purdue summit
...dent Robert A. Malone as part of the Aug. 29 panel discussion at the Richard G. Lugar-Purdue Summit on Energy Security will be Amy Myers Jaffe, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University. Brian Lamb, president and CEO of C-SPAN, will s...Genetic research at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh reinforces theory of evolution
...n genomes. In recent years, there has been growing discussion about the nature of these pseudogenes. The issue centers on whether pseudogenes are functional or merely evolutionary relics with no function. It was long believed by geneticists that they were relics, until basic science research published in 2003 f...