Ecological destruction fuels emerging diseases
... areas of origin into other areas, there have been emerging diseases. Parasites have moved into new areas and ...at we lack the ability to predict and thus prevent emerging parasitic diseases. "Right now, we're just reacting out of ignorance whenever an unfamiliar disease ...Urgent measures needed to retain our lead in pharmaceuticals
...t risk is rising and fewer innovative products are emerging from company pipelines. A major conference on the Evolution of the Life Science Industries now being staged by Innogen, a branch of the Economic and Social Research Council in Edinburgh is exploring possible ways forward. Challenges and opportuniti...Kids with chronic illness face difficult transition to adult care
..."Young adults with chronic health conditions is an emerging and growing group of patients, and health professionals as a group are still relatively inexperienced in understanding what are the medical, social and financial needs of young adults," Tong said. "Qualitative analysis work by Dr. Reiss and others al...New binding target for oncogenic viral protein
... this work underlines the importance of Fbw7 as an emerging tumor suppressor and the consequences of its loss in tumors," Dr. Welcker emphasized. "The study of DNA tumors viruses has been an extremely important tool in understanding the cellular pathways that regulate cell division and are disrupted in cancer...Insects, viruses could hold key for better human teamwork in disasters
...preparedness, response and recovery tasks; and the emerging role of civil engineers as key first responders to disasters. The study, "Information Technology-based Collaboration Framework for Preparing Against, Responding to and Recovering from Disasters Involving Critical Physical Infrastructures," was funded...DOE JGI launches IMG public online microbial genome data clearinghouse
...handling the vast and growing spectrum of datasets emerging from genome projects taken on by the DOE JGI and other public DNA sequencing centers. It is our hope that the IMG system will enable our scientists to tap the rich diversity of microbial environments and harness the possibilities that they hold for a...Linking brain to mind in a common genetic disease
...e current work draws on cognitive neuroscience an emerging scientific field that investigates how the mind arises from the biology of the brain. One important factor driving the field is the application of tools such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to yield more precise measurements of structures in the ...TAT2005 - 3rd International Symposium on Targeted Anticancer Therapies
...y Session on Friday, March 4 (8:30-10:30 hours) on emerging treatment options for renal cell cancer. Remarkably, several new targeted agents show good results in clinical studies in patients with metastasized renal cell cancer, a disease with very few effective treatment options today. The Plenary Session on ...Report highlights diseases from the environment
...linary context in which ecology, epidemiology, and emerging areas in environmental engineering and microbiolog...al risks, identifying risky situations for disease emerging and finding the causes of diseases of unknown etiology," says Cangelosi. The report is the result o...The circadian clock: Understanding nature's timepiece
...elief that each cell did the same thing. Antle, an emerging leader in the field, has two new papers on the subject: one is featured on the March cover of the prestigious Trends in Neurosciences, and another is due out in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Neurosciences. "There are enormous health, safety ...Survivors to revisit the polio scare
...t experience still has resonance in today's era of emerging infectious diseases and bioterrorism fears. The medical community had to mobilize to cope with a sharp influx of polio patients. During Boston's worst epidemic, for example, Children's Hospital Boston dedicated virtually all wards to polio care. Eme...Leslie Roberts of Science wins ASM Public Communications Award
... infectious diseases, both old foes like polio and emerging threats like avian influenza. She also coordinates the magazine's coverage of biomedicine and environment/ecology. In a previous stint at Science in the 1980s and 1990s, Roberts was a senior writer specializing in genetics and the environment. Robert...NIH skate choice follows MDI Bio Lab white paper
...he skate genome is an enormous step forward in the emerging field of marine functional genomics," said John N. Forrest, Jr., MD, Director of MDIBL. "Elasmobranch genomes hold many important clues to understanding the genes involved in development and disease. All of us at MDIBL are very pleased that the trem...Carnegie Mellon scientists develop tool that uses MRI to visualize gene expression in living animals
... promise for conducting preclinical studies in the emerging field of molecular therapeutics and for monitoring...or a range of preclinical uses in conjunction with emerging molecular therapeutic strategies," Ahrens said. Ahrens' new approach uses magnetic resonance imagin...HHMI taps two Long Island researchers as among the nation's most promising scientists
...to respond to new areas of scientific interest and emerging fields. "The scientists we identified through this competition are impossible to pigeonhole into traditional categories--and that is good news for HHMI and for the future of research in the life sciences," said Clayton. Cech said the selection of th...Wiley forms book publishing partnership with American Institute of Chemical Engineers
...engineering, including books in process safety and emerging technological areas like biological engineering and sustainability. Wiley will oversee the publishing services for these books including production, marketing, and distribution worldwide. AIChE will retain editorial control of the titles. This is th...Aldo Leopold leadership program moves to Stanford University and awards new fellowships for 2005
...and County Almanac, are credited with infusing the emerging conservation movement with good science and a stewardship ethic. The Stanford Institute for the Environment was established in 2004 to bring together faculty, staff and students from across campus to conduct research, education and outreach that prom...U of M researcher examines newly emerging deadly disease
...he University of Minnesota have identified a newly emerging illness, named staphylococcal purpura fulminans. The disease begins as a respiratory tract infection, which then is infected by Staphylococcus aureus. The infection then moves to the lungs, making superantigens (bacterial toxins that activate large...Ecologist plays critical role in first global ecosystem study
...rio, the 2050 world is hyper-connected and rapidly emerging technologies can effectively boost ecosystem services. With new technology, however, could also come new environmental dilemmas, the experts postulate. In the "order from strength" scenario, the world could potentially organize around one superpower ...Gladstone building honored with San Francisco Business Times award
... advantages, placing Gladstone at the center of an emerging biotech corridor in a region that is at the forefront of medical research." In his acceptance comments, Oshiro lauded the efforts and teamwork of project manager Todd Sklar of Mezzatesta Sklar, prime contractor Rudolph and Sletten and architects NBBJ...