Phillip A. Sharp to receive the 2007 Winthrop-Sears Award
...the Winthrop-Sears Award include renowned industry figures such as Robert L. Gore, Jon M. Huntsman, Ralph Landau, George Rosenkranz, Harold A. Sorgenti, Alejandro Zaffaroni and Herbert Boyer. Last year's awardee was Sol Barer of Celgene. ...Noninvasive screening in early pregnancy reduces Down's births by 50 percent
...ntry. They compared these findings with national figures obtained from the Central Cytogenetic Registry, which confirmed the reduction in invasive procedures and the number of children born with Down syndrome at national level. When we looked further at the history of children born with Down Syndrome, we f...Waging war on the deadliest superbug
...obutylicum using metabolic engineering. Official figures show that 5000 people die from a healthcare-associated infection every year in the UK and tackling the super bugs costs the NHS 1bn a year. 1 in 12 of us will pick up an infection during a stay in hospital. Theres a 1 in 77 chance of contracting MRSA...Germany's embryo protection law is 'killing embryos rather than protecting them'
... killed after fertility treatment according to new figures presented at the European Society of Human Reprodu...nnot be frozen or discarded. For the first time, figures for 2004 from the ESHRE European IVF monitoring consortium show that out of 8,500 deliveries in Germ...Global community listens to TAU genetic researcher at EU Conference on Hearing Loss
...tion to achieve further breakthroughs. European figures for hearing impairment mirror those in the U.S. Over 10% of the E.U. population suffer some kind of hearing impairment, a figure rising to 40% among those 75 and older. The costs of managing hearing loss are considerable in terms of physical, social ...Stem cell specialists face questioning
...m Cell Manchester conference has attracted leading figures in stem cell research from across the world, said organiser Professor Tim Hardingham, who is based in Manchesters Faculty of Life Sciences. We have a packed programme of speakers lined up over the next few days culminating with the Question Time ev...NY Stem Cell Foundation's 2nd Annual Translational Stem Cell Research Conference
...nce will bring together many of the most prominent figures in human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research from across the United States and abroad. These pre-eminent scientists will present the latest and most exciting breakthroughs in this revolutionary field of research in the search for cures of the major d...Breast cancer and hormone therapy -- A looking-glass mirror?
... is tempting to simplify the observed year-by-year figures on HT use and breast cancer incidence and establish a mirror glass equation: the more postmenopausal hormone use, the more breast cancer, and vice versa. But human biology is far too complicated and the pathophysiology of breast cancer is far too com...UC experts detail new standard for cleaner transportation fuels
...l 12 percent. (Included in the gasoline and diesel figures are biofuels blended with or substituting for fossil fuels.) The report recommends that the new LCFS cover all gasoline and diesel. (Aviation is exempt from regulation by international treaty, although the standard might allow emissions credits for c...New textbook illuminates the close links between evolutionary and molecular biology
... site includes two Web-only chapters, downloadable figures and tables from all chapters, a glossary, author notes with complete reference lists, discussion questions, chapter problems, links to useful Web sites, and other material, all of which are freely available....