Lonesome George is not alone among Galpagos tortoises
... Lonesome George originates from Pinta, an isolated, northerly island of Galpagos visited only occasionally by scientists and fishermen. In the late 1960s, it was noted...Famous Galpagos tortoise, Lonesome George, may not be alone
... at Yale, with the strong support and cooperation...Breast Cancer Month story tips from Georgetown University Medical Center
, Ph.D., a professor of oncology at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center who studies the role of food-based estrogens in cancer prevention. She cautions against overuse of soy supplements, pa...Georgetown leads effort to study safety of 'alternative' tobacco products
... The sweeping grant, the first of its kind, will examine all aspects of the increasing number of "safer" tobacco or nicotine delivery systems, products which range from low nicotine cigarettes and cigarettes that heat tobacco instead of burn it, to nicotine mints that are now av...Invasive sea squirts persist on Georges Bank
... "The area of seabed covered by the colonies has doubled at 75 percent of the sites we observed in both 2005 and 2006," said Dr. Page V...UCR's Douglas Altshuler to receive the 2006 George A. Bartholomew Award
... As part of the annual award, Altshuler, will give a lecture presentation of his research to a society-wide aud...$6.5 million gift to establish hereditary cancer center at Georgetown University
... A $6.5 million gift from the Robert M. Fisher Memorial Foundation, Inc. will allow Georgetown to strengthen its position as one of the leading hereditary cancer research, treatment and educational programs in the country. The establishment of the Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Familial Cancer (Fisher Center) will substant...Attacks of King George III's madness linked to key metabolism molecule
BOSTON--Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers say they have uncovered a molecular explanation for the episodic attacks of irrational and demented behavior in porphyria, the disease believed to have afflicted "Mad" King George III, the British ruler blamed for the loss of the American colonies in the Revolutionary War....... The mental and physical symptoms of porphyria, a rare genetic blood di...George J. Flick Jr., University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech, received the 2005 Elizabeth Fleming Stier Award for pursuit of humanitarian ideals and unselfish dedication resulting in significant contributions to the well-being of the food industry, academia, students, or the general public.... ...George Flick's Sea Grant Coherent Area projects have led to the establishment of the Virg...Woods Hole, Mass.--The invasive sea squirt that federal and university researchers discovered on Georges Bank a year ago is flourishing in U.S. waters near the U.S.-Canada boundary, a joint research team announced today following a research cruise that concluded last week.... ...Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the...