ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 29, 2006
...s the stories behind the research. The most recent landmark was designated on Oct. 25, when ACS designated Procter & Gamble's development of Tide "the washing miracle" synthetic detergent a National Historic Chemical Landmark in a special ceremony in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Landmarks' Web site ( http://acsweb...Why do some queen bees eat their worker bee's eggs?
... put forward his "relatedness hypothesis", a major landmark in kin selection theory. His hypothesis was that worker bees, wasps and ants do not reproduce because most workers are half sisters. Instead the workers favor the queen's male progeny, since she has mated with multiple males, ensuring variation in th...New studies on Alzheimer's, autism, nicotine addiction and depression highlight annual meeting
...ent Resistant Depression: Research findings from a landmark clinical trial known as Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression, or STAR*D, suggest the presence of specific genetic markers can better predict which patients will respond to treatment for depression. Patients who carried the genetic m...Top scientists meet for Global Conference on Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Diseases
...presented at TCT. The clinical outcomes from this landmark study will be presented and discussed in depth by Dr. Andreas Zeiher. SEACOAST: The first report of intracoronary bone-marrow derived cells for chronic coronary disease will be presented by Dr. Vincent Pompili SEISMIC: The first rando...Study suggests morning pollution pall for Manchester commuters
...ate, near the BBC on Oxford Road and on top of the landmark Portland Tower. Measurements took place between June and July 2005 and during May 2006. Researchers from the Centre for Atmospheric Science have plans to link up with medical researchers to study the effects particles from vehicles are having on the...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 15, 2006
...s the stories behind the research. The most recent landmark was designated on Oct. 25, when ACS designated Procter & Gamble's development of Tide -- "the washing miracle" synthetic detergent -- a National Historic Chemical Landmark in a special ceremony in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Landmarks' Web site has valuabl...Boehlert, Gordon call for implementation of new nanotechnology report
...cademic organizations.) "This paper should be a landmark in the history of nanotechnology research. It lays out a clear, reasonable, prioritized, consensus-based set of priorities for examining the potential environmental and health consequences of nanotechnology over the next decade and a half. This pape...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 8, 2006
... the stories behind the research. The most recent landmark was designated on Oct. 25, when ACS designated Procter & Gamble's development of Tide -- "the washing miracle" synthetic detergent -- a National Historic Chemical Landmark in a special ceremony in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Landmarks' Web site click here ......entists found the ants even used different sets of landmark memories depending on whether they were on their w...he food at 20cm away where the retinal size of the landmark was the same." To analyse the ants' powers of recall an ambiguous situation was set up. Ants were t...Successful one year gene therapy trial for Parkinson's disease announced by Neurologix
...unced today that it has successfully completed its landmark Phase I trial of gene therapy for Parkinson's Disease with statistically significant results. The data was presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Atlanta. In a presentation entitled "Subthalamic GAD gene transfer im...16 outstanding researchers receive Singapore's highest honor in science and technology
...p to study the Fugu genome. The team published a landmark paper in Nature in 1993, and was a key party in the international consortium that sequenced and published the pufferfish genomic map in prestigious journal Science in August 2002, putting tiny Singapore on the international scientific map. Scienti...One-of-a-kind imaging probe reveals secrets useful for drug discovery
...ry and chemical biology at Cornell University, led landmark chemical studies of walking stick venom. He was pleased to know the insect was being studied in Florida. "We used not dozens but thousands of walking sticks to get enough secretions to do analyses and, no, it's not easy to do," Meinwald said. "When ...Better sludge through metagenomics
...moval. "The findings and tools described in this landmark paper will allow the resolution of many of the questions that have arisen concerning the mechanism by which the enhanced removal of phosphate from wastewater occurs," said Jenkins. "Understanding these mechanisms will undoubtedly lead to more efficie...Handling HPV vaccines and screening: The views of 100 authors
...w.elsevier.com/locate/vaccine ). Furthermore, this landmark publication will be available via the HINARI programme, the public-private initiative (launched by the World Health Organization) to bridge the digital divide in health information access ( http://www.who.int/hinari/en/ )....Define 'precautionary principle' to avoid clashes over biotechnology under World Trade rules
...ization ruling scheduled for release this month, a landmark event expected to have a major impact on trade in agricultural products, one of the largest sectors governed by the WTO. The final report of the WTO Panel in European Communities Measures Affecting the Approval and Marketing of Biotechnology Produ...Aussie team makes landmark insulin discovery
...es for diabetes or cancer.Dr Ward says: "This is a landmark achievement, a bit like running the four-minute mile. It follows on from the discovery of insulin in 1922, the determination of its amino acid sequence in the early 1950s and the determination of the 3D structure of insulin in 1969, each of which inv...Chimpanzees can transmit cultural behavior to multiple 'generations'
...ch institute, the Yerkes Research Center is making landmark discoveries in the fields of microbiology and immunology, neuroscience, psychobiology and sensory-motor systems. Research programs are seeking ways to: develop vaccines for AIDS and malaria; treat cocaine addiction; interpret brain activity through i...$18 million award to support Yale Center of Excellence in Genomic Science
...uences of the human genome on microscope slides--a landmark achievement and identify thousands of new transcribed regions in the human genome. "The Yale CEGS has had a remarkable influence on genomics, both nationally and at Yale where many different research groups now perform state-of-the-art experiment...FSU biologists uncover mechanisms that shape cells for better or worse
Tallahassee, Fla. -- In a landmark study, biologists at Florida State University have uncovered a specific genetic and molecular mechanism that causes cell polarity -- the asymmetric shape or composition critical to a cell's proper functioning. Their findings in fruit fly eggs may hel...$6.5 million gift to establish hereditary cancer center at Georgetown University
...r part of her volunteer work included working on a landmark clinical trial, the P1 Prevention Trial, which led to the FDA approval of the use of tamoxifen as a preventative treatment for breast cancer. Dr. Isaacs, new co-director of the familial cancer program, was the principal investigator of the clinical t...