Features of replication suggest viruses have common themes, vulnerabilities
...ery is important because it reveals a common viral theme that may be vulnerable to disruption and could lead to the development of drugs to treat many different kinds of viral infections, much like antibiotics are used to attack different kinds of bacterial pathogens. "It turns out that viruses previousl...National Ecological Observatory Network featured at ESA/SER Joint International Conference
...rost, runoff). The focus of NEON complements the theme of the ESA/SER joint meeting, Ecological Restoration in a Changing World. Society depends on ecosystems in the same way it depends on weather, water resources, and agriculture. We currently have little understanding of the effects of these large-scal...Neurosciences and music meet in Montreal
...opez, University of Rome, Tor Vergata. The main theme of the conference is research on interactions between music and the human brain in healthy and pathologic conditions. The conference will focus on many topics such as: the importance of music in the biologic and cultural evolution of man, differences...University of Leeds strengthens China links in membrane and neurobiology
...c drugs. Complementing such studies, another major theme of the initiative concerns the flow of membranes between different cellular compartments and its dysfunction in disease. The initiative is supported by a BBSRC China Partnering Award and a grant from the University of Leeds Fund for International ...Chemical Society Boston meeting, Aug. 19-23, focuses on health, wellness, energy, environment
...nology for Health and Wellness will be the central theme of the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston Aug. 19-23, where more than 9,500 presentations also will describe new discoveries in chemistry dealing with the environment, energy, nutrition, nanotechnology and other topics....Creation of an international industrial chair in life cycle assessment
... of present and future generations: the underlying theme of all our actions", explains Myriam Truchon, Director Environment and sustainable development for Hydro-Qubec. Johnson & Johnson also recognize the critical interdependence between human health and the health of our planet. "We understand that en...Oxford physiology professor earns APS' Walter B. Cannon Award
...h Science Center at San Antonio will expand on the theme when he gives the Henry Pickering Bowditch Award lecture "New insight into the regulation of ENaC by small G proteins and phosphatidylinositides." The Bowditch Award, the Societys second highest, is awarded to a scientist younger than 42 years whose ...Event will dig and display Washington DC's soil -- Sunnyside
...d Water Conservation District. WHY: Soil is the theme of a scheduled 2008 Smithsonian exhibit with a focus on conservation and sustainability. The USDA collection of state soils is scheduled to be displayed next year as part of the National Museum of Natural History's soils exhibit called "Worlds Underf...AACR Annual Meeting showcases significant developments in understanding and targeting cancers
...e directly into improved patient outcomes." The theme of this years annual meeting, "A Century of Leadership in Science A Future of Cancer Prevention and Cures," commemorates the AACRs Centennial and underscores the remarkable scientific advances that researchers have achieved in the 100 years since th...Leading researchers honored for progress in cancer prevention, detection and treatment
...earchers from around the country who exemplify the theme of the 2007 Annual Meeting, "A Century of Leadersh... interconnected discoveries, has spawned a central theme of modern biomedical science and led to a fundamental understanding of cancer. Named in honor of th...Nation's first veterinary student receives prestigious NIH Fogarty Fellowship
...derstand and appreciate the many variations on the theme of life, they are uniquely qualified among health professionals to address the complex problems that now challenge global health. Elliott is the first Fogarty fellow who is being trained as a veterinarian; many more will follow. ...Setting sights on the drugs of the future
... spent working on research projects centred on the theme of targeted therapeutics and drawing on everything from pharmaceutical nanotechnology and biopharmaceuticals to advanced physical, mathematical and life sciences....ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March 28, 2007
...stainability of energy, food and water With the theme of sustainability in energy, food and water, the American Chemical Society national meeting in Chicago this month offers an excellent opportunity for journalists to update knowledge and sources on this increasingly important topic. ACS President Cath...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March 21, 2007
...nability of energy, food and water is the featured theme of the 233rd national meeting. In a program organized by ACS President Catherine T. (Katie) Hunt, representatives from academia, government and industry will discuss a wide range of topics within this theme, including alternative energy sources, gene...Life cycle assessment essential to nanotech commercial development
...city data specific to nanomaterials is a repeating theme in this and in other studies related to nanotech environmental, health, and safety concerns, says Andrew Maynard, chief scientist for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. Nanotechnology is no longer a scientific curiosity. Its products are in th...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March. 14, 2007
...Sustainability of energy, food and wate With the theme of sustainability in energy, food and water, the meeting offers an excellent opportunity for journalists to update knowledge and sources on this increasingly important topic. ACS President Catherine T. (Katie) Hunt, organized the program, along with ...New Cell titles further ScienceDirect offering
...ace between the microbe and its host. The unifying theme will be the integrated study of microbes in conjunction and communication with each other, their host and the cellular environment they live in. Cell Stem Cell - available on ScienceDirect from June 6, 2007 - will cover the entire spectrum of ste...Press conferences at the year's largest physics meeting
... 2 pm METAMATERIALS AND GRAPHENE Exemplifying the theme of the March APS meeting-fundamental research pointing toward handy applications-are two topics. (1) Metamaterials, amalgams of tiny rods and rings, debuted at the March meeting in 2000, a time when only one or two groups worked on the topic. Now d...Single genetic defect causes early heart disease
...xtreme forms of common disease has been a longtime theme in our laboratory." Liftons strategy is to pinpoint and analyze the rare genetic traits that cause complex disorders. By understanding the causes of those familial forms of complex diseases such as hypertension, Lifton and others have laid the founda......he winner of the youth painting competition on the theme "Childrens impressions of polar regions of the ea... and the winner of the painting competition on the theme "Childrens impressions of polar regions of the earth" will be announced at the opening ceremony. Ma...