Scientific organizations unite to influence science policy and promote the ERC
...t independent body established to provide a common voice and an action mechanism for European science organizations....Children's Hospital Boston wins $2.5 million in health surveillance grants
...d to an automated system, using computer-generated voice technology, where they can provide details of their illness in confidence. "During a large-scale outbreak, such as the recent experience with SARS in Toronto, health departments can become overwhelmed by the large number of case investigations and ...Scientists develop 'electronic eye' for the blind
...a tiny computer. It will relay information using a voice speech system and give vocal commands and information through a small speaker placed near the ear". The device developed at Kyoto is the final product of a research programme that aimed to give blind people all the navigation information they needed...$6.7 million for bionic war on disabilities
...ich are the voice-producing folds of tissue in the voice box or larynx. The vocal folds open when we b...he and close when we speak. Some people lose their voice when a vocal fold is paralyzed by stroke; trauma; damage during surgery of the neck, thyroid or ches...The Cochrane Library Newsletter, 2005, Issue 1
... time when many people find their throat sore, the voice hoarse and they have a fever and difficulty swallo...hose on erythromycin claimed to have slightly less voice disturbance and coughing, but this was not measured objectively by an expert. "We considered the any...A gene's fist 'kiss' sets off that affair known as puberty
... including the development of breasts in girls and voice change in boys. As such, this research begins to answer one of the most vexing questions about human development: What causes puberty to begin? How is it that the full repertoire of reproductive hormones can exist at birth, go into hiding at about f...AAAS honors recombinant DNA advisory committee at NIH, citing 30 years of leadership
...ess of research challenges, and to ensure a public voice in the review of the safety and ethics of gene therapy research. Although RAC's role is advisory, and not regulatory, Frankel said, "its decisions and recommendations carry very strong moral suasion." Because the United States is the leader in this ...University research ethics committees: A look from behind closed doors
...epresent non-experts are presumed to have an equal voice in the IRB decision-making process. The IRB process allows any member, whether expert or not, to question other members about the proposed research, issues of risks and benefits and scientific merit. However, Lane concludes that it is questionable wh...Virginia Tech patents advance microprocessors, vaccines, vision, vibration control, more
...ncy bands, both licensed and unlicensed bands, for voice and data communications. As these devices become smaller, the challenge is to design smaller antennas that support multiple frequency bands simultaneously. The wideband, compact (WC-PIFA) is just such an antenna. It evolved from the Planar Inverted F...Society of Nuclear Medicine offers program to meet patients' current, future needs for radionuclides
...hancement program. "SNM wants to promote a unified voice for this plan, which when implemented will assure our nation of a stable and secure supply of radionuclides for future generations," explained SNM President Mathew L. Thakur, Ph.D., in the April issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Reports indic...Compound from Chinese medicine shows promise in head and neck cancer, U-M study finds
...ch include cancer of the tongue, mouth, throat and voice box. Gossypol is derived from cottonseed oil and was once used in China as a male contraceptive. The University of Michigan holds a patent on the negative isomer, (-)-gossypol, and has licensed the technology to Ascenta Therapeutics of San Diego, Ca...New technique helps identify multiple DNA regulatory sites
...anging from medical and financial data analysis to voice recognition and image processing. Applied to gene regulation, the approach was able to predict the location of regulatory sites for about one-third of the genes in the yeast genome a success rate as good as or better than other current techniques. "...Compound from Chinese medicine shows promise in head and neck cancer
...ch include cancer of the tongue, mouth, throat and voice box. University of Michigan holds a patent on the negative isomer, (-)-gossypol, and has licensed the technology to Ascenta Therapeutics of San Diego, Calif., for commercial development. Wang is one of three U-M Medical School faculty members who fo...ASHG 55th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, October 26-29, 2005
...ers, and discussions of newly discovered genes for voice development and sensory degeneration will be presented. The special symposium Genetics and Genomics in the Public Eye, will feature speakers discussing the use of genetic science in the judicial process, the role of genetics in the teaching of evolu...Research shows where brain interprets 'pitch'
... emotional content of speech, like how raising our voice at the end of a sentence indicates a question, and cues the listener to the speaker's gender and age. Although a melody or conversation is not as essential to monkeys, pitch perception is crucial for nonhuman primates to interpret the source and mean...Thomas Eisner to receive 2005 Rockefeller University Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science
...s the worlds of science and the humanities - whose voice and vision can tell us about science's aesthetic and philosophical dimensions, providing not merely new information but cause for reflection, even revelation. Previous recipients of the prize, first awarded in 1993, include Jared Diamond, Oliver Sack...Where the brain combines what's heard and felt
...mple is the 'ventriloquist effect'. If one hears a voice (for example, from a loudspeaker), and then simult...y sees a face or a mouth moving to speak, then the voice appears to come from the mouth even when, in the case of ventrioloquist, the mouth belongs to a dum...Ultrasound a diagnostic tool for space, sports and more
...e the trainee's ultrasound images. He or she uses voice commands to guide the operator into positioning the probe and fine-tuning the settings to produce clear, useful images. The hands-on sessions are designed to closely simulate ultrasound experiments performed in orbit. After the initial training, ul...Number of serotonin receptors influences brain's response to fear and stress
...in the subgenual prefrontal cortex. And absent the voice of reason, the amygdala can behave as it wishes. "With this new information about cellular and molecular structures, we're getting a more complete picture about the factors that lead to the activity of specific brain circuits that help determine emot......ped to develop a prosthesis that would improve the voice of people who had lost their vocal cords. He investigated the possibilities of a new type of voice prosthesis that produces vocal sound. The concept could be useful for female patients with a very we...