|
|
|
|
|
|
- Biologists have created baker's yeast capable of living to 800 in yeast years without apparent side effects.The basic but important discovery, achieved through a combination of dietary and genetic changes, brings science closer to controlling the survival and health of the unit of all living systems: the cell. |
|
|
|
- The National Academy of Sciences has selected Norman P. Neureiter to receive its most prestigious award, the Public Welfare Medal. Established in 1914, the medal is presented annually to honor extraordinary use of science for public good. The Academy chose Neureiter for enhancing the status of science and technology in the U.S. |
|
|
|
- More than three decades after the shutdown of the notorious Tuskegee study, a team of Johns Hopkins physicians has found that Tuskegee's legacy of blacks' mistrust of physicians and deep-seated fear of harm from medical research persists and is largely to blame for keeping much-needed African Americans from taking part in clinical trials. |
|
|
|
- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Thursday submitted a fiscal year 2008 budget proposal that includes funding allocations for public health programs, including HIV/AIDS services, the Los Angeles Times reports (Halper, Los Angeles Times, 1/11).Schwarzenegger's proposed FY 2008 allocations for all Health and Human Services Agency budgets would total about $78. |
|
|
|
- Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) last week filed a request with the Congressional Research Service for more information on the fast-track designation that FDA awards to reduce review times for new medications for serious diseases, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. |
|
|
|
- Protein markers in saliva can distinguish women with breast cancer from those with benign tumors and those with healthy cells, according to a study published online in the journal Cancer Investigation, the Houston Chronicle reports. According to the Houston Chronicle, the findings potentially could enable dentists and physicians to detect breast cancer during routine office visits. |
|
|
|
- Robert Kubica, polski “jedynak” w Formule 1, jako pierwszy kierowca przetestowa? na torze w Walencji nowy bolid BMW Sauber. |
|
|
|
- Det er nok simpelt, men jeg kan ikke finde noget sted hvor det er beskrevet hvordan jeg "udgiver" min Access formular til brugerne - hvor de ikke kan rette i layout m.m. - blot får formularen op, så de kan se og indtaste data. -- Peter Grunnet - 1-stop-IT |
|
