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Public Release: 14-Oct-2009
AMP commends SACGHS on their DNA patent report AMP provided comments at the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society meeting on Oct. 8. AMP opposes the patenting of all naturally occurring genetic material and has signed on as a lead plaintiff in the ACLU case challenging Myriad Genetics' patents on the BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 genes. AMP thanked SACGHS for studying how both patents and restrictive licensing limit patient access, and potentially reduce the quality of tests. Contact: Mary Steele Williams
Public Release: 14-Oct-2009
SHEA responds to CDC on H1N1 Today's announcement by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that it is modifying its guidance regarding measures that should be taken by health-care workers who are in contact with either confirmed or suspected cases of H1N1 was met with concern by the scientific community that had submitted its recommendations to CDC. Contact: Sharon Reis
Public Release: 14-Oct-2009
DOE to explore scientific cloud computing at Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories Scientists will examine cloud computing as a cost-effective and energy-efficient computing paradigm to accelerate discoveries in biology, climate change and physics. A program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the Department of Energy will examine cloud computing as a way to accelerate discoveries in a variety of disciplines. Contact: John Bashor
Public Release: 14-Oct-2009
UAB international conference focuses on preventing high-capacity computer data theft Leading high-performance computing engineers and researchers attending a three-day international conference at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have called for renewed vigilance in field-related data security. The group says growing world-wide computer use puts more and more applied modeling, design and other super-computer-processed projects that are stored digitally at risk for theft by hackers and other cyber criminals. Contact: Andrew Hayenga
Public Release: 14-Oct-2009
NTU team studies world's fastest satellite Internet connection A team led by assistant Professor Lee Yee Hui from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering is working with the Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology to come up with solutions to improve satellite links during heavy rainfall, which is common in tropical regions. Contact: Esther Ang
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
What works -- and what doesn't -- in medical informatics: New journal to launch in December Two Johns Hopkins Children's Center researchers have assembled a 25-member editorial board of international experts to launch a quarterly online medical journal devoted to original research and commentary on the use of computer automation in the day-to-day practice of medicine. Contact: Ekaterina Pesheva
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
Emission capture study funded for paper industry Battelle and Boise Inc. will conduct the first-ever feasibility study of new carbon capture and storage technology in the $140 billion pulp, paper and paperboard industry, under a $500,000 project announced by the Department of Energy. 
US Department of Energy
Contact: Geoffrey Harvey
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
Trialing major weight loss for type 2 diabetes in the overweight In the first trial of its kind in the world, researchers at Monash University's Centre for Obesity Research and Education will examine the benefits of a gastric banding procedure on overweight people with Type 2 diabetes. Contact: Samantha Blair
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
 Aesthetic Surgery JournalASAPS partners with SAGE in 2010 to publish the Aesthetic Surgery Journal The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery has partnered with SAGE to publish the Aesthetic Surgery Journal beginning in 2010. A peer-reviewed international journal indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed, ASJ focuses on scientific developments and clinical techniques in aesthetic surgery. Contact: Jim Gilden
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
Environmental Science and TechnologyScientists urge EPA to adopt systems thinking A group of nationally recognized experts in environmental science, technology, and policy have called for EPA to adopt a more integrated approach to environmental protection that accounts for the complex interrelationships among socioeconomic and environmental systems. Contact: Danielle Altman
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
Springer to publish Symbiosis As of October 2009, Springer will publish Symbiosis, the official journal of the International Symbiosis Society. The journal was previously published by Balaban International Science Services. Publication at Springer will begin with Volume 49, Issue 1. Contact: Joan Robinson
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
TAXIS Pharmaceuticals licenses novel antimicrobial technology from Rutgers and UMDNJ TAXIS Pharmaceuticals Inc., Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement for worldwide rights to develop and commercialize a novel antimicrobial technology addressing multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. Contact: Gregory G. Mario
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
Discovering Europe at Nanyang Technological University Corporate social responsibility is the key to a competitive European Union. This was the challenging topic that two combined teams of six debaters from the business schools of the Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore and Singapore Management University sparred about in an interactive debate at NTU this morning. Contact: Edgar Lee
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
A new scan for lung diseases People with chronic lung disease and asthma could soon be offered better treatment thanks to a new type of magnetic resonance imaging scan being pioneered at the University of Nottingham. Contact: Emma Rayner
Public Release: 13-Oct-2009
20th International Symposium on Human IdentificationForensics firm builds on genomic discovery to advance DNA-based identification High-tech forensics firm, Casework Genetics, is applying new technology to forensic evidence enabling law enforcement labs to solve crimes with greater molecular precision and efficiency than ever before. Contact: Steve Yozwiak
Public Release: 12-Oct-2009
National Institute for Health Research funds supporter membership of BioMed Central The NIHR has a mission to support outstanding health research and to enhance access to the results of that research. The NIHR has agreed a membership arrangement with BioMed Central to support publication of research articles in the publisher's open access journals. Contact: Matt McKay
Public Release: 12-Oct-2009
Elsevier partners with Peking University Elsevier, a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced its publishing partnership with Peking University. Under the agreement, Elsevier will publish the Proceedings of the Beijing Forum from 2004 to 2008 in Procedia. Contact: Laney Zhou
Public Release: 12-Oct-2009
Agriculture: Africa's Engine for GrowthYes, we have bananas! UK bioscientists are transferring GM knowledge and technology from the developed to the developing world to help fight future food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa. Professor Howard Atkinson will report on a multinational collaborative project for the first time at a landmark meeting at Rothamsted Research on Tuesday, Oct. 13, which will include 100 African speakers and delegates. The project aims to enable African scientists to develop, evaluate and later grow pest-resistant bananas.
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK Department for International Development, US Agency for International Development
Contact: Sarah Blackford
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