C's Blog – April 2009 Archive (38)
M. D. Anderson Study Predicts Dramatic Growth in Cancer Rates Among U.S. Elderly, Minorities
Over the next 20 years, the number of new cancer cases diagnosed annually in the United States will increase by 45 percent, from 1.6 million in 2010 to 2.3 million in 2030, with a dramatic spike in incidence predicted in the elderly and minority populations, according to research from The… Continue
Added by C on April 30, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments
Nanoneedle is Small in Size, But Huge in Applications
James E. Kloeppel, Physical Sciences Editor
217-244-1073; kloeppel@illinois.edu
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a membrane-penetrating nanoneedle for the targeted delivery of one or more molecules into the cytoplasm or the nucleus of living cells. In addition to ferrying tiny amounts of cargo, the nanoneedle can also be used as an electrochemical probe and as an optical… Continue
217-244-1073; kloeppel@illinois.edu
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a membrane-penetrating nanoneedle for the targeted delivery of one or more molecules into the cytoplasm or the nucleus of living cells. In addition to ferrying tiny amounts of cargo, the nanoneedle can also be used as an electrochemical probe and as an optical… Continue
Added by C on April 29, 2009 at 12:33pm — No Comments
Cancer Vaccine Moves Closer to FDA Approval
With the news of Dendreon Corporation's announcement yesterday at the annual meeting in Chicago of the American Urological Association that its investigational active cellular immunotherapy for advanced prostate cancer, PROVENGE (sipuleucel-T), extended patient survival by 4.1 months and increased 3-year survival by 38 percent compared to placebo, the field of tumor immunology has taken a significant leap forward as this, the… Continue
Added by C on April 29, 2009 at 12:10pm — No Comments
What's on IRRI's Table?
IRRI
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is one of the 15 international agricultural research centres that come under the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). It was set up in 1960 in the Philippines with funds from the Ford and Rockefeller Foundation.… Continue
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is one of the 15 international agricultural research centres that come under the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). It was set up in 1960 in the Philippines with funds from the Ford and Rockefeller Foundation.… Continue
Added by C on April 26, 2009 at 9:10pm — No Comments
Replikins, Ltd Provided Advance Warning of Mexican H1N1 "Swine Flu" Virus Outbreak: (April 7, 2008) "H1N1 Influenza Virus with Highest Replikin Count™ Since the 1918 Pandemic Identified in the U.S. an
Replikins, Ltd. published a FluForecast® warning in April 7th, 2008, a year before the recent Mexico and California H1N1 cases. The company was able to state the likelihood of H1N1 outbreaks based on its patented Replikin Count™ genomics technology, which examines specific regions in virus genes which have been linked with past epidemics. The April 2008 announcement, attached below as published on the Web, stated that in H1N1 the… Continue
FDA Approval of 'Morning-After Pill' for Minors Without Prescription
Added by C on April 24, 2009 at 11:34am — 2 Comments
Mississippi State University Helping Guide Future of Sea-Based Missile Defense
University Relations
News Bureau (662) 325-3442
Contact: Robbie Ward
April 23, 2009
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Mississippi State's ongoing research into sea-based missile defense interceptors is giving the Defense Department greater flexibility to deal with a variety of international threats.
That was the assessment of… Continue
News Bureau (662) 325-3442
Contact: Robbie Ward
April 23, 2009
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Mississippi State's ongoing research into sea-based missile defense interceptors is giving the Defense Department greater flexibility to deal with a variety of international threats.
That was the assessment of… Continue
Biotech Messages and Global Food Legislation
Two characteristics seem to be emerging from the Obama Administration's agriculture policy -- a global outlook and confidence in technology solutions.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack lately has been talking about the link between food security and global stability, warning that unless countries take immediate steps to sharply boost agricultural productivity and reduce hunger, the world risks fresh social instability.
Just how to do that is an important but… Continue
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack lately has been talking about the link between food security and global stability, warning that unless countries take immediate steps to sharply boost agricultural productivity and reduce hunger, the world risks fresh social instability.
Just how to do that is an important but… Continue
Added by C on April 23, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments
Canada and the United States: Time for a Joint Threat Assessment
HSPI Commentary 02
April 22, 2009
Sharon Cardash, Frank Cilluffo, and James Jay Carafano
Currently Canada and the United States share information and intelligence; cooperate extensively on law enforcement issues—particularly border-related crime and terrorist travel; and work together to thwart potential air and sea threats. Both countries routinely, and respectively, produce national intelligence assessments that are frequently published in unclassified form so that… Continue
April 22, 2009
Sharon Cardash, Frank Cilluffo, and James Jay Carafano
Currently Canada and the United States share information and intelligence; cooperate extensively on law enforcement issues—particularly border-related crime and terrorist travel; and work together to thwart potential air and sea threats. Both countries routinely, and respectively, produce national intelligence assessments that are frequently published in unclassified form so that… Continue
Added by C on April 23, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments
Vilsack pledges better push on biotech crops
. Publication: Des Moines Register
If there was any question about how the Obama administration would get behind agricultural biotechnology, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is removing any doubt. In fact, he says he’s going to do a better job than the Bush administration.
Just back from the G8 summit in Italy, Vilsack pledged today to bring a “more… Continue
If there was any question about how the Obama administration would get behind agricultural biotechnology, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is removing any doubt. In fact, he says he’s going to do a better job than the Bush administration.
Just back from the G8 summit in Italy, Vilsack pledged today to bring a “more… Continue
NIST Announces Three-Phase Plan for Smart Grid Standards
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a three-phase plan to expedite development of key standards for a Smart Grid, a nationwide network that uses information technology to deliver electricity efficiently, reliably and securely.
Smart Grid is a key component of the Obama Administration’s commitment to moving the nation toward energy independence, and funding to spur the development process was included in the recently passed American Recovery and… Continue
Smart Grid is a key component of the Obama Administration’s commitment to moving the nation toward energy independence, and funding to spur the development process was included in the recently passed American Recovery and… Continue
Added by C on April 22, 2009 at 12:08pm — No Comments
Afghanistan Declares Its First National Park
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) applauded Afghanistan’s National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA), which announced today the… Continue
Added by C on April 22, 2009 at 11:34am — No Comments
Top Officials to Dedicate New U.S. Intelligence Facility (IARPA) in Md.'s Largest Research Park
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair, U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D- Md.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) will be among the senior officials dedicating the new U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity’s (IARPA) building on Monday, April 27, at the University of Maryland’s M-Square – the state’s largest research park. http://www.iarpa.gov/index.html
The new… Continue
The new… Continue
Added by C on April 22, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments
State urges farmers to participate in first major organic farming survey
April 21, 2009
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) encourages all organic farmers in the state to participate in the first wide-scale survey of organic producers and producers transitioning from traditional to organic production methods.
The National Agricultural Statistics… Continue
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) encourages all organic farmers in the state to participate in the first wide-scale survey of organic producers and producers transitioning from traditional to organic production methods.
The National Agricultural Statistics… Continue
Added by C on April 21, 2009 at 3:13pm — No Comments
South Africa: Violence Lower But Food Used as Election Weapon, Say Monitors
Cape Town — Levels of political violence in South Africa are lower than might be expected but there have been instances of intolerance across the country, and party activists have threatened voters with loss of food and jobs if they vote for the opposition, reports the Election Monitoring Network, a group of civil society organisations which has deployed 500 monitors nationwide to watch for election-related abuse or… Continue
Added by C on April 21, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments
Keeping slim is good for the planet, say scientists
Maintaining a healthy body weight is good news for the environment, according to a study which appears today in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
Because food production is a major contributor to global warming, a lean population, such as that seen in… Continue
Because food production is a major contributor to global warming, a lean population, such as that seen in… Continue
Added by C on April 21, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments
Gates Foundation Director Rajiv Shah: Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics in the Department of Agriculture
President Barack Obama has named Rajiv J Shah, an Indian American scientist managing a programme at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help the world's poor lead healthy and productive lives, to a key post.
Obama intends to nominate Shah as under secretary for research, education and economics in the Department of Agriculture, the White House announced on… Continue
Obama intends to nominate Shah as under secretary for research, education and economics in the Department of Agriculture, the White House announced on… Continue
Added by C on April 18, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry: "Overpopulation is the World’s Top Environmental Issue"
Scientists at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry ranked a crowded planet as the biggest problem we face, followed by climate change and a need for renewable energy resources.
Overpopulation is the world’s top environmental issue, followed closely by climate change and the need to develop renewable energy resources to replace fossil fuels, according to a survey of the faculty at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and… Continue
Overpopulation is the world’s top environmental issue, followed closely by climate change and the need to develop renewable energy resources to replace fossil fuels, according to a survey of the faculty at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and… Continue
EPA Finds Greenhouse Gases Pose Threat to Public Health, Welfare / Proposed Finding Comes in Response to 2007 Supreme Court Ruling
New York Times: "E.P.A. to Clear the Way for Regulation of Warming Gases"
Release date: 04/17/2009
Contact Information: Cathy Milbourn, 202-564-4355 / 7849 / milbourn.cathy@epa.gov; En español: Lina Younes, 202-564-4355 /… Continue
Release date: 04/17/2009
Contact Information: Cathy Milbourn, 202-564-4355 / 7849 / milbourn.cathy@epa.gov; En español: Lina Younes, 202-564-4355 /… Continue
Added by C on April 17, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments
Battlefield Earth - Geo-Engineering: Defensive and Offensive "A Geo-Military Tool"
Battlefield Earth
By Jamais Cascio
Posted January 2008
It may sound like science fiction, but it’s only a matter of time before the world’s militaries learn to wield the planet itself as a weapon.
Preventing global warming from becoming a planetary catastrophe may take something even more drastic than renewable energy, superefficient urban design, and… Continue
By Jamais Cascio
Posted January 2008
It may sound like science fiction, but it’s only a matter of time before the world’s militaries learn to wield the planet itself as a weapon.
Preventing global warming from becoming a planetary catastrophe may take something even more drastic than renewable energy, superefficient urban design, and… Continue
Added by C on April 16, 2009 at 11:24pm — No Comments
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