From: Max M (maxmcorp@worldonline.dk)
Date: Mon Jan 27 2003 - 02:10:56 MST
http://www.futureport.dk/news - 2003-01-27 (14 articles)
[Health]
Betterhumans - Protein Causes Cancer to Self-destruct
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http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2003-01-25-1
A protein that causes up to 70% of cancer cells to self-destruct has
been discovered by US researchers. The protein interferes with the
enzyme Cox-2, which is involved in the generation of blood vessels that
feed cancer cells. Cox-2 has increasingly become a target of cancer
research.
[Health]
Genome Biology - ATM, telomeres and aging
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http://genomebiology.com/researchnews/default.asp?arx_id=gb-spotlight-20030124-01
ATM, the product of the gene mutated in ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T), is
involved in the cellular response to DNA damage and has been implicated
in telomere maintenance. Atm mutant mice display modest aging and growth
retardation defects compared to A-T patients. In an Advanced Online
Publication in Nature Wong et al. describe studies in mice to assess the
interaction between ATM and telomeres...
[Health]
Reuters - New Gates Fund Seeks Better Cures for World Ills
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=2110972
Saying that medical science has solved the "easy" problems of the rich
world, Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Sunday announced a $200 million
fund aimed at luring researchers into finding original cures for the
poor world's ailments...
[Nanotech]
NanoApex - Conference highlights, converging technologies
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http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3009
As nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive
science progress, researchers are finding new ways to integrate their
findings. This convergence will bring new approaches to what are now
diverse areas of research
physical and mental performance, human-machine interface,
communications, learning, work efficiency, and many others. Already,
some researchers have adopted a more coherent educational approach based
on perspective gained from the nanoscale...
[Nanotech]
NanoApex - NSC nanotechnology scientists create high-entropy metal alloy
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http://news.nanoapex.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2999
Employing state-of-the-art nanotechnology, scientists in Taiwan have
just developed polymetallic alloys with new compositions and structural
states which are the first of their kind in the world...
[Politics]
ABC News - Big Brother or Terror Catcher?
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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/cybershake030124.html
In this week's Cybershake, a government computer that will monitor
driver's licenses, where people live, phone numbers … just about
everything. Is Government Data Mining Going Too Far? It's called Total
Information Awareness, a supercomputer can that keep track of what we
buy, where we travel, and how much money we have. The government says
it's a legitimate way to catch terrorists. Privacy advocates are horrified.
[Science]
BBC - Cloned calves could signal drugs boost
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/49054.stm
Researchers announced on Tuesday that they had successfully created two
identical, genetically engineered calves, a step that could lead to the
mass production of drugs for humans in cows' milk. Named George and
Charlie, the calves were created through a combination of cloning and
genetic engineering...
[Science]
BBC - GM cheese from cloned cows
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2696725.stm
Scientists in New Zealand have created the world's first cloned cows
that produce special milk which can increase the speed and ease of
cheese-making. The researchers in Hamilton say a herd of nine transgenic
cows are now producing highly elevated levels of milk proteins, casein,
which are vital for cheese-making...
[Science]
CNN - Clonaid says it's cloned first boy
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http://europe.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/01/23/clonaid.claim/index.html
Clonaid, the company that has claimed to have cloned two baby girls,
announced Thursday that a third cloned baby, a boy, was born Wednesday
to a Japanese couple...
[Science]
NY Times - Connect, They Say, Only Connect
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/25/arts/25WATT.html
Wall Street moguls and government officials eager to tap into a nascent
academic science that few understand but that many think may hold the
key to everything from predicting fashion trends to preventing
terrorism, stock market meltdowns and the spread of HIV - Network
scientists study networks: collections of people or objects connected to
each other in some way. Think of the 1.5 million Manhattan residents or
the 30,000 genes inside a human cell. Such networks, scientists argue,
behave in ways that can't be understood solely in terms of their
component parts. Without knowing what every single person or object
within the network is doing, they say, it's nevertheless possible to
know something about how the network as a whole behaves...
[Space]
MSNBC - NASA chief confirms plans for space power
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http://www.msnbc.com/news/864091.asp?cp1=1
NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe on Friday confirmed White House support
for the space agency to accelerate work on space nuclear power and
propulsion, as well as to grapple with the challenges of extended
long-duration human space flight...
[Space]
New Scientist - Europe considers its future in space
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http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993308
The European space programme is being asked to do some serious soul
searching about its future, with the launch of a public consultation
paper by the Europe Commission (EC) on Monday. The Green Paper on
European Space Policy asks some fundamental questions...
[Space]
Space.com - Two Mars Rover Sites Get Science Stamp Of Approval
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http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/mer_landsites_030126.html
Scientists working on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Project have
picked the top two "scientific sweet spots", the landing sites, for a
set of soon-to-be-launched robotic spacecraft.MER scientists met in
closed-door sessions late last week at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(JPL) in Pasadena, California to thrash out the merits of a handful of
landing locales...
[Technology]
Genomeweb - Ecopia BioSciences Microbe Gene Scanning Technology Gets
Initial Patent Nod
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http://www.genomeweb.com/articles/view-article.asp?Article=2003124141216
Ecopia BioSciences said today that its genome scanning technology was
recognized by the Canadian Patent Office as "novel and inventive."
Ecopia said it is using the technology to hunt for antibacterial,
antifungal, and anticancer agents...
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