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Consider, evaluate, act: Green Party support for anti-science activism is troubling - don't destroy researchA must read from @prateekbuch"Mark Henderson's outstanding book The Geek Manifesto urges professional scientists and those who want to promote a scientific approach to public policy to unite and to make our presence felt in medicine, in journalism, in the environmental movement and above all in politics. The risks of not doing so have been laid bare all to clearly in the ongoing battle to defend a...

Sanofi to Start China Clinical Trial of Cancer Drug In-licensed from SIBSSanofi hopes to begin a Phase I clinical trial in China next year of a novel drug that targets liver cancer. The molecule inhibits the slit-robo signaling path that controls tumor vasculature and tumor growth, a discovery made by researchers at th...

EnergyToolsInt.com Debuts New Web Design to Deliver Simplified Steps to a Complex Science for Product EnhancementConstance and Yury Kronn are pleased to debut their newly revamped website, EnergyToolsInt.com. The new informational and user-friendly site enables online users to understand the phenomena behind the application of modern science they developed to enhance a versatile spectrum of everyday consumer products; this blue-ribbon technology will one day influence many future technologies. Eagle Point, O...

Environmentalism and anti-science, how GMOs prove any ideological extremity leads to anti-scienceDenialism blog has a say about the schermozzle looming at the Rothamsted UK agricultural research unit about the organic farming protest mob Take the Flour Back's threat to sabotage legitimate science experiments:Today I read about two individuals who decided on political defections over perceived anti-science amongst their former political allies- one due to climate change, the other for anti-GMO...

Joe Pezzini, COO of Ocean Mist Farms, Member of Produce Marketing Association’s Board of Directors and Chairman of PMA’s Food Safety, Science and Technology Committee, Issues StatementJoe Pezzini, COO of Ocean Mist Farms in Castroville, Calif., member of Produce Marketing Association’s board of directors and chairman of PMA’s Food Safety, Science and Technology Committee, today issued the following statement in response to the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Data Program report: “This report re...

Great Wall Chinese Medicine Has a Big Event on DiabetesScottsdale, AZ, May 26, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS) is the largest and most prestigious TCM research organization in China. CACMS coordinates joint efforts with the World Health organization. CACMS and Great Wall Chinese Medicine have joined together to establish a partnership to serve the community through an ongoing seminar series focusing on how both...

Advanced Brain boosting Supplement, Ultra Mind & Mood, Uses State of the Art Natural Health Science to Improve Cognitive PerformancePURx Health announces its latest all-natural supplement, Ultra Mind & Mood. By incorporating principal vitamins, amino acids, traditional herbs with nutritional science and rigorous research, Ultra Mind & Mood brain boosting supplements enhance focus, clarity, memory and mood. Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) May 25, 2012 PURx Health is excited to introduce Ultra Mind & Mood, an all-natural c...

The Impact of Seed Policy Reforms and Intellectual Property Rights on Crop Productivity in IndiaAbstract. The growth of private investment in developing-country agriculture, new advances in the biological sciences, and rapid integration of developing countries into the global trading system has heightened interest in the topic of seed market and intellectual property rights’ (IPRs) policies among public policy-makers, corporate decision-makers and other actors in the agricultural sec...

Combo Of Heat Shock Protein Inhibitor And Hormonal Therapy Being Tested In Breast Cancer Clinical TrialPushed to the brink of survival, the hyper-driven cells of a cancerous tumor tap into an ancient system that has helped organisms cope with internal stresses and environmental challenges since life began. As an integral part of this system, heat shoc...

Findings May Lead To Strategies To Treat Age-Related Diseases And Improve Regenerative MedicineStem cells are essential building blocks for all organisms, from plants to humans. They can divide and renew themselves throughout life, differentiating into the specialized tissues needed during development, as well as cells necessary to repair adul...

Orphan Sleep Drug Findings May Lead To New Cancer TherapiesA new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that an inexpensive "orphan drug" for the treatment of sleep disorders seems to be a potent inhibitor of cancer cells...

Diabetes Treatment - Potential New TargetThe online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports that Cincinnati University (UC) researchers have discovered that apolipoprotein A-IV (apoA-IV), a naturally produced protein that has the ability to reduce blood sugar leve...

Proteomic analysis of immunocamouflaged surfaces(Science in China Press) The immunocamouflage of cell surfaces by grafted polymers holds great potential in clinical medicine. In the current issue of Science China Life Sciences, researchers with the Canadian Blood Services have used proteomic analy...

Luddite Greens repeatedly and viscerally anti-science - Take the Flour Back is the latest incarnationAdam Rutherford in the comments at Comment is free does a better job than Sunny Hundal, so let's accept Sense About Science's Tweeted suggestion and promote him to top billing:Dear Sunny,Some interesting points, and a considered pov, as usual. A couple of things worth noting. I'm interested in the longview of opposition to biotechnology that is based on recombinant DNA. Since its discovery/inventi...

Get Involved: the Salary Survey is Now Open for Life ScienceHelp The Scientist compile the latest data on salaries within the life-science community. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 25, 2012 The Scientist’s annual Salary Survey is now open to the life science community. With the help of researchers, the magazine provides insights into how salaries from various specialties and fields range in this dynamic industry. Responses are used to compile the most up-...

Cannabis Science Gets Set to Release “Phytiva” Its Newest Brand of Over-the-Counter Skin and Nutraceutical Product Lines Through its Newest Venture Phytiva Pharmaceuticals Inc.Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTCBB: CBIS), a pioneering U.S. biotech company developing pharmaceutical cannabis (marijuana) products, is pleased to provide insight on the upcoming release of its’ new over-the-counter skin and nutraceutical product line to be branded “Phytiva” through its newest venture Phytiva Pharmaceuticals Inc. The Company is working as...

Mass. Moves to Require End-of-Life TalksWBUR radio and Kaiser News report that the Massachusetts Senate has quietly approved a measure requiring doctors and nurses to discuss end of life options with patients who have a terminal illness. The Palliative Care Awareness bill was included as p...

CIRM awards $69 million in grantsThe California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded $69.4 million in 21 Early Translational III awards across 11 universities and institutions. CIRM said three of the projects also will receive collaborative funding from the governments of Aus...

Pacific Quest Announces New Clinician HiresPacific Quest Wilderness Therapy, an outdoor therapeutic program for struggling adolescents and young adults, announces the hiring of two new primary clinicians, Haley Robinson and Bridger Jensen Hilo, HI (PRWEB) May 25, 2012 Pacific Quest Wilderness Therapy is pleased to announce the addition of two new clinicians to our Ohana! Haley Robinson and Bridger Jensen will both be joining Pacific Quest...

Visitor Insurance Leadership Award for NRIOLRICHMOND, Va., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- International Services Inc. (d.b.a. NRIOL), providers of Health Insurance for Visitors & Health Insurance for International Students within the US and abroad, earned the 2011 Excellence in International Healthcare/Medical Tourism Leadership Award at the second annual World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress. The recently conc...

CEM President and CEO Delivers Commencement Address at the 2012 University of Texas at Austin Chemistry and Biochemistry Department GraduationMATTHEWS, N.C., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CEM Corporation president and CEO Michael J. Collins delivered the commencement address for the University of Texas at Austin Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, which was held on May 18, 2012. Collins received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University and has been a member of the Advisory Board for the Chemistry Department at the school...

Top court to hear doctors’ end-of-life appealThe Supreme Court of Canada decided Thursday to hear an appeal by doctors over who has the final authority to end a comatose patient’s life. (CTV)

HealthCor Obtains Expedited Review by Delaware Court of Chancery for Lawsuit Against AllscriptsNEW YORK, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthCor Management, L.P. ("HealthCor") today announced that the Delaware Court of Chancery has granted its motion for an expedited hearing on the complaint HealthCor filed against Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) ("Allscripts" or "the Company"). The Court has established a hearing date of June 14, 2012. HealthCor s...

Partnering Activity Increases 40% at ChinaBio® Partnering ForumChinaBio® LLC and EBD Group, co-producers of the ChinaBio® Partnering Forum, held May 22-24 in Suzhou, today announced that the fourth edition of the event attracted 719 attendees from 390 companies and 23 countries who engaged in more tha...

The Medicalization of Everyday Life“Psychiatry is medicalization, through and through. Whatever aspect of psychiatry psychiatrists claim is not medicalization, is not medicalization only if it deals with proven disease, in which case...

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