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Viral Protein Behind Chronic Inflammation in People with HIV: Study
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Dec 12, 2022 | 3 min read
The HIV protein Nef can cause long-term genetic changes that lead to hyperreactive immune cells, according to research in human cells and mice. 
Finding Nemo with electricity
Elie Dolgin | Nov 25, 2008 | 2 min read
Researchers have discovered an electrifying love story in the turbid rivers of the lower Congo rapids. Elephant-nosed electric fish find and recognize their mates through crackling communications, according a study published today (Nov. 25) in__ linkurl:Biology Letters.;http://publishing.royalsociety.org/index.cfm?page=1566 Campylomormyrus__ elephant-nosed fish have a specialized muscular organ that emits millivolt-strength electric signals -- too weak for humans to much notice but powerful eno
Groups call for strict conflict rules
Bob Grant | Feb 27, 2008 | 1 min read
Two national academic associations have called on US academic institutions to develop and implement rules that manage institution-wide conflicts of interest and refine rules that deal with conflicts among faculty of medical schools, teaching hospitals, and research universities. The linkurl:report,;https://services.aamc.org/Publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=Product.displayForm&prd_id=220&prv_id=268 issued today (Feb. 28) by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American A
Congress questions acting NIEHS director
Bob Grant | Sep 25, 2007 | 2 min read
linkurl:Samuel Wilson,;http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/ad/index.cfm acting director of NIH's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, said today that he intends to restore cuts to NIEHS programs that focus on disease prevention, long-term epidemiological research, education and outreach. His comments came at a congressional hearing held by the linkurl:House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy.;http://domesticpolicy.oversight.house.gov/ linkurl:Dennis Kucinich;http://kucinich.house.gov/
NIH to study health after spill
Bob Grant | Aug 17, 2010 | 2 min read
The National Institutes of Health is planning a $10 million study to track the long-term health effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. Image: National Oceanographic andAtmospheric AdministrationIn a conference call with reporters, public health practitioners, and members of the Gulf Coast community, linkurl:Dale Sandler,;http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/epi/chronic/index.cfm an epidemiologist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Scien
Publish or post?
Jef Akst | Aug 8, 2010 | 4 min read
A new European-funded initiative is advocating an entirely new system of science publishing, in which scientists avoid the hassles of traditional peer review by taking a quietly radical step: post their results on their websites. Image: Wikimedia commons, GfloresAs the linkurl:news release;http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&BrowsingType=Features&ID=91404 for LiquidPublication simply states: "Don't print it; post it." To disseminate the information, the progra
A building behind trees
Ford Foundation Sunsets Diversity Fellowships
Andy Carstens | Sep 27, 2022 | 6 min read
For more than 50 years, the program has served as a pipeline to get more scholars of color into academic institutions.
New NIEHS leader looks ahead
Bob Grant | Dec 8, 2008 | 2 min read
Researchers at NIH's long-beleaguered National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) are hopeful that the institute's new head, toxicologist linkurl:Linda Birnbaum;http://www.f1000biology.com/about/biography/3056654395292771, will be able to right the ship after the rocky tenure of ex-NIEHS director David Schwartz. linkurl:Chris Portier,;http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/orar/index.cfm associate director of NIEHS, said that there are key differences between Schwartz and Birnbaum. "
Artist’s 3D rendering of malignant cancer cells, illustrated in pink, as it would appear under a scanning electron microscope.
Underdog Enzyme Likely Responsible for Mutations in Most Cancers
Sophie Fessl, PhD | Jul 28, 2022 | 3 min read
A previously overlooked enzyme called APOBEC3A is linked to the most prevalent mutational signatures in cancer cell lines, a study finds.
Cheers for UK science budget
Stephen Pincock | Mar 21, 2007 | 1 min read
After all the linkurl:wailing and gnashing of teeth;http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/52939/ in the UK recently over science budget cuts, the government is in the good books again. Why? The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, has vowed long term increases in funding in his latest (and probably last) linkurl:budget;http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget/budget_07/bud_bud07_index.cfm announcement. Broadly speaking, the budget includes a promise that total investment in the public sci

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