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Oxygen Key Switch in Transforming Adult Stem Cells from Fat Into Cartilage.
February 2, 2003... Byline: Duke University NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- In their ongoing research on turning adult stem cells isolated from fat into cartilage, Duke University Medical Center researchers have demonstrated that the level of oxygen...

News for Every Parent: Ways to Protect Your Infant From Sudden Death; Research Examines Why African-American Infants Are at Greater Risk.
February 2, 2003... Byline: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Why is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome more common among African-American infants than in babies of other races? Research in this month's issue of Pediatrics suggests...

Using RNA Interference to Tune Gene Activity in Stem Cells: New Method for Study, Treatment of Disease.
February 2, 2003... Byline: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The application of RNA interference (RNAi) to the study of mammalian biology and disease has the potential to revolutionize biomedical research and...

Parental Involvement in Migrant Education Is at Home, Not at School.
February 3, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The traditional definition of parent involvement many times doesn't work when it comes to migrant education, according to Gerardo Lopez, an assistant professor at...

Mentors of Women, by Women, for Women Growing in Importance, National Survey Indicates.
February 3, 2003... Byline: Simmons College BOSTON, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- In steadily growing numbers, women in corporate America appear to be tapping into the power of female mentors to help themselves and the women below them succeed in business,...

First Step Along Possible New Avenue of Cancer Research Reported; Findings Reported In the Journal Science.
February 3, 2003... Byline: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Georgetown University have identified a surprising molecular link between two mammalian proteins of very different types. They report in a...

Marine Advanced Technology Education Center Holds 5th Annual Summer Institutes for Faculty Development.
February 3, 2003... Byline: Marine Advanced Technology Education Center MONTEREY, Calif., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Educators from across the U.S. are invited to dive into marine science and technology this summer during the Marine Advanced Technology...

Buddhist Engineer, Iowa Farmer, Gospel Singer Announce Organic Tofu Partnership.
February 3, 2003... Byline: Straus Communications WATSONVILLE, Calif., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- California's leading organic tofu maker, Wildwood Natural Foods, announced today a strategic merger with Iowa-based Midwest-Harvest, a family-owned organic...

Wake Forest University's Angell Center Wins Top Honor Among MBA Entrepreneurship Programs.
February 3, 2003... Byline: Babcock Graduate School of Management WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Angell Center for Entrepreneurship at Wake Forest University's Babcock Graduate School of Management took first place in the National Model...

John F. Kennedy University Appoints Therese A. Cannon as Dean of School of Law.
February 3, 2003... Byline: John F. Kennedy University WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- John F. Kennedy University has appointed Therese A. Cannon as the new dean of the School of Law. University President Charles E. Glasser said, "Teri...

Fighting Fire With Fire? Vaccine Based on Chimp Virus Shows Promise Against HIV.
February 3, 2003... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a new study in mice, a modified form of an innocuous chimpanzee virus has shown marked potency as a protective vaccine against HIV, itself believed to have crossed...

Toddlers Have Difficulty Understanding Relationship Between Video, Reality.
February 3, 2003... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- When a toddler sees herself on a home video, she may say "baby" or "girl" or think it is her sister on television. She knows she is here, in the real world - who...

Anthropologist Pens an Artful Natural History of the Amazon: 'In Amazonia: A Natural History,' by Hugh Raffles.
February 3, 2003... Byline: University of California, Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- With his new book "In Amazonia: A Natural History," anthropologist Hugh Raffles has set a new standard for the genre of natural history, artfully...

The Dollars and Sense of Protecting the Ocean: Groundbreaking Research Released on Economics of Marine Protected Areas.
February 3, 2003... Byline: SeaWeb WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time anywhere, the analysis of leading economists and ecologists worldwide has been brought together in one place, to examine the economics of Marine Protected Areas...

New Way of Analyzing Hospital Visit Data Improves Ability to Detect Bioterrorist Attacks; Approach Could Help to Quickly, Reliably Identify Outbreaks, Speed Response.
February 3, 2003... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of scientists at Children's Hospital Boston presents a new way to detect bioterrorist attacks by analyzing hospital visit data over time. The researchers...

Household Tasks Can Be Problematic for Female Cardiac Patients, University of Iowa Professor Says.
February 3, 2003... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Returning too soon to traditional household tasks, such as cleaning and laundry, may be contributing to poor health and even death among female cardiac patients. New...

Two UC San Diego Computer Scientists Elected Association of Computing Machinery Fellows.
February 3, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two professors at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Jacobs School of Engineering have been elected Fellows of the Association for Computing...

Purdue University Researchers Connect Life's Blueprints With Its Energy Source; Key Find Could Spur Nanotechnology.
February 3, 2003... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Purdue University research team that recently created a tiny motor out of synthetic biological molecules has found further evidence that RNA molecules can...

Fresno State to Hold Service for Col. Husband Wed., Feb. 5; Students Set Up Photo Display, Expression Board on Campus Today.
February 3, 2003... Byline: Calif. State University, Fresno FRESNO, Calif., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A tribute in memory of Col. Rick Husband has been set for Wed., Feb. 5 at noon on the California State University, Fresno campus, President John D. Welty...

UC Riverside Hosts KPCC's 'Talk of the City'; Live Broadcast to Celebrate Campus' 26th Annual Writers Week and Discuss Riverside Police Department Reform.
February 3, 2003... Byline: University of California, Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A special Inland Empire edition of KPCC's news magazine Talk of the City with Kitty Felde will be broadcast live on 89.3 FM from UC Riverside's...

Georgia Nugent Named Eighteenth President of Kenyon College.
February 3, 2003... Byline: Kenyon College GAMBIER, Ohio, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- S. Georgia Nugent, the dean of Princeton University's Harold W. McGraw Jr. Center for Teaching and Learning, has been selected by the Kenyon College Board of Trustees to...

Undersea Diving Found Safe for Older Divers.
February 3, 2003... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recreational divers who continue to dive into their later years should be able to continue their hobby without worrying about being held back solely because of their age,...

University of Wisconsin Study Reports Sustained Changes in Brain, Immune Function After Meditation; Study Done at Promega Corp., Fitchburg.
February 4, 2003... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a small but highly provocative study, a University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has found, for the first time, that a short program in...

Sapphire/Slammer Worm Shatters Previous Speed Records for Spreading Through the Internet, California Computer Experts Report.
February 4, 2003... Byline: San Diego Supercomputer Center SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of network security experts in California has determined that the computer worm that attacked and hobbled the global Internet 11 days ago was the...

Homeownership Helps Boost Children's Educational Achievement, Reduce Behavior Problems, Study Finds.
February 4, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Parents who own their own home may be helping to boost their children's educational achievements and even reduce behavioral problems, according to a new nationwide...

Receptor That Protects Mice From Toxic Overload May Hold Key to Cholesterol-Related Illnesses in Humans.
February 4, 2003... Byline: City of Hope National Medical Center LOS ANGELES, Calif., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that a receptor in the cells of mice that protects them from...

Engineer Who Has Worked for NASA Says Several Failures May Have Contributed to Shuttle Disaster.
February 4, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- As NASA and the rest of the nation probe the reasons behind the Columbia disaster, one thing is certain -- there will be no easy answers. Catastrophic events in...

Race, Rights and Revivalism: University of Arkansas Historian Examines Religion in Civil Rights Movement.
February 4, 2003... Byline: University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scholarship over the past 30 years has produced countless political analyses of the Civil Rights Movement. But in a new article in the African American Review,...

Leaders in Black Studies Gather for Major Conference, Feb. 6-8.
February 4, 2003... Byline: Princeton University PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Princeton University today released the following advisory. WHO: Leading figures in Black Studies from major universities nationwide WHAT: "The State of...

TV Sex Getting 'Safer,' Kaiser Family Foundation Study Finds; Two-Thirds of Shows Still Include Sexual Content, But More Mention Waiting, Protection, or Consequences Of Sex.
February 4, 2003... Byline: Kaiser Family Foundation BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- While the amount of sex on television remains high, TV sex is more likely than in previous years to include some reference to "safer sex" issues such as...

Vaccine Shortage Study Exposes Nation's 'Patchwork' System; Many Doctors Scrambling to Help Children Get Necessary Shots.
February 4, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- An ongoing national shortage of a vaccine that prevents meningitis and pneumonia in children has left doctors scrambling to provide even the minimum...

Breathing Device May Help Spare Normal Tissue From Radiation Therapy Side Effects.
February 4, 2003... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A special breathing technology may help spare healthy lung, heart and liver tissue from the effects of radiation during treatment for early stage breast cancer....

DePaul University Initiatives Help Bridge 'Digital Divide' By Increasing Access to Technology, Training in Chicago Neighborhoods.
February 4, 2003... Byline: DePaul University CHICAGO, Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- As our nation becomes more technologically focused, there has been much discussion of a growing gap between affluent and poor communities in terms of access to technology and...

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Recognized for Commercializing Technology.
February 4, 2003... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been recognized for transferring technologies that are keeping weapons and...

California State University at Northridge Professors Offer Parents Advice on Explaining War to Children.
February 4, 2003... Byline: Calif. State University, Northridge NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- What is war? As the nation prepares for the possibility of war with Iraq, many parents, particularly those with young children, may find...

Images From Space Spotlight Asian, Australian Pollution.
February 4, 2003... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A visualization of satellite data captured and processed Jan. 1-20, 2003, by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)...

California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, the San Diego Supercomputer Center Bring Powerful OptIPuter Visualization Capabilities to High School Students.
February 5, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) today dedicated the Visualization Center at the Preuss School UCSD, a local middle/high school, to give...

Parental Pressures a Major Factor for Female College Students Considering Suicide.
February 5, 2003... Byline: Pennsylvania State University UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Female college students with mothers expecting perfection and fathers who support the mother are more likely to contemplate suicide than peers from...

Patients Benefit When Hospitals Use Computer, Not Paper, to Fulfill Physician Orders.
February 5, 2003... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hospitals may be able to significantly cut the time it takes to deliver medications to patients and complete X-rays and lab tests by having doctors fill out orders...

'Don't Tell Me What to Do!': Managerial Mandates Least Likely to Influence Employees' Use of New Procedures.
February 5, 2003... Byline: University of Arkansas FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- It seems so simple - the boss says "do it" and the workers comply. But when it comes to adopting new software development methodologies, managerial mandates...

Study Challenges Assumed Level of TV Advertisement Viewing.
February 5, 2003... Byline: London Business School LONDON, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A two-year research project has just culminated in a shocking report on the nature of advertising viewing. The research questions many of the foundations of the...

Search for 'the One' Leads Down Wrong Path, Says Professor.
February 5, 2003... Byline: Southwest Missouri State University SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- February, not April (despite the poet T.S. Eliot's belief) may be the cruelest month for those single adults who have not yet found the relationships for...

Union Theological Seminary to Inaugurate Henry Luce III Professorship in Reformation Church History.
February 5, 2003... Byline: Union Theological Seminary NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (AScribe News) -- The inaugural celebration for Euan Kerr Cameron, Union Theological Seminary's newest faculty member, marks an important milestone in the history of the Seminary. Dr....

University of Florida Research Shows World Shark Attacks Decline for Second Year in Row.
February 5, 2003... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Feb. 5 (AScribe News) -- A weak economy and excessive fishing may have taken a bite out of shark attacks, which declined in 2002 for the second straight year, a new University of Florida...

50-Year University of Iowa Study: Untreated Late-Onset Scoliosis Does Not Cause Severe Disability.
February 5, 2003... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Findings from the longest-running study of its kind show that individuals with untreated late-onset idiopathic scoliosis (LIS) have life expectancies and health...

Researchers Find Invasive Species Are Healthy Species - They Leave Behind Their Parasites.
February 5, 2003... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 5 (AScribe News) -- Globalization of commerce, especially by ships and air traffic, transports hitchhiking plants and animals around the world and in many cases...

Research Institute Shines as Future Fuels Get National Attention; Fuel-Cell SUV to Be Demonstrated in D.C.
February 5, 2003... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recent events have reinforced the stature of UC Davis' Institute of Transportation Studies as one of the world's leading academic institutions in the study...

Abnormalities in Cellular Anchoring Protein Cause Fatal Heart Syndrome.
February 5, 2003... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- American and French researchers have discovered that mutations that disrupt how ion channels are anchored in the cell can cause a heart condition that...

This Is Your Heart on Drugs: Study Shows Best Way to Help Victims of Heart Problems Caused by Cocaine.
February 5, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The largest-ever study of cocaine users who suffered heart-related effects from taking the drug finds that a specially designed plan of...

Poll Shows Deep Skepticism of Campaign Finance System.
February 5, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Marylanders overwhelmingly believe large campaign contributors buy political influence, yet see smaller political donations as legitimate and...

Hobart Junior Called to Service.
February 5, 2003... Byline: Hobart and William Smith Colleges GENEVA, N.Y., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ten months ago, Hobart junior Peter Beaulieu, a biology major who plans to become a physician, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. "My motivation...

Loud Noises Can Injure Fish Hearing.
February 5, 2003... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research shows that loud noise significantly damages the ears of fish in the wild. In the first ever study of the effects of loud man-made,...

Satellite Helps Scientists See Quake Effects in Remote Areas.
February 5, 2003... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The unique capabilities of a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory-built and managed instrument aboard an Earth- observing satellite have allowed researchers to view...

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Selected by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as Site for Clinical Scholars Program; One of Four Sites Nationwide Competitively Selected as Training Site.
February 5, 2003... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has been selected to serve as training site for the Clinical Scholars Program of The Robert Wood...

California State University at San Bernardino to Host Web-Based Learning Conference.
February 5, 2003... Byline: Calif. State University, San Bernardino SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Worldwide leaders in the field of distance learning will converge for a technology assessment of Web-based Learning conference Feb. 6-7 at...

Dramatic 3-D Video From MRI Tracks Alzheimer's in Living Patients; UCLA-led Project Portends Earlier Diagnosis, Better Treatments.
February 5, 2003... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- UCLA and University of Queensland (Australia) neuroscientists using a powerful new imaging analysis technique have created the first three-dimensional video maps showing how...

National Association for College Admission Counseling Releases First Annual Report on State of College Admission.
February 6, 2003... Byline: National Assn. for College Admission Counseling ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) issued its inaugural "State of College Admission Report" for 2002-03....

Anna Quindlen to Deliver Commencement Address at Colgate University.
February 6, 2003... Byline: Colgate University HAMILTON, N.Y., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling novelist Anna Quindlen will deliver the address at Colgate University's 182nd commencement on Sunday, May 18. In...

Col. Rick Husband Memorial Tribute Coverage Available Online.
February 6, 2003... Byline: Calif. State University, Fresno FRESNO, Calif., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Streaming video highlights of today's Memorial Tribute and the texts of the speeches are now available at www.FresnoStateNews.com for public access. ...

Indiana University Research Examines Gender Differences in Excuses for Failure.
February 6, 2003... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- When men make lame excuses for a poor test performance, women don't buy it, according to research just published by Edward Hirt, a social psychologist at Indiana...

Study Puts Japanese Perceptions of California Rice to the Test.
February 6, 2003... Byline: Calif. State University, Sacramento SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Japanese consumers know rice. And nearly 80 percent of them "know" that California grown rice is inferior to domestically produced rice, and...

Stock Market Simulation Offered to Southern California High School Students.
February 6, 2003... Byline: Calif. State University, Fullerton FULLERTON, Calif., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- High school students will be learning the fundamentals of finance and investment this spring through stock market simulations offered by Cal State...

Harvard Business School Retains Babcock MBA Marketing Case Competition Title.
February 6, 2003... Byline: Babcock Graduate School of Management WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Students from returning champion Harvard Business School successfully defended their title in the 13th annual Babcock MBA Marketing Case...

Doing Well By Doing Good: Rhodes College Students Change - and Save - Lives.
February 6, 2003... Byline: Rhodes College MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rhodes College sophomore Erin Wiles didn't run into a burning building or dive into icy waters to save the life of Lance Williams, a 45-year-old reporter for television...

Taste Receptor Cells Share Common Pathway.
February 6, 2003... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although sweet, bitter and umami (monosodium glutamate) tastes are different, researchers are finding that information about each of these tastes is...

Genetically Modified Zebrafish May Point Way Toward Genes Responsible for T Cell Leukemia, Aid in Drug Development.
February 6, 2003... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists hunting for genes responsible for acute lymphoblastic leukemia have a new compass: a system that uses powerful genetic techniques in a zebrafish model. ...

Resistance is Futile: Insect-Produced Antibiotic, Cecropin A, Bypasses Outer Defenses to Kill Bacteria From the Inside.
February 6, 2003... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- For antibiotics, the best way to beat bacterial defenses may be to avoid them altogether. Researchers at University of Pennsylvania School of...

Cingular Helps Test of MBA Consulting Skills at USC; Eight International Business Schools Compete to Impact Wireless Carrier's Bottom Line at USC Marshall School of Business.
February 6, 2003... Byline: USC Marshall School of Business LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cingular, one of the nation's largest wireless carriers, challenges top business students to develop hypothetical strategic plans increasing the company's...

Economics Nobel Prize Winner Vernon L. Smith to Speak at George Washington University Feb. 19; Smith Will Discuss Markets, Globalization, Prosperity as GW Business School's 2003 Robert P. Maxon Lecturer.
February 6, 2003... Byline: George Washington University School of Business WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vernon L. Smith, the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science winner and professor of economics and law at George Mason University, will...

Former U.S. State Dept. Official for Asia Susan Shirk Can Comment on Nuclear Threat.
February 6, 2003... Byline: University of California, San Diego SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Susan Shirk, a former U.S. State Department official for Asia, can provide commentary to the news media on issues surrounding the nuclear threat presented...

Power to the Pupil: Children, Parents Learn Benefits of Liberal-Arts Education in Day of Entertaining Intellectual Events at Pomona College.
February 6, 2003... Byline: Pomona College CLAREMONT, Calif., Feb. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Can chaos theory be illustrated in a duet by a computer and an electric cello? Is it possible for Americans to overcome their infatuation with junk food? Can...

Life Sciences Institute at University of Michigan Names External Advisory Board.
February 7, 2003... Byline: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan has named a 15-member external advisory board of leading figures from science and industry to guide its...

Stubble Equals Trouble? Shaving, Heart Disease and Stroke.
February 7, 2003... Byline: AlphaGalileo BRISTOL, England, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- How often a man shaves may be a marker of his susceptibility to heart disease, according to new research from the University of Bristol, published in the American Journal...

Association of University Technology Managers, National Technology Transfer Center Collaborate on Distance Learning Professional Development Endeavor.
February 7, 2003... Byline: The National Technology Transfer Center WHEELING, W.Va., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two organizations dedicated to technology transfer are collaborating on a distance learning partnership designed to offer technology management...

Gene Loss Creates Age- and Gender-Dependent Cancer Syndrome in Mice.
February 7, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have discovered that loss of a gene already implicated in human cancers also leads to age- and...

Mott Foundation Grant Supports Continued Evaluation of Quality Afterschool Programs.
February 7, 2003... Byline: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation FLINT, Michigan, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Studying the impacts and identifying the best practices of school-based/school-linked afterschool programs is the purpose of a four-year, $3.6-million...

University of Puget Sound Names Ronald R. Thomas Next President.
February 7, 2003... Byline: University of Puget Sound TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ronald R. Thomas, college vice president at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., was elected president of the University of Puget Sound Thursday, Feb. 6. He will...

Low Amniotic Fluid No Risk to Normal Birth.
February 7, 2003... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Doctors may not have to deliver a baby early if it has low amniotic fluid surrounding it, Johns Hopkins obstetricians report. In a study to be presented...

Syracuse University Co-Sponsors International Forum to Spur Internet Access in Caribbean Nations.
February 7, 2003... Byline: Syracuse University SYRACUSE, N.Y., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a country such as the United States, where the vast majority of businesses, industry, schools and households have access to the latest broadband technologies and...

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Film Fest Fetes Director Big on Bugs - the Bigger the Better.
February 7, 2003... Byline: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- In celebration of its 20th bug-infested anniversary, the Insect Fear Film Festival at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is bringing in...

Science & Technology Tips From Washington University in St. Louis: Genome, Evolution, Calculators, Women Engineers.
February 7, 2003... Byline: Washington University, St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following are news and feature story ideas from Washington University in St. Louis. For more information on any of the stories below or for assistance in...

Cloning Pioneer James Robl to Keynote Mount Holyoke College Spring Series, 'The Political Embryo: Reconceiving Human Reproduction'.
February 7, 2003... Byline: Mount Holyoke College SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bacteria do it. Yeasts do it. Even some snails, shrimp, and aphids do it. But while all of these creatures reproduce asexually through cloning, creating an...

Marine Scientist, Explorer Robert D. Ballard Appointed to UC Santa Barbara Geology Department.
February 7, 2003... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Renowned marine scientist and underwater explorer Robert D. Ballard has been appointed as an adjunct professor of geological sciences at the...

NASA El Nino Expert to Speak at Long Beach Weather Fair.
February 7, 2003... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- As a dry Southern California braces for a possible return to wet weather next week, a NASA oceanographer known for studying how Earth's oceans affect our...