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| January/February 2009 |
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In this Month's Issue:
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Dear SAB Member,
As a valued member, I want to invite you to join The Science Advisory Board and me at the first annual "Consumer Genetics Show." This is part of a new initiative to get The Science Advisory Board Staff out of the office and into the world to socialize with our current membership, and to recruit new members. In appreciation for the time and thoughtfulness you put into The Science Advisory Board initiatives (study participation, forums, blogs, and general content submission), I am pleased to announce that as part of our sponsorship of this event I have negotiated a significant 20% discount for all current members! Join us in welcoming the era of "personal genetics" as demonstrated by the advent of fast, cheap, whole genome sequencing and the emergence of companies such as "23andMe" and "Navigenics." We expect the "Consumer Genetics Show" to be an ideal forum for consumers and industry leaders to discuss issues facing the field: best practices, how to navigate the healthcare system, scientific and technological advances, legal and regulatory challenges, and more. Of course, don't forget to come by our Booth to say hello!
The Consumer Genetics Show
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Speakers Include: Look for additional details forthcoming on ScienceBoard.net and at ConsumerGeneticsShow.com. I very much hope that I will be able to meet you in Boston, and of course, I continue to appreciate your participation! With best regards,
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Interesting Forum Threads
In Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture: How are novel chemotheraputics found?
In Biomedical News & Views: $155,000 for a cloned dog?
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sab news
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| Lori Kelman, Ph.D. |
G.D. Heda, Ph.D. |
Maria Ricatti, M.D. |
Doncho Donev, M.D., Ph.D. |
Lori Kelman, Ph.D., is Chair of the Department of Natural Sciences at Montgomery College and Editor of BIOS, a quarterly biology journal of the Tri-Beta Biological Honor Society. Kelman received her Ph.D. from Sloan-Kettering Institute/Weill Cornell Medical Center before teaching at Iona College, NY. She later relocated to Washington D.C. for a sabattical at the National Institutes of Health and a subsequent position at Montgomery College. In this Member Spotlight, Kelman discusses her teaching responsibilities at Montgomery College and her increasing involvement with BIOS over the years.
G.D. Heda, Ph.D, is currently an Assistant Professor of Biology at the Mississippi University for Women. Previously, Heda was a Research Biologist at the V.A. Medical Center, and was a joint faculty appointment with the department of medicine at the University of Tenneesee Health Sciences Center. Since joining the V.A. Medical Center, Memphis, in 1995, he has worked on various aspects of cystic fibrosis (CF). Heda's research career spans over 25 years of working in academic, industrial, and government settings.
Maria Ricatti, M.D., is a Staff Scientist at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Faculty of Medicine, Argentina. She began working at the Instituto de Biologia Celular y Neurociencias "Profesor Eduardo De Robertis", School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires in 1999 with Dr. H. Rios and Dr. A. Brusco in Developmental Neurobiology; beginning the first year with the study of chick retina, and then with the study of neurogenesis in the rat and mouse cerebellum. Here she was trained in histology, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy techniques, before receiving her M.D. in 2004.
Doncho M. Donev received his M.D. at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Medical Faculty in Skopje, Macedonia, in 1973, where he also completed his specialization in social medicine in 1981. From 1983-1985 he completed his postgraduate studies in social medicine in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and later received his Ph.D. at Skopje University Medical Faculty in 1993. He pursued his postdoctoral studies in public health (Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program) at Emory University School of Public Health in Atlanta, GA, USA, in 1993-1994. Since 2003 he has been a full-time Professor of Social Medicine at Skopje University Medical Faculty.
Are you interested in being interviewed for an SAB Member Spotlight? Contact k.henwood@scienceboard.net.
Ketan Desai, M.D., Ph.D. -
Not too many folks consider India when thinking of pharmaceutical services. That is changing. The pharmaceutical service sector was somewhat late to the outsourcing party compared to the IT sector, but it is expanding quite well. According to research firm Frost & Sullivan, the pharmaceutical outsourcing business in India will grow to around $7B by 2013. A report by Value Notes forecasts a growth of 23.6% annually for the industry up to 2010.
Suresh D. Sharma, Ph.D. -
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a small-enveloped RNA virus, known to cause hepatitis C, a life threatening disease. An estimate by WHO suggests that a minimum of 2-3% of the world's population is chronically infected with HCV [1-3]. HCV is spread by direct contact with infected blood and blood products. Availability of injectable therapies and illicit uses of injectable drugs have had a tremendous influence on HCV epidemiology in developed nations. In contrast, in the developing countries, lack of proper cleaning, disinfection of tools and equipments used in hospital and dental clinics remain a major source of virus transmission.
William Ward, Ph.D. -
On October 8, 2008, the Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to green fluorescent protein (GFP) researchers Shimomura, Chalfie, and Tsien. This award is as much a celebration of basic research as it is an acknowledgement of the achievements of three accomplished researchers. An exciting and mysterious phenomenon, bioluminescence has been studied by scientists and philosophers for centuries. In his classic 1952 treatise on bioluminescence, E. N. Harvey quotes Pliny the Elder, Aristotle and other ancient scholars who were captivated by bioluminescence and sought to learn its secrets. Even the word luciferin has ancient roots, coming from the Roman god Lucifer, originally the bearer of light (later the god of the underworld). The successes celebrated a few months ago all have their roots in hundreds of years of basic researchÐresearch for the sake of research.
Sergey N. Rumyantsev, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. -
The present article is devoted to try and revise two main myths of contemporary oncology based on well-known data about cancer manifestations in the light of recent all-pathological and genetic discoveries. The hypothesis is that potentially cancerous cell clones appear in the body as a result of crossbreeding between persons with partially different genomes. The clones exist in the body before postnatal ontogenesis, and for many decades exist as multiple, stochastically distributed cell populations in full concordance with general rules of cell reproduction and tissue growth. But, at a certain age (mainly after 40 years of age), according to specific programs of ontogenesis, the clones begin malignant development induced by a set of unknown events. The cells become constitutionally immune to normal regulators of cell reproduction and tissue growth, thus initiating the malignancy.
Tahira Farooqui, Ph.D. -
Honey, a sweet and viscous fluid with a unique flavor, is produced by honeybees from the nectar of various flowers. Honey offers many medicinal uses described in traditional medicine, in addition to just commonly being used as a sweetener. Modern medicine also finds it efficacious in various medical and surgical conditions. The objective of this perspective is to discuss the chemical composition and pharmacological properties of honey that are responsible for its therapeutic uses, previously encountered as 'hidden miracles' of honey.
William Ward, Ph.D. -
When scientific discoveries began to reap huge monetary benefits for corporations, university administrators began to realize that "there's gold in them thar hills." Why should university professors unearth the "gold" and then give it away to corporations freely, with no compensation to the professors and none to the university administration? University administrations concluded that there should be offices of technology transfer to enable new research discoveries to monetarily benefit the university--not just the corporations.
Life Sciences Tools of the Trade: In which we discuss the budget
Humans in Science: Winter Storms
Science: Uncovering & Discovering: Genomic Imprinting in Mammals
Study Snapshot
How Online Media Affects Traditional Publishing Methods
Recently, over 1,500 of your colleagues participated in a study investigating the evolution of online scientific media and how it affects the use of traditional publications such as print journals, magazines, newspapers and other circulations. Established publishing companies initially responded to the possible threat of online media by adopting an online format and creating online subscriptions services. Traditional media outlets remain concerned about the increasing amount of scientific information that is available online for free, in addition to the evolving means for scientists to collaborate and transfer information through outlets such as online forums, chat rooms, wikis, podcasts, and online scientific communities ("social media"). This study presents the expectations and preferences of scientists.
Website Review: Tubercolosis Database
Book Review: Jacobson's Organ: The Remarkable Nature of Smell
Product Review: Lonza MycoAlert
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