Science Education & Policy

GuardianEdge Expands U.K. Presence With New Partner IT Security Experts Ltd.

LONDON, April 29 /PRNewswire/--- Partnership Addresses Increased Market Demand for Endpoint Data Protection Solutions GuardianEdge, the leading provider of endpoint data protection for the enterprise, today announced it has added IT Security Experts Ltd. ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 29 2008 - 2:31am

Mediterranean Whales And Dolphins Are In Crisis

ZURICH, Switzerland, April 29 /PRNewswire/--- NGOS Join Forces to Protect Cetacean Populations in the Region The conservation status of whales and dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea is of growing concern due to increasing pressure from human activities. Un ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 29 2008 - 3:31am

Patient Groups And Other Stakeholders Call For Rethink On Public Health, Innovation And Access To Medicines

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 29 /PRNewswire/-- Developing countries need more than just access to medicines, and should not be fooled into thinking there is a quick fix for their health needs, the AIDS Institute, Alliance for Health, Education, and Developm ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 29 2008 - 7:31am

'Zero Day Threat' Focus Of May 7 Liberty Alliance Privacy In An Online, Web 2.0 World Webcast

WASHINGTON, April 29 /PRNewswire/--- Public Webcast Features Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz, Technology Reporters with USA Today and Authors of the Book, Zero Day Threat Liberty Alliance, the global identity community working to build a more trust-worthy in ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 29 2008 - 8:34am

Nexenta Systems Launches NexentaStor 1.0

PALO ALTO, California, April 29 /PRNewswire/--- Highlights differences vs. legacy solutions Nexenta Systems, Inc., developer of NexentaStor(TM), the leading enterprise class storage management software taking an open source approach to market, is pleased ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 29 2008 - 8:34am

Gunther Von Hagens' BODY WORLDS Exhibitions Mark 25th Million Visitor Milestone

DENVER, April 29 /PRNewswire/-- Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS, the traveling anatomical exhibitions of donor bodies welcomes its 25th million visitor this week. Though it will not be known if the distinction will go to a visitor entering the turnst ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 29 2008 - 8:34am

New Thomson Reuters Biomarkers Report Shines A Light On Revolutionary New Area Of Drug Development

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, April 29 /PRNewswire/--- Biomarkers to Open the Door to Personalized Medicine and Represents a Seismic Shift for the Pharma Industry The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of a new biomarkers report, ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 29 2008 - 12:30pm

Florida, Critical Thinking And Evolution

Here we go again, just this morning the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill that directs teachers to engage in “critical analysis” of evolution in public schools. The bill’s chief sponsor, Republican Alan Hays of Umatilla, says that evolution “ ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Apr 30 2008 - 6:20am

Whose Genome?

The term "genome" is oft-heard but seldom defined, and indeed has more than one meaning. Little wonder, then, that discussions about genome sequences and comparisons thereof can leave otherwise interested audiences more frustrated than enlightene ...

Article - T. Ryan Gregory - Apr 30 2008 - 7:31am

Revising Research Ethics In Developing Countries

Biomedical research in developing countries is the kind of ethical condundrum we all think about. On one hand, infectious diseases may cause up to half of all deaths in undeveloped nations(1), so no one needs advanced treatments more. On the other hand, th ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 1 2008 - 12:46am