Science Education & Policy

Schizophrenia is one of the most debilitating of the major psychiatric disorders, and is also one of the most difficult to treat. Although numerous antipsychotic treatments are available, they can cause significant side effects and many patients experience only a partial relief of their symptoms and up to 30% no relief at all. In a new study in Biological Psychiatry, Dr. Stephen Marder of UCLA and colleagues examined the efficacy and safety of a new psychotropic agent for the treatment of schizophrenia in a 6-week, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. The authors studied paliperidone…

PLYMOUTH, England, December 13 /PRNewswire/ -- - How do you Know if you Need to Call the Vet? - Is it Urgent? - Can it Wait Until a Normal Working Day? Vet Help Direct is a free, interactive, online guide to help dog, horse, cat and rabbit owners decide if they need to contact the vet, and if so, how urgently. The website helps to alleviate the 'Can it wait until the next normal working day?' dilemma when faced with an ill or injured animal at night or on a bank holiday. The site is designed and run by British vets and is the first of its kind anywhere on the internet. Simply choose the…

REHOVOT, Israel and NEW YORK, December 13 /PRNewswire/ -- - Target Diseases for This Collaboration are Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma, Transformed Follicular Lymphoma, and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Collaboration to Develop MicroRNA-Based Diagnostics Test, Early Detection and Prognosis. - 43,000 People Will be Diagnosed With These Types of Cancers in 2007 in the US Alone(1) - MicroRNAs Hold Significant Potential as Highly Sensitive and Specific Biomarkers for Hematological Cancers - Collaboration Also Will Seek to Identify MicroRNA (miRNA) Targets for Therapeutic Applications Rosetta…

LONDON, December 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Marian Salzman, the world's no. 1 Trendspotter and Chief Marketing Officer at JWT Worldwide, is back for the third year along with Ann Mack, Director of Trendspotting at JWT, with their fascinating annual forecasts for 2008. Marian has previously brought us the metrosexual man, domestic divas, globesity, fortification and wiggers (white kids who want to be black). Trends covered include Health, Travel, Home, Technology, Fashion and Beauty. (For more detailed information on the trends below and information on many others please see contact details below…

PARIS, December 13 /PRNewswire/ -- "We need to concentrate on the most cost-effective measures to reduce CO2 emissions in transport", stressed Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali on Thursday. Too often high cost and low impact measures are being chosen, he criticised. Because the challenge for the sector to reduce its CO2 emissions is immense, neither industrial nor developing countries can afford to get priorities wrong. "By achieving the required emission reductions at the lowest overall cost, it is…

MALVERN, Pennsylvania, December 13 /PRNewswire/ -- - Solstice Neurosciences, Inc. Launches a Self-Guided Lesson as Prep for In-Person Workshops In recognition that physician comfort and knowledge with techniques around botulinum toxin injections lead to the best results for patients with cervical dystonia (CD), Solstice Neurosciences, Inc. (Solstice) has created MYOBLOC(TM) University, an online, self-study resource that incorporates new learning technology. The course integrates multi-dimensional, life-like animation throughout the content -- with anatomy based on real patients with CD and…

LONDON, December 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), a leading European technical university. According to the agreement, Qualcomm now owns certain intellectual property rights directed to signal processing and will provide a research grant to EPFL. The research grant will enable EPFL to continue its pioneering research and work with Qualcomm to generate research ideas that can…

Gene flow from genetically modified crop plants to their wild relatives will have little overall impact on human health or the environment, predicts a team of researchers in a report released today by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. Gene flow -- the movement of genes from one plant population to another -- has always occurred naturally but has drawn particular attention during the past 10 years, as genetically modified crop plants have moved into commercial production. "Regulatory requirements and market standards that are specific to crops developed using biotechnology…

STOCKHOLM, December 12 /PRNewswire/ -- - Award-Winning Desktop Storage Device Easily and Reliably Stores, Protects and Expands as Data Needs Grow Data Robotics today announced the official Swedish launch of Drobo, the world's first storage robot. Drobo is a striking black desktop device that connects via any USB 2.0 port on a Mac or Windows PC. Under its magnetically attached faceplate are four bays that can accept any brand, size, speed or capacity mix of standard 3.5" SATA internal hard drives (sold separately and available at most electronics stores). Following its US launch earlier…

LONDON, December 12 /PRNewswire/ -- - Award-Winning Desktop Storage Device Easily and Reliably Stores, Protects and Expands as Data Needs Grow Data Robotics today announced the official UK and Ireland launch of Drobo, the world's first storage robot. Drobo is a striking black desktop device that connects via any USB 2.0 port on a Mac or Windows PC. Under its magnetically attached faceplate are four bays that can accept any brand, size, speed or capacity mix of standard 3.5" SATA internal hard drives (sold separately and available at most electronics stores). Following its US launch…