Hans Keirstead: Faith, hope, and sober caution

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Hans Keirstead, assistant professor at the Reeve-Irvine Research Center in Irvine, California, discusses his thesis on a method for regenerating damaged spinal cords by the removal of myelin. He feels that a real advantage for him is to be able to work with human tissue in basic research and those stem cells are becoming a universal tool.

Science & research, Research, Interview, Spinal cord, Spinal cord regeneration, Keirstead, Hans

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Colwell calls time on 'wonderful run' at NSF

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National Science Foundation (NSF) is the agency that supports most non-biomedical research in the United States. Rita Colwell, the first woman to run the NSF, stated that the NSF's budget grew by two-thirds in six-year period.

Management dynamics, Management, Company business management, United States. National Science Foundation, Colwell, Rita R.

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Climate researcher takes academy hot seat

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The U.S. National Academy of Sciences has nominated Ralph Cicerone as its next president. Once elected, he will serve a six-year term from July 2005 and he will be the first climate change-scientist to become its president.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Natl Academy of Sciences, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, National Academy of Sciences, Cicerone, Ralph

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