AOAC working as a problem solver.
Over the years, AOAC volunteers have built up a reservoir of expertise in methods and how they apply to specific matrixes and analyte levels. Each time a method advanced to Official status, the collective knowledge went up a notch. And now, both the compendium of methods and the vast...

Differences in song rate in two populations of Yellow Warblers.
The Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) has the broadest breeding distribution of any Dendroica species (Dunn and Garrett 1997, Lowther et al. 1999) and occurs in high density over much of its range (Sauer et al. 2001). This species' mating system is characterized by monogamy and biparental care, but extra-pair...

A noteworthy infection of Clinostomum complanatum (Digenea: Clinostomidae) in a cave salamander, Eurycea lucifuga (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from northcentral Tennessee.
The cave salamander, Eurycea lucifuga inhabits karst areas of the Central Highlands of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma east through the Appalachians of Kentucky and Tennessee to Virginia and West Virginia (Conant & Collins 1998). It prefers the twilight zone of caves and occasionally is found near springs and...

Cell-based cardiovascular heart patch will undergo second Phase I trial.
Theregen Inc is launching a second Phase I trial to examine the role of its trademarked Anginera cell-based cardiovascular heart patch on adult patients suffering from heart disease. The company's ultimate goal is to offer a treatment for heart failure. This is the second study in the...

My favorite sport.
Commercing in classrooms around the world using a structured lesson plan the Arts Olympiad celebrates the "artist-athlete" ideal of a creative mind and healthy body. The most prestigious and largest global initiative for 21 st century education, the Arts Olympiad is a free global program in which any child...

Festival contributors.
In the ten years since ICAF was founded, we have learned how best to harness children's imagination for positive social change. One of the most important lessons draws from our innovative Peace through Arts approach. We have learned that to build bonds of trust and understanding, we must focus...

NuVasive buys Osteocel bone graft substitute line from Osiris.
Osiris Therapeutics Inc is selling its Osteocel business to NuVasive Inc for up to US$85 million in upfront and milestone payments. (See also items below, Innovation drives US bone graft substitute market, p 9 and Osiris gains US approval for expanded use of stem cell product, p...

Osiris gains US approval for expanded use of stem cell product: critically ill children now have access to investigational treatment.
An investigational stem cell product developed by Osiris Therapeutics Inc has gained clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of children with life-threatening Graft vs Host Disease (GvHD). The product, called Prochymal, is a preparation of mesenchymal stem cells specially formulated for intravenous...

Nanomaterials demonstrate strength under stress.
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland-College Park, both USA, have discovered that materials such as silicon dioxide (silica) that are quite brittle in bulk form behave as ductile as gold at the nanoscale. In a paper presented at...

Recommendation to create AOAC entity to address food contaminant and residue issues.
At the AOAC Board of Directors meeting on December 11-12, 2006 (Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA),members of the Methods Committee on Residues and Related Topics (Committee G), as well as a cross section of other AOAC members, recommended that the Board of Directors establish a new group that will represent and...