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From Molecules to Minds: Challenges for the 21st Century: Workshop Summary (2008)
Neuroscience has made phenomenal advances over the past 50 years and the pace of discovery continues to accelerate. On June 25, 2008, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders hosted more than 70 of the... More |
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Global Challenges and Directions for Agricultural Biotechnology: Workshop Report (2008)
Many developing countries are exploring whether biotechnology has a role in addressing national issues such as food security and environmental remediation, and are considering whether the putative benefits of the technology—for example,... More |
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Inspired by Biology: From Molecules to Materials to Machines (2008)
Scientists have long desired to create synthetic systems that function with the precision and efficiency of biological systems. Using new techniques, researchers are now uncovering principles that could allow the creation of synthetic materials that... More |
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Research on Future Skill Demands: A Workshop Summary (2008)
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2007 Amendments to the National Academies' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (2007)
In 2005, the National Academies released the report Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, which offered a common set of ethical standards for a field that, due to the absence of comprehensive federal funding, was lacking national... More |
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Validation of Toxicogenomic Technologies: A Workshop Summary (2007)
Beginning in the early 1980s, new technologies, began to permit evaluation of the expression of individual genes. Recent technological advances have expanded those evaluations to permit the simultaneous detection of the expression of tens of... More |
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Biological Science and Biotechnology in Russia: Controlling Diseases and Enhancing Security (2005)
In July 2005, the National Academies released the report Biological Science and Biotechnology in Russia: Controlling Diseases and Enhancing Security. The report offered a number of recommendations that could help restore Russia’s ability to join with... More |
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Catalyzing Inquiry at the Interface of Computing and Biology (2005)
Advances in computer science and technology and in biology over the last several years ... More |
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Digital People: From Bionic Humans to Androids (2004)
Robots, androids, and bionic people pervade popular culture, from classics like Frankenstein and R.U.R. to modern tales such as The Six Million Dollar Man, The Terminator, and A.I. Our fascination is obvious – and the... More |
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Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Food (2004)
While European restaurants race to footnote menus, reassuring concerned gourmands that no genetically modified ingredients were used in the preparation of their food, starving populations around the world eagerly await the next harvest of... More |
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