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Promising scientific investigations that might someday yield new strategies related to anxiety, addiction, trauma caused by war or natural disasters, and brain development among children growing up in poverty will be the focus of a seminar on “Science, Stress and Human Health.

The Drug Information Association (DIA) will host the 3rd Annual Conference on Drug Discovery and Clinical Development in India (December 7-10; Mumbai, India) will continue its tradition of addressing current solid scientific research in India pertaining to global development of drugs and biologics.

Genome Canada is holding its 3rd International Conference on genomics and proteomics research from October 22 to 24, 2008 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver. The theme of the Conference is 2020 Vision: The Impact of Science on Society.

Medavera, Inc. today announced the opening of the 2008 Therapeutic Temperature Management (TTM) Congress in Barcelona, Spain. A still-growing list of cardiologists, neurologists, emergency medicine, and other critical-care specialists are in attendance at the international educational event; also participating is a group of exhibitors and sponsors working in support of global learning.

Critical innovations and basic cancer biology knowledge have merged in recent years to make it possible for researchers to target specific molecules involved in critical chemical pathways of cancerous cells. Based in Philadelphia, the American Association for Cancer Research leads the way in this research and Philadelphia-based institutions play a key role.

The people of Bolton are the first to have their details loaded into the NHS spine system.

McGill University’s upcoming Conference on Global Food Security (Sept. 24-26) has attracted a long list of important players in key organizations around the world to discuss solutions to a problem that might have fallen off media radar screens, but which has not gone away.

The American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS), the world’s preeminent resource for laser research, safety, education and clinical knowledge, announces a monumental gathering of laser innovation and advances that is not to be missed! “LASER ‘09,” the Society’s 29th Annual Scientific C

Six weeks after South Africa’s Cape High Court authorized mandatory isolation of patients with extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Stimson’s Global Health Security Program are convening a workshop on “social distancing” techniques such as quarantines.

Nanotechnology and synthetic biology are two of the most exciting fields in science. They are the focus of venture capitalists, government and university laboratories, major corporations, and startup companies.