Cyprus Institute loses money and support

National Cancer Institute support for scientific conferences.

In this paper, we discuss the value of scientific conferences to both the discipline area and the individual participants and trace the growth in grant support of biomedical meetings by the National Institutes of Health and, in particular, the National Cancer Institute.

HIV Pathogenesis: Nef Loses Control

In this issue of Cell, Schindler et al. (2006) show that the Nef protein from nonpathogenic strains of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) induces the downregulation of host T cell receptor/CD3, whereas Nef from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) does not. This loss of function in the Nef of HIV-1 may partly explain the pathogenicity of this virus.

Migration: Who Gains, Who Loses

Arvind Panagariya Analytically as well as politically, migration is a more complex phenomenon than international trade. The latter involves two-way flows of goods and services that allow the real aggregate income to grow in each country involved. Therefore, the arguments for protection against imports typically rest on the detrimental effects on the income distribution or the existence of prior...

Austria : No one loses , all win ?

Austria went to the polls on Sunday, May 25 to elect 18 members of the European Parliament, one fewer than in 2009 due to the European Union (EU) membership of Croatia. The electoral system used for the European elections is the same as for the national elections, but instead of 39 constituencies there is only a single national constituency. The electoral system is a proportional system with a ...

Soft-bottom decapod and stomatopod crustaceans of Northern Cyprus coast