Food guide under fire at obesity summit

Fire Under Fire: Proton Probabilities at Perihelion

This paper computes the probabilities that the near-Sun flyby mission, Fire, might be bombarded by high energy protons from solar-activity related proton acceleration lying beneath Fire’s perihelion altitude of three solar radii. Although the very largest interplanetary proton events are commonly believed to be caused by interplanetary shocks, this paper assumes the working hypothesis that ther...

World food summit.

The low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs) represent a group of antithrombotic and anticoagulant drugs which were initially developed for the prophylaxis of surgical thrombosis some 20 years ago. Today these drugs are used in expanded indication including venous thrombosis, cardiovascular disorders, thrombotic and ischemic strokes, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. Because of the polytherap...

HIV/AIDS, Food Insecurity, and GDP: In the background at the World Food Summit

Introduction The World Food Summit: Five Years Later was held in Rome from 10 through 13 June 2002. As in the World Food Summit (WFS) in 1996, the dominant frameworks five years later pitted a push for trade liberalisation against the right to food; open trade for the expansion of global markets versus pro-poor strategies that strengthen local resources, markets and strategies. Less attention w...

Diarrhea at the summit.

TGF signaling at the summit

Ligands belonging to the transforming growth factor (TGF) superfamily have emerged as major regulators of a wide variety of developmental events, ranging from the earliest steps in germ layer patterning of the pre-gastrula embryo to tissue healing, regeneration and homeostasis in the adult. Recently, Caroline Hill and Bob Lechleider organized the third in a bi-annual series of FASEB meetings on...