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...first phase...of a vaccine trial within the next three to five years,” says QUT professor and fellow researcher Peter Timms. The team is working on developing genetically engineered mice whose T-cells are tailored to fight off chlamydia in order to monitor their response to the infection. So far, researchers at QUT have pinpointed several proteins that could be used in a chlamydia vaccine. Timms hopes to begin testing the vaccine on koalas this month. According to Timms, over half of Australia’s koalas are infected with chlamydia. Guinea pig trials, with actual guinea...

Author: By Samantha L. Connolly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Cure for Chylamdia? | 11/7/2007 | See Source »

USAGE California legislators passed the Vampire Slayers Act, which will detail how much energy certain appliances can use. Legislation aside, individuals can easily cut down on their energy consumption by investing in government-backed Energy Star appliances or new technologies that closely monitor their home's energy use. In the meantime, simply switching off power-strip cords every night will make a huge difference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Briefing: Nov. 12, 2007 | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...afford the $1 million minimum investment typically required by fund managers. "It's a professional's market," says Thomas Whelan, chief executive of Greenwich Alternative Investments, which operates a fund of hedge funds. "You need to be able to research and understand what the funds do and then monitor them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Which Way Out? | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

...piles of paper." Bragging that Iran's uranium-enrichment efforts have succeeded in achieving "the capacity for industrial-scale fuel cycle production," he also recently withdrew a compromise Iranian proposal that would base its enrichment activities in an international consortium that would allow Western countries to participate in and monitor Iran's activities. "The proposal was based on the situation last year," Ahmadinejad explained. "New terms must be defined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran War Drumbeat Grows Louder | 10/26/2007 | See Source »

...about 650,000 of them and they are not part of the Communist party structure. So he and subsequent governments have ordained that those villages can have a democratic election. The Carter Center has had a contract with the government of China now for roughly 10 years to monitor the compliance of those laws in the villages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Green Jimmy Carter | 10/24/2007 | See Source »

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