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March 25, 1997
ODS Drafts 5-Year Plan
New Lecture Series Links Chemistry, Medical Research
NINR Holds Conference on Managed Care
Hockey Players Score for Kids at Inn
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Time to Educate, Not Legislate Varmus Visits Hill To Address Questions on Cloning By Carla Garnett
Recent discoveries in cloning technology
present an opportunity to educate the
public about a complex, but potentially
invaluable scientific tool, said NIH
director Dr. Harold Varmus during a
Mar. 5 Capitol Hill hearing titled,
"Biotechnology and the Ethics of
Cloning: How Far Should We Go?"
Legislation enacted too hastily on the
issue could limit, delay or even prevent
tremendously promising research that
may one day benefit human health, he
said.
NIEHS's 'Worm Wigwams' Welcome By Doug Nicholas NIEHS has worms -- and they'll even eat broccoli!
Composting is often considered a
throwback technology, but the NIEHS
environmental awareness advisory
committee has taken it on a technological
ride into the 21st century by installing
North Carolina's first two "Worm
Wigwams" -- state-of-the-art composting
bins that use vermi-technology to turn
organic waste into usable mulch in a
fraction of the time it normally takes. | |||
