From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Sun Sep 01 23:00:00 1996 From: condit@med.unr.edu (Carol M. Condit) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: Asst. Prof. Position Offered Followup-To: bionet.molbio.ageing Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 15:41:49 +0100 Organization: University of Nevada, Reno Lines: 23 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: condit.cmb.unr.edu Path: biosci!agate!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!news.accutek.com!news.unr.edu!condit.cmb.unr.edu!user Molecular Biologist/ Molecular Geneticist The University of Nevada, Reno invites applications for a 12 month tenure-track position in the Department of Biochemistry at the level of Assistant Professor. We seek applications from individuals with research expertise in molecular processes underlying human disease. Women and minority candidates are particularly encouraged to apply. Candidates must hold a Ph.D in a relevant area, have had a minimum of two years of postdoctoral experience, and possess a proven record of research achievement. She/he will be expected to develop an extramurally funded independent research program and to participate in the teaching program of the department.Salary will is commensurate with qualifications and experience. APPOINTMENT WILL BE HELD JOINTLY IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND THE NEVADA AGRICULTURE EXPERIMENT STATION. Applicants should submit a letter detailing their research interests and future plans, a complete CV, and arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent. Application deadline is November 1. 1996. Send applications to Dr. Carol Condit, Search Committee Chair, Department of Biochemistry/330, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0014. The University of Nevada is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Mon Sep 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: BIOSCI/bionet miniFAQ & Fundraiser Date: 3 Sep 1996 02:00:10 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 239 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199609030900.CAA24240@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net (LAST REVISION: 30-JUL-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net/. If you can not find an answer to your question in this or other documentation, the BIOSCI technical support staff answers e-mail queries sent to biosci-help@net.bio.net We can only answer questions about the use of the newsgroups and mailing lists. We unfortunately do not have the staff to do Internet information searches or answer scientific questions. Please post those to the appropriate BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. Contents: -------- 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. 0) BIOSCI NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!! ------------------------------ BIOSCI's government funding has been expended, and we are now operating solely from advertising revenue that we have raised from our Web site at http://www.bio.net/. We need just a few minutes of your time to help us serve you. You can do two important things which will take very little time for you individually and will immensely help us continue to help you. First, please use our WWW system at http://www.bio.net/ to access the archives. You can post or reply to messages via your Web browser as described in item #1 below. Your usage helps attract sponsors. If you contact any of our sponsors, please be sure to thank them for supporting BIOSCI. It is critical for them to get this feedback if they are to continue their sponsorship for the long term. Second, if you work for a company or organization that provides products or services of interest to the biology community, please pass this message on to your marketing or marketing communications department or other appropriate group. Please ask them to help support BIOSCI by sponsoring our Web site and explain the uses and benefits of the system to the biology community. If they are interested, they can then contact us for further information at our tech support address, biosci-help@net.bio.net. 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. -------------------------------------------------------- As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net. One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured properly to send e-mail. Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS index. The main BIOSCI home page also has access to the BIO-JOURNALS Table of Contents database WAIS index and the BIOSCI user address database described in another item further below. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- BIOSCI is a set of parallel USENET newsgroups (the "bionet" groups), mailing lists, and a hypermail archive at URL http://www.bio.net/. The same postings are distributed on all media (except for a small number of mailing-list-only groups at net.bio.net). Unfortunately it is becoming a despicable practice on the Internet (by a few people out to make a fast buck) to do automated mass postings to thousands of newsgroups and mailing lists. These attempts to grab free advertising are refered to as "spams" in the usual, somewhat boneheaded, net terminology. USENET is more susceptible to this practice, and many spams originate on the USENET groups and then are passed on to the mailing lists. However, spammers also get lists of mailing addresses and hit these too, so neither medium is immune. What should you do personally if you get junk mail? --------------------------------------------------- Just delete it and move on without reading it further. Filing a protest is becoming increasingly useless because spammers are often disguising the addresses where the messages are sent from. Unless you really understand Internet mail systems, your attempt at protest by sending replies to the message will often end up being sent to the address of an innocent person that the spammer is victimizing. What can BIOSCI/bionet do to protect its newsgroups? ---------------------------------------------------- The only solution currently available is to moderate the newsgroup. If this newsgroup is already moderated, then you are in good shape. Moderation protects the USENET distribution from about 95% of the spams that are being sent to date and protects the mailing lists completely. Moderation means, however, that someone has to take the time to review each message before it goes out. We have set up software here that simply allows the moderator to forward to an address at net.bio.net messages that (s)he wishes to have distributed. This takes no more time than that needed to read the message and pass it on, say about 1 min. per message. Most newsgroups currently have a discussion leader who is responsible for their newsgroup. The discussions leaders and their e-mail addresses are listed in the BIOSCI Information Sheet which is available on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. If a newsgroup is being hit with too many junk postings, please contact the discussion leader for that group and see if there is interest in moderating the group. Please do not assume that by simply posting a complaint to the newsgroup itself, anyone on the BIOSCI staff will act on your complaint. With close to 100 newsgroups to run, the BIOSCI staff has to rely on the discussion leaders of each newsgroup to report problems directly to us at biosci-help@net.bio.net. We will moderate any of our newsgroups if the discussion leader tells us that the readership of the group wishes to do so and if a moderator is willing to do the work. For most BIOSCI/bionet groups, this entails only a few minutes of work each day. Moderating a newsgroup will resolve probably 95% of the junk postings on the USENET distribution. Unfortunately there are easy ways for determined spammers to override the moderation mechanism on USENET, but we can protect our e-mail subscribers from unwanted postings if the newsgroup is moderated. You can also access our newsgroups over the WWW at URL http://www.bio.net. While this Web interface will not stop spammers from trying to post to the groups, this will give you yet another way, besides using USENET news, to keep the junk out of your personal mail files. For those of you with local USENET news systems, the Web interface will also give you faster access to new newsgroups and recent postings. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: The BIOSCI management does NOT act on subscription/unsubscription requests that are posted improperly to the newsgroups and mailing lists. People who do this only bother everyone on the lists to no avail. Please be sure to follow the proper procedures below. Gory details are in the BIOSCI Information sheets on the Web at http://www.bio.net. Below we give an example utilizing the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list at both of our two BIOSCI sites: Users in the Americas and Pacific Rim countries who use the BIOSCI ------------------------------------------------------------------ node at computer net.bio.net: ---------------------------- A) Determine the "listname" which is the <=8 character mail address ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ for the group. These can be found in the BIOSCI Info. Sheet. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS group the mailing address is methods@net.bio.net. The listname is the portion of the address to the left of the @ sign, i.e., "methods". The listname is used with the "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" commands illustrated below. B) Mail all commands in the body of a mail message addressed to biosci-server@net.bio.net. Do NOT send commands to the newsgroup posting addresses! Leave the Subject: line blank, any text on it will be ignored. C) In the body of your message put one or more of the following commands with an "end" command on the last line, e.g., subscribe methods unsubscribe methods end Do NOT put your e-mail address or other text on these lines. The server only allows you to cancel your subscription if the address on your mail header matches the address on our mailing list. Please ask for help at biosci-help@net.bio.net if your address has changed, e.g., if you know you are on the list but the server tells you that you are not a member. Users in Europe, Africa, and Central Asia who use the BIOSCI node at -------------------------------------------------------------------- computer daresbury.ac.uk (also known as dl.ac.uk): ------------------------------------------------- To subscribe and unsubscribe to/from the BIOSCI lists, you need to specify the full USENET newsgroup name with "bionet-news." prepended. The USENET newsgroup names are listed in the BIOSCI Information sheet on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list the USENET newsgroup name is bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts, thus the appropriate commands are sub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts unsub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts These commands are included in a message addressed to mxt@dl.ac.uk, NOT to the newsgroup mailing addresses. As usual, include the text in the body of the message as text on the Subject: line is ignored. To unsubscribe from all the lists at the UK node, use unsub bionet-news Please note that if the address in the list is different than the one in your mail message header, you will not be able to unsubscribe by this method. If you have problems, please mail biosci@daresbury.ac.uk. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. ----------------------------------------------------------- Please take this opportunity to add your name, address, and research interest information to the BIOSCI User Address Database if you have not already done so. You can fill out the address form directly through our Web page at URL http://www.bio.net/adrform.html. The address database is reindexed nightly for WWW access (the URL is http://www.bio.net/). If you are not directly on the Internet but can reach it by e-mail, please use our waismail server to access the user directory. waismail use is described above. You can also request a user address form by e-mail from biosci-help@net.bio.net. Please check your database entry from time-to-time to see if your address information is still up-to-date. Because of our limited personnel resources, we ask that you resubmit a *complete* form to revise your entry; we only replace complete entries and do not have resources to edit old forms. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Mon Sep 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!hgmp.mrc.ac.uk!plinehan From: plinehan@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Mr. P.F. Linehan) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: Re: why not just stop free radicals? Date: 3 Sep 1996 16:48:59 GMT Organization: MRC Human Genome Resource Centre Lines: 41 Message-ID: <50hnhr$euk@mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> References: <4upskb$p29@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com> <4vh0e1$e1r@news.clinet.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: tin.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk narkia@clinet.fi (Matti Narkia) writes: >jmsdean@pipeline.com wrote: >>lastly, why is stopping free radical production, as opposed to using >>scaverngers like anti-oxidants, not a current possibility. >I'm not an expert in these matters, but according to my understanding a >certain amount of free radicals is useful and necessary for the human body. >Some cells in the immune system for example use free radicals to destroy >bacteria, viruses and cancer cells. It's the uncontrolled overproduction of >free radicals which is the problem. It is not uncontrolled "overproduction". It is better to think of them as necessary evils. As with any process where evolution occurs, we (i.e. humans/mammals/animals/cellular life forms) are the result of a number of compromises. One part of our system wants to produce lots of free radicals whereas other parts don't. So we have a compromise where enough are produced to help fight disease but sufficient to cause problems with cellular degeneration later in life. Paul... >Matti Narkia From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Tue Sep 03 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!gondor!newsfeeder.sdsu.edu!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!hunter.premier.net!news.uoregon.edu!news.acsu.buffalo.edu!news.drenet.dnd.ca!crc-news.doc.ca!nott!cunews!freenet-news.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!ab341 From: ab341@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Nadia Diakun-Thibault) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: Alzheimer Site Date: 4 Sep 1996 15:50:13 GMT Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Lines: 17 Sender: ab341@freenet5.carleton.ca (Nadia Diakun-Thibault) Message-ID: <50k8fl$hjv@freenet-news.carleton.ca> Reply-To: ab341@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Nadia Diakun-Thibault) NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet5.carleton.ca ////////////| An Invitation ////////////|// to visit //////////// |/ Alzheimer Society of Ottawa-Carleton ||||||||||||\/////// http://www.hwc.ca:8080/asoc/index.html |||||||||||| \/|/// USENET newsgroup: ncf.ss.alzheimer |||||||||||| |// \\\\\\\\\\\\ |/ Alzheimer Society of Ottawa-Carleton \\\\\\\\\\\\ Tel: (613) 722-1424 Fax: (613) 722-4927 \\\\\\\\\\\\ 1525 Carling Avenue West, Lower Level //////////// Ottawa, Ontario K7A 8R9 Nadia Diakun-Thibault, webmaster ndt@freenet.carleton.ca -- Nadia Diakun-Thibault __o "To live is so startling ndt@freenet.carleton.ca '\<, it leaves little time Oxford Mills, Ontario (*)/'(*) for anything else." Canada ........................................ Emily Dickinson (1830-1866) From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Thu Sep 05 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!CCR.DSI.UANL.MX!pearl From: pearl@CCR.DSI.UANL.MX ("Dr. Paul R.Earl") Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: Biomx, electronic journal Date: 6 Sep 1996 07:28:50 -0700 Organization: UANL Lines: 9 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <3230521C.30D5@ccr.dsi.uanl.mx> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Please enter Biomx under Yahoo search to get the home page with authors' instructions, etc. Anything on ALOE VERA would be nice (extraction, the real list of chemical compounds. PS Not actually in Internet). Thank you for your kind attention. Dr Paul R earl From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Thu Sep 05 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!ILR.GENEBEE.MSU.SU!gavrilov From: gavrilov@ILR.GENEBEE.MSU.SU ("Leonid A.Gavrilov") Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: ? Anybody from Baltimote, Please help! Date: 6 Sep 1996 08:47:17 -0700 Organization: Gavrilov Lines: 49 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Colleagues, Recently I have discovered for myself some wonderful publications on the inheritance of human longevity: Hawkins M.R., E.A.Murphy, H.Abbey, 1965. The familial components in longevity. A study of the offspring of nonagenarians. I.Methods and preliminary report. Bull.John Hopkins Hosp. vol.117, pp.24-36. Abbott M.H., E.A.Murphy, D.R.Bolling and H.Abbey, 1974. The familial component in longevity: A study of offspring of nonagenarians. II.Preliminary analysis of the completed study. Johns Hopkins Med.J. vol.134, pp.1-16. Abbott H.M., Abbey H., Bolling D.R., Murphy E.A. The familial component in longevity - A study of offspring of nonagenarians. III. Intra-familial studies. Am.J.Med.Genet., 1978, vol.2, pp.109-120. Zauber, A.G. 1976. Multiple regressions with censored survivals in a Makeham model with application to longevity, Ph.D. thesis, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. I am most interested to establish E-mail contacts with the authors of these outstanding papers and scientific collaboration with these authors. If anybody can help me with their E-mail addresses? My guess is that all these scientists are from the same organization: Division of Medical Genetics Department of Medicine The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Thank you in advance, Dr.Leonid A.Gavrilov, Ph.D. Director, Center for Longevity Research A.N.Belozersky Institute Moscow State University 119899 Moscow, Russia FAX: 7-095-939-0338 7-095-939-3181 Email: gavrilov@ilr.genebee.msu.su From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Sun Sep 08 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!howland.erols.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: webstergc@aol.com (Webstergc) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: Genes Related to Longevity Date: 9 Sep 1996 09:36:04 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <5116g4$hbl@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: webstergc@aol.com (Webstergc) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Certainly one of the most fascinating findings relating to aging has been that mutation of certain genes in Caenorhabditis doubles life span, and mutation of two of the genes lengthens life 4-6 fold. I heard recently that someone had found a similar DNA sequence to at least one of these genes in humans, but I can't confirm that it occurred. If you know whether this has been found, I would appreciate hearing of it. Thank you. From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Sun Sep 08 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!gondor!newsfeeder.sdsu.edu!news.sgi.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!sierra.net!news.sierra.net!news From: "Marc C. Brande, MS, Founder" Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: Free Brochure: Cell Bio/Imaging Services at Your Site Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 13:57:57 +0000 Organization: Cultured Cell Systems (619) 587-4830 FAX: (619) 552-1516 (www.bio.com/co/css.html) (Hands-On As-Needed Cell Biology/Imaging Expertise at Your Site) Lines: 1 Message-ID: <32342265.482F@sierra.net> Reply-To: mcbrande@sierra.net NNTP-Posting-Host: bigchief-d29.sierra.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Macintosh; U; 68K) Email your Full Name/Address/FAX to: mcbrande@sierra.net From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Tue Sep 10 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!news.ucdavis.edu!info.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!news.sgi.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!usenet From: yo_doc@usa.pipeline.com(Richard A. Lockshin) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: CELL DEATH CLUB 9/11 MEETING, 10/12 NAT'L MEETING Date: 10 Sep 1996 13:54:07 GMT Organization: Pipeline Lines: 110 Message-ID: <513rtv$143@news1.t1.usa.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 38.8.134.2 X-PipeUser: yo_doc X-PipeHub: usa.pipeline.com X-PipeGCOS: (Richard A. Lockshin) X-Newsreader: Pipeline v3.5.0 SPEAKERS FOR THE SEPTEMBER 11 MEETING, SAME TIME SAME PLACE Emanuela Grassilli, U. of Modena, Role of cell cycle genes and cell death Eric Lam, Rutgers, Programmed cell death during the hypersensitive response in higher plants. If you haven't seen it, here is the schedule for the October 12 meeting: FALL MEETING Mechanisms of Cell Death CELL DEATH SOCIETY The Death Poets' Society) Date: Saturday, October 12, 1996 8:45AM-6:00 PM Queens College of C.U.N.Y. Music Building Lefrak Hall Flushing, Queens, N.Y. Speakers: Session I Opening Remarks Chair: Zahra Zakeri Samuil Umanski LXR Biotechnology, Inc., Richmond, CA Relationship between cell death and proliferation. Jean-Claude Ameisen Universite de Paris, Paris, France On the evolutionary origin of programmed cell death and its role in host-pathogen interactions Coffee Break Session II Chair: Raymond Birge Michael Hengartner Cold Spring Harbor Labs, Cold Spring Harbor, NY Programmed cell death in C. elegans Barbara A. Osborne University of Massachusetts, Amherst Regulation of apoptosis in the thymus Gabriel Nunez University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Regulation of Cell Death by Bcl-2 Gene Family Lunch Session III Chair: Richard Lang David Vaux Walter & Elisa Hall Institute, Australia Using cell death inhibitors to understand pathways of apoptosis Dale Bredesen La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA Thanatopsis: Principles emerging from the study of neural cell death. Coffee Break Session IV Chair: Richard Lockshin Martin Tenniswood W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center, Lake Placid NY Is there a causative link between apoptosis and metastasis in glandular tissues? Mauro Piacentini Universita degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy "Tissue" transglutaminase: A multifunctional element of the physiological cell death program Closing Remarks: Richard Lockshin Organizers: Zahra Zakeri, Queens College, Ray Birge, Rockefeller Organizing Committee: Richard Lang, NYU; Richard Lockshin, St. John's U., Michael Hengartner, Cold Spring Harbor Labs. FEES: BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 1996, INCLUDES LUNCH POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS AND STUDENTS $25 OTHERS $50 ON-SITE REGISTRATION, ALL $75 MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION (CELL DEATH CLUB). SEND TO: MS UMA NARAYAN, QUEENS COLLEGE, REMSEN HALL 125, FLUSHING, NY 11367- 1597. SORRY, NO CREDIT CARDS REGISTRATION IS LIMITED TO 400. Contact: Zahra Zakeri Department of Biology Queens College and Graduate Center of CUNY Flushing, NY 11367 Tel: 718: 997-3417 Fax: 718: 997-3445 Email: zhz$biol@qc1.qc.edu THIS IS AT QUEENS COLLEGE ON A SATURDAY. IF YOU NEED INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBWAY/CAR, PHONE ZAHRA'S LAB OR CONTACT ME at this address or at lockshin@sjumusic.stjohns.edu. From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Tue Sep 10 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: jcoward@mail.islandnet.com (Jim Coward) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: ITCH'96 INFORMATION Date: 11 Sep 1996 23:22:08 +0100 Lines: 41 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <517e2g$67q@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> X-Sender: jcoward@mail.islandnet.com (Unverified) Original-To: itch@hsd.uvic.ca ITCH'96 Information Technology in Community Health APPROPRIATE SYSTEMS / APPROPRIATE DECISIONS November 3-6, 1996 Victoria Conference Centre This is the working theme for the 1996 International Conference being held in Victoria, Canada to discuss issues on information technology and community health. Information Technology in Community Health, ITCH '96, is a very high quality event that will attract people from all over the world. ITCH organizers have always interpreted community health to mean all aspects and areas of the health system; from acute care to public health, from research to education programs, and from Physicians to informatics professionals. This is the seventh time the conference has been held and will be attended by health professionals, physicians, information and computer systems experts, academics and researchers, hospital administrators, and public health providers. You can find out more about ITCH '96, the History of ITCH Conferences or take a look at the 1996 program, pre-conference events, sponsors, keynote speakers, and accepted papers at their website: "http://www.hsd.uvic.ca/HIS/ITCH/itch96/itch96.htm" For more direct email information send a note to: ITCH@HSD.UVIC.CA or telephone UVic Conference Management at (604) 721-8470. Please do not use the "reply" function....email to the address above..thanks. This Conference is sponsored by the B.C. Ministry of Health, the University of Victoria, the Canadian Public Health Association, the School of Health Information Science, and COACH, Canada's Health Informatics Association. Jim Coward, CHE (Coordinator, BC Health Information Standards Council) Organizing Committee - ITCH'96 Information Technology in Community Health ITCH'96 WEBPAGE: http://www.hsd.uvic.ca/HIS/ITCH/ITCH.htm Phone (604)952-1838 FAX (604) 658-6394 Cell Phone (604) 881-2537 Jim's Website: http://www.islandnet.com/~jcoward/homepage.htm From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Thu Sep 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.corpcomm.net!news.gate.net!stpfl1-32.gate.net!dhealth From: dhealth@gate.net (diane hein) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: LOOKING FOR A M.D./D.O. DOCTOR IN THE WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH CATABOLIC STATES, (Tampa Bay, Florida area only) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 09:10:46 Organization: CyberGate, Inc. Lines: 13 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: stpfl1-32.gate.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] LOOKING FOR A M.D./D.O. DOCTOR IN THE WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH CATABOLIC STATES (TAMPA BAY AREA, FLORIDA ONLY) I am looking for a M.D./D.O. sports physician in the Tampa Bay Area, Florida who is familiar with either glucagon effects, amino acid interpretations andor catabolic/anabolic states. Thank you and kindly respond to my email address. Diane Hein From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Thu Sep 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!LAFN.ORG!ad443 From: ad443@LAFN.ORG (Ralph Kush) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: sub lists Date: 13 Sep 1996 11:02:01 -0700 Organization: lafn.org Lines: 3 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <32399954.3B73@lafn.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net sub lists From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Sun Sep 15 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!enews.sgi.com!insync!pornstorm.eit.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-13.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!news-master!news From: dkomo@cris.com Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: Telomerase and Aging Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:17:51 -0600 Organization: Deep Black Lines: 41 Message-ID: <323D7DAF.555A@cris.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: crc15.cris.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Has anyone read the recent book by Michael Fossel, Reversing Human Aging and formed any opinions about it? Here ia some background for those who might be interested. The book explains the recent discovery in molecular biology about the role of telomeres in causing aging and eventual death of multi-cellular organisms. The telomere is the "cap" at both ends of every chromosome in every cell in our bodies. The telomere shortens with every cell division in somatic (body) cells. When the telomere becomes too short, cells no longer are able to divide and quickly die. The hypothesis is that aging is caused by this "molecular clock" eventually forcing enough of the cells in our bodies to become less robust in dividing or to die off to the point where the various afflictions of old age begin to set in. Two types of cells in our bodies, however, appear to be immortal in that they continue to divide without limit: germ cells (sperm and egg cells), and cancer cells. These cell types have a way of preventing telomere shortening by finding a way express the enzyme telomerase, which can maintain and even rebuild the telomeres. The book expresses the belief that we will be able to find chemicals called telomerase inducers which can turn on the genes in our cells which code for telomerase and hence "reset our aging clocks", extending human life span greatly. The telomerase inducers may even be able to REVERSE the effects of aging by restoring the shortened telomeres in our chromosomes and allowing the respective cells to function as though they were brand new. Currently, there is active research in trying to find telomerase inhibitors that could prevent the runaway growth of cancer cells by suppressing their production of telomerase. This kind of research may give us many clues about telomerase inducers as well. I'm searching for as much information as I can find about these topics and would appreciate any input people might have. The other methods of life extension being discussed on sci.life-extension are really just treating the symptoms of aging and not addressing the root bio-molecular causes. --dkomo@cris.com From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Tue Sep 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UMICH.EDU!wuji From: wuji@UMICH.EDU (Xiao-Dong Liu) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: Requesters for "Oxidative stress induces heat shock factor phosphorylation and HSF-dependent activation of yeast metallothionein gene transcription" Date: 18 Sep 1996 10:05:02 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 20 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hello everyone. This message is for people who have requested for reprints of "Oxidative stress induces heat shock factor phosphorylation and HSF-dependent activation of yeast metallothionein gene transcription", Liu and Thiele, Genes. & Dev. (1996) V10:592-603. Whether you have received the reprints or not or have got it a few months ago, please reply this message to me with just "yes /your name". Thank you very much for doing this, since I need a record of reprints requests for some documentation very badly. Xiao-Dong Liu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Xiao-Dong Liu * Tel: (313) 764-7514 University of Michigan * Fax: (313) 763-4581 Dept. of Biological Chemistry * wuji@umich.edu Med. Sci. I, 1301 Catherine rd. * Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0606 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Tue Sep 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!host-222.subnet-35.med.umich.edu!user From: wuji@umich.edu (Xiaodong Liu) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: Requesters for "Oxidative stress induces heat shock factor phosphorylation and HSF-dependent activation of yeast metallothionein gene transcription" Followup-To: bionet.molbio.ageing Date: 18 Sep 1996 19:20:48 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Lines: 18 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: host-222.subnet-35.med.umich.edu Hello everyone. This message is for people who have requested for reprints of "Oxidative stress induces heat shock factor phosphorylation and HSF-dependent activation of yeast metallothionein gene transcription", Liu and Thiele, Genes. & Dev. (1996) V10:592-603. Whether you have received the reprints or not or have got it a few months ago, please reply this message to me with just "yes /your name". Thank you very much for doing this, since I need a record of reprints requests for some documentation very badly. Xiao-Dong Liu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Xiao-Dong Liu * Tel: (313) 764-7514 University of Michigan * Fax: (313) 763-4581 Dept. of Biological Chemistry * wuji@umich.edu Med. Sci. I, 1301 Catherine rd. * Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0606 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Fri Sep 20 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!FCAE.ACAST.NOVA.EDU!blereaur From: blereaur@FCAE.ACAST.NOVA.EDU (Ronald Blereau) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: Re: Money Date: 20 Sep 1996 22:02:14 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 170 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <3242B0F5.7811@wing.rug.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Bullfeathers! Being legal doesn't make it ethical. Get real. Are we all your Johns? Take your stuff and pedddle it somewhere else. I did not subscribe to this list for this kind of garbage. Go somewhere else. Do something else. Stay out of my space. I don't like you. Ron Blereau Office Phone: (504) 925-3732 blereaur@fcae.acast.nova.edu Home Phone: (504) 273-3475 FAX: (504) 273-0900 On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Guido Schonkeren wrote: > Taking 5 minutes to read what follows can change your life : > > > I saw an article in an internet newsgroup telling me I could > make $50,000 within a month for an investment of only $5. > > I thought it was a huge joke. I spoke to my wife, attorney > and friends about it, and they all agreed it was some kind > of scam. I can't stand scams, because usually someone gets > burned, and I didn't want it to be me. Of course, I rejected > the idea at first. after a short period of about two weeks > ,I thought : "I have already heard of such things. But on > the Internet ?!?!? ". I decided that even if I had to throw > 5$ into the fire, I wouldn't mind it that much, and gave it > a try .After all I needed a LOT more than five dollars. > > > Two weeks later, I began receiving money in the mail! I > could not believe it! Soon, hundreds, and then thousands of > dollars began to roll in. Within 4 weeks, I had received a > total of $32,445! It came from everywhere in the world. My > bank account has changed its "-" into a big "+" (++++)!!!,I > bought myself a car and things I wanted for a long long time > for my wife and kids! > > > If you follow the three steps below, there is no reason why > the same shouldn't happen to you! This is a legitimate > investment opportunity. You invest $5, and you receive a > return on your investment. So does the next investor. NOT > ILLEGAL, NOT A CHAIN LETTER- PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE. > > If you are not interested, then don't participate, but > please print this article and pass it on to someone who may > be interested, so they can take advantage. > > The procedure is simple: 1) Write your name and address on 5 > sheets of paper. Below that, write the words, "Please add > me to your mailing list." Fold $1 note or bank draft or > money order in each piece of paper and mail them to the > following 5 addresses.: > > > 1. Bill Brown > 148 South Downlen #796 > Beaumont, Tx. 77707 USA > > 2. Olivier Arcadipane > 237 rue Francois Andre > 7390 Quaregnon BELGIUM > > 3. Josef Malzer, > Brandhof 1 > 4701 Bad Schallerbach > EUROPE - AUSTRIA > > 4. Josh Jones > 8012 Edgewood Dr. > Ham Lake, MN USA > > 5. Guido Schonkeren > van de Hoopstraat 21 > 9716 JL Groningen > the Netherlands EUROPE > > 2) Now remove the top name from the list, and move the other > four names up. In other words, #5 becomes #4 and so on. Put > your name as the fifth one on the list. Use a simple text > editor such as Notepad, in your "accessories" window (If > you have MS-Windows),or DOS editor. In fact, any editor > will do. > > 3) Post the article to at least 200 newsgroups. There are > 17,000, so it shouldn't be hard to find that many. Try > posting to as many newsgroups as you can, and the bigger > the newsgroup is, the more people are to see your message! > > You are now in the mail order investment business, and > should start seeing returns within a week or two. Of course, > the more newsgroups you post to, the greater your return is. > If you wish to remain anonymous, you may use a psuedonym, > call yourself "The Manager", "The Boss", whatever but make > sure your address is correct. > > Now, here is why the system works: > > -Of every 200 posts I made, I received 5 responses. Yes, > only 5. You make $5 for every 200 posts with your name at #5. > > -Each person who sent you $1 now also makes 200 additional > postings with your name at #4. ie. 1000 postings. On average > therefore, 50 people will send you $1 with your name at #4. > $50. > > -Your 50 new agents make 200 postings each with your name at > #3 or 10,000 postings. Average return 500 people = $500. > They make 200 postings each with your name at #2=100,000 > postings=5000 return at $1 each=$5000. > > -Finally, 5,000 people make 200 postings with your name at > #1 and you get a return of $50,000 before your name drops > off the list. AND THATS IF EVERYONE DOWN THE LINE MAKES 200 > POSTINGS! Total income in one cycle=$55,000. > > From time to time, when you see your name no longer on the > list, you take the latest posting that appears in the > newsgroups, and send out another $5, and put your name at > #5, and start posting again. Remember, 200 postings is only > a guideline. the more you post, the greater the return. > > Lets review why you should do this. THE ONLY COST IS $5, AND > 5 STAMPS, AND 5 ENVELOPES. Anyone can afford $5 for such an > effortless investment with such SPECTACULAR RETURNS. > > Some people have said to me, "what happens if the scheme is > played out and no one sends me any money? "Big Deal, so you > lose $5-but what are the chances of that happening ?? Do you > Realize that NOBODY cares for the LEGAL chance of winning > such a BIG money as 50,000.00 $$$$ ???? and all for a > microscopic investment of five separate dollars? just think > of all of the new Internet users that join the net every > day!!! > > There are millions of internet users, and millions of new > net surfers every month !!! This is the great plus of the > Internet, people all over the world can hear you and listen > carefully if you talk reasonably. Everyone will take that > chance ! I agree, If it wasn't the Internet, and was a > small circle of people, the chance wouldn't have been so > small. the amount of money had to be 200 times bigger, and > the chances were zero. It wouldn't succeed. > > But here, on the Internet, it is a giant village, where new > thousands of members join in every day ! you CAN'T lose !!!! > > Remember- read the instructions carefully, and play fairly. > That's the only way this will work. Get a printout so you > can refer back to this article easily. > > Try to keep a list of everyone that sends you money and > always keep an eye on the postings to make sure everyone is > playing fairly. You know where your name should be. > > REMEMBER-HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. YOU DO NOT NEED TO > CHEAT THIS IDEA TO MAKE MONEY!! BESIDES,NOT PLAYING THE > GAME FAIRLY IS ILLEGAL.SO LET'S BE REASONABLE AND PLAY > FAIRLY,SO WE CAN ALL ENJOY THE INTERNET GOLD MINE. > > GOOD LUCK FOR YOU ALL, And remember, play fair and you'll > win, I don't want to mention what might happen to those who > won't. AND AGAIN,SEE YOU NEXT TIME WITH SOMETHING YOU > WANTED FOR A LONG TIME !!! > > IF you don't make money work, who will? ;-) (cfr. shareware). > Just do it! > > From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Sun Sep 22 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!howland.erols.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.sas.ab.ca!melsmi From: melsmi@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca () Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: DHEA Date: 23 Sep 1996 14:19:36 GMT Organization: Edmonton FreeNet, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Lines: 21 Message-ID: <52669o$fq8@news.sas.ab.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet.edmonton.ab.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2.5] I've heard/seen much lately on DHEA. Will someone with medical knowledge please post: a. What it is (and what DHEA stands for). b. How it is supposed to function in our bodies. c. What the claims are regarding its efficacy. d. Who supports and who disputes these claims. e. What evidence there is in supporting/rejecting those claims. f. The general consensus among the medical community whether DHEA is helpful. g. A recommended dosage, and a list of reputable manufacturers for DHEA (if it is recommended at all). TIA -Mel -- MEL SMITH email: melsmi@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca SYNTEL DATA SYSTEMS LTD. V: (403) 424-3396 Fax: (403) 420-1159 #1112, 10080 JASPER AVE Medical Claims Billing EDMONTON, AB, T5J 1V9 From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Thu Sep 26 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!nntp.primenet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!das-news2.harvard.edu!fas-news.harvard.edu!course2!palermo From: palermo@course2.harvard.edu (Adam Palermo) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: Pop Lit Date: 26 Sep 1996 02:33:15 GMT Organization: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Lines: 9 Message-ID: <52cq1b$7om@decaxp.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: course2.harvard.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I have noticed a surge in bookstore science sections of aging and anti-aging literature... For instance, _Reversing Human Aging_, by Micheal Fossel, Ph.D., M.D., claims on the back that the technology exists that will soon allow people to live 300 years. Does anyone know whether any of these texts are reputable? What is the status of public opinion on scientists' searching for the "fountain of youth"? Thanks. From owner-ageing@net.bio.net Sat Sep 28 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!GNN.COM!DSchwa1234 From: DSchwa1234@GNN.COM (Douglas Schwartz) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.ageing Subject: Re: Pop Lit Date: 29 Sep 1996 10:55:28 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 21 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199609291754.NAA22318@mail-e2a.gnn.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net >From: palermo@course2.harvard.edu (Adam Palermo) >Does anyone know whether any of these texts are reputable? The history of life extension literature is probably as old as civilization itself. Certainly each decade in this century has seen its share of "the big quantum leap in lifespans is right around the corner" books. These are probably now being published at an exponentially increasing rate. We know little more today of practical value in significantly increasing lifespan than we did a generation ago, and the sales of books such as Fossel's are dramatically increased by making wild claims. There is nothing now on the horizon which holds forth the promise of anything other than moderate life extension. --Doug Schwartz dschwa1234@gnn.com