Pacific Northwest Technology Today is Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's monthly online newsletter. This newsletter is intended to keep our elected officials, political staffers, and decision makers updated about developments, technologies, projects and more, between PNNL and its local and regional colleagues.
Volume 1, Issue 3
September 1, 2006
Editor's Note
Life Sciences hold the key to unlocking the potential for clean energy, sequestration of carbon, environmental remediation and the improvement of human health. In 2005, Washington State Governor, Chris Gregoire signed a bill that granted authority for the Life Sciences Discovery Fund.
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Regional Partners Team to Develop Successful Treatment for Leukemia
According to 2006 statistics from the American Cancer Society, cancer accounts for nearly 25 percent of deaths in the United States, exceeded only by heart disease.
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PNNL Seeks to Discover Nanoparticle Effect on Human Health
Following the trend of "smaller is better," manufacturers are lining store shelves with products promising benefits from nanoparticles in everything from toothpaste to paint. Nanoparticles are incredibly small materials, which most agree can behave quite differently from conventional materials.
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PNNL Watches Seeds of Life Science Technology Grow
Life sciences research has been making strides in advancing capabilities from a qualitative to a quantitative standpoint.
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Protein Survey Unlocks Potential Secrets to Brain Disease
For years the cause of degenerative brain disease such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's disease has eluded experts.
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