Describes the initially ignored research performed in 1900 by Archibald Garrod concerning the link between heredity and biochemical reactions. (MLH)

Presents an outline of lectures given on this topic to British secondary students. Man's various ideas about the origin of life are included in three categories: those that consider life to have been created by a Divine Being; those that consider life to have developed from non-living matter; and those that consider life to be eternal. (MLH)

Some feminists have become discouraged because the theoretical and conceptual changes leading to a feminist science have not yet occurred. A scheme has been developed which charts the phases through which the disciplines in the social sciences and humanities progressed before reconceptualization from the new scholarship on women transformed those…

New and improved analytical methodology has made it possible to study and monitor trace concentrations of many toxic elements. Surveys some of these analytical advances and their practical applications to biological problems. (JR)

Provided are suggestions for student investigations of life in swift stream communities, in slow stream areas and near a spring. (PEB)

A case is made for directly relating biomedical research to national health service revenues. We are headed for "stultification and possible disaster" if we do not. (Author/RH)

Discusses recent advances in culturing somatic cells of plants that now make it possible to apply the powerful techniques of microbial genetics to higher life forms. (Author/JR)

Presents the results of a survey which examines the structure and organization of first-year biology courses in 68 colleges and universities. (JR)

Reports a study attempting to measure the extent of the loss of knowledge of chemistry among physiology students, to determine the chemistry knowledge most frequently forgotten, and to devise a laboratory program to strengthen the chemistry background of the students. (EB)

One approach, the Special Science Programs Department, manages the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) advisory functions and conducts symposia, seminars and other meetings. The second, a full time Public Responsibilities Department, provides a continuous flow of research data and information into the public. Each approach is…

This course is intended for personnel who have an operational or administrative responsibility for the design and use of bioassay and biomonitoring, and who have no experience in conducting static bioassays. The training consists of classroom discussions, laboratory exercises and demonstrations, and demonstration and observation activities. (CO)

This annual report of the Assembly of Life Sciences (ALS) covers the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1977, and ending June 30, 1978. This report has four major sections on the Executive Office, the Division of Biological Sciences, the Division of Medical Sciences, and the Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards. The activities in each…

Developed for biology students, this handbook discusses categories of various types of reference books and other information sources, and presents a step-by-step approach to the logical, systematic, and comprehensive way in which library resources may be used to locate information on the biological sciences. An accompanying bibliography lists…

The information sources for the life sciences and allied fields listed were selected from the holdings of the Arkansas University library. Citations include indexes and abstracts dealing with national and international literature in medicine, the biological sciences, environmental science, veterinary medicine, agriculture, botany, and zoology, as…