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Follow the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061115125744/http://www.nationalacademies.org/asadi">conference news</a> with media officer Christine Stencel as she keeps you up to date with interviews, audio clips, power points, speaker biographies and more.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><br/> </td> </tr>   <tr> <td valign="top" width="50%" style="border-bottom: 1px solid silver; border-left: 1px solid silver; border-right: 1px solid silver;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td bgcolor="white" valign="bottom" align="left"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20061115125744im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/nav/images/tab_tn2.gif" alt="Top News" title="Top News" width="182" height="20" border="0" align="top"/> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tagline" height="15"> The latest news from the Academies </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><a name="tn"></a>  <table class="topnews"><tbody> <tr><td><h3 class="blurbhead"><a href="morenews/20061114.html">Conference Held for Project to Develop African Science Academies</h3></td></tr> <tr><td> <div style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <a href="morenews/20061114.html"><img height="120" alt="" src="/web/20061115125744im_/http://www.nas.edu/morenews/includes/20061114.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"><span class="date">Nov. 14 -- </span> Stronger African science academies can help save lives by informing public policies that are critical to food security on the continent, said organizers of the second annual international conference of the African Science Academy Development Initiative, being held this week in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The initiative is supported by a $20 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and administered by the U.S. National Academies. </p></td></tr> <tr><td><div id="homepage_ul"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061115125744/http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=11142006">Press Release</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061115125744/http://www.nationalacademies.org/asadi/">Conference Web Site</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061115125744/http://www.nationalacademies.org/asadi/agenda.html">Conference Agenda</a></li> </ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="topnews"><tbody> <tr><td><h3 class="blurbhead"><a href="morenews/20061113.html">Smart Prosthetics Conference Spurs Research</h3></td></tr> <tr><td> <div style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <a href="morenews/20061113.html"><img height="140" alt="A C-leg from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Walter Reed Army Medical Center)." src="/web/20061115125744im_/http://www.nas.edu/morenews/includes/20060419.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"><span class="date">Nov. 13 -- </span> Top researchers gathered at the fourth annual National Academies Keck <em>Futures Initiative</em> conference to discuss smart prosthetics and other assistive devices. To encourage further work in this field, the Academies announced the availability of $1 million in seed grants which will be awarded on a competitive basis to conference participants. </p></td></tr> <tr><td><div id="homepage_ul"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061115125744/http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=11132006">News Release</a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061115125744/http://www.keckfutures.org/site/PageServer?pagename=home">Keck <em>Futures Initiative</em></a> </li> </ul> </div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="topnews"><tbody> <tr><td><h3 class="blurbhead"><a href="morenews/20061110b.html">Possible Link Between Military Service and Lou Gehrig's Disease</h3></td></tr> <tr><td> <div style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px"> <a href="morenews/20061110b.html"><img height="140" alt="Marines in Operation Desert Shield (DOD)" src="/web/20061115125744im_/http://www.nas.edu/morenews/includes/20061110b.jpg" width="100" border="0"/></a> </div> <p class="blurb"><span class="date">Nov. 10 -- </span> A limited number of studies suggest an association between military service -- including in the Gulf War -- and later development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a rare but fatal disorder also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine. 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