Proceedings of the NSIS – Volume 43, Part 1 – 2005

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Halifax, Nova Scotia
ISSN 0078-2521
Vol 43 2005 Part 1 (Price $7)

CONTENTS
 

Anti-Inflammation: Finding A New Role For Heat Shock Proteins ln Human Health

Yu Chen and R William Currie

1
Occurrence of the Swamp Lymnaea, Lymnaea stagnalis (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in Atlantic Canada

Donald F McAlpine, Liam C Hughes and Arianne Alexander

15
A Retrospective: Three Quarters Of A Century At the Halifax Fisheries Research Laboratory

James E Stewart and Andrew Safer

19
NSIS Student Science Awards 2004

Prize Winning papers

45
The Prion

Paul Gibbons

47
Evolution, Blood Types And Weight Loss: A Critical Examination Of A Popular Diet

Gregory W Thiemann

57
Proceedings of NSIS Sessions including Presidential addresses and reports from Council Officers

Session 2003-2004

69

Editorial Board: RG Ackman, M Dadswell, S Payne, B Petrie, DJW Piper, A Taylor,

M Willison

Editor: James E Stewart

NOVA SCOTIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, 2005

Printed for the Institute by Kinko’s Canada

Date of Publication: June 2005


Copies of the Proceedings may be purchased from Michelle Paon, Killam Library, Dalhousie University. E-mail: [email protected]