American scientists, foundations and other groups are ready to help with equipment and supplies but are hampered by the embargo.
Ms. Cook, a lawyer, is a conflict mediator for the Postal Service in Washington and the executive director of the Committee of Concerned Scientists, a foundation in New York.
As well as financing academic scientists, the foundation also provides venture capital to biotech firms that are willing to take on the tricky task of finding a drug to treat the underlying genetic defect of the disease, not just treat its symptoms.
I have doubts that social scientists, scholars, foundation executives, impact investors and government managers are ever going to be happy.
One of the most ambitious projects to assess global environmental damage from the rapid consumption of natural resources was announced today by an unusual coalition of scientists, corporations, foundations and international agencies.
"We're hoping these trees will grow 100 feet tall," said Fred Hebard, the chief scientist for the foundation.
The Conservation Law Foundation, for instance, touts the benefits of multibeam mapping on its Web site, but Anthony Chatwin, a foundation scientist, said the habitat must be protected now.
The chief scientist at the foundation, Scott R. Woodward, said the goal was to have a DNA sample of 100,000 people within the next few years, focused primarily on Western Europe -- the place from which most Utahns are descended.
"It's going to be hard to get there, but we trust that someone somewhere has the capabilities," says Melodie Naja, chief scientist at the foundation.
"This is a denial-of-service attack; whoever is doing this is not stealing coins, but is succeeding in preventing some transactions from confirming," wrote Gavin Andresen, chief scientist at the foundation.
