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NOVA SCOTIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science

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 at cost from Sharon Longard, Killam Library, Dalhousie University. E-mail: sharon.longard@dal.ca

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