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Multibillion-dollar map of human brain might not be worth it
The Obama administration is reportedly considering funding a multibillion-dollar effort to map the human brain. This so-called Brain Activity Map project is inspired by the success of the Human Genome Project in mapping the genetic code. The proposal...
Tags: Biology, Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses, Autism, Alzheimer's Disease
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Study helps untangle polar bear and brown bear genetics
Among those concerned about the fate of the polar bear, it’s thought that understanding the iconic animal’s genetics could help scientists figure out what will happen to the bears as the climate warms and their icy habitat shrinks. There&...
Tags: Biology, Science and Technology, Biotechnology Industry, Medical Research, Chemical Industry
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July meeting presents animal and dairy science
Registration is now open for the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association and the American Society of Animal Science. The meeting will take place in Indianapolis, Ind., from July 8 to 12, 2013. The Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) will...Tags: Science, Science and Technology, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings
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Williamsburg family promotes 'tubie' awareness
Kaylee squealed with barely contained delight as images of her brother, Adam, flashed on the TV screen. The 4th-grader and her mother, Katie Marceron, collaborated on the video, "Amazing Adam's Story," to show her class at Waller Mill Elementary, a York...
Tags: Family, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Alzheimer's Disease
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'Noble Savages' looks at one anthropologist's life of controversy
In 1998, just before Napoleon Chagnon retired from the University of California at Santa Barbara, he signed a contract to write a book about his life as an anthropologist among the Yanomamö people, who live in the forests of Venezuela and Brazil. It...
Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, University of Missouri , Anthropology, Chicago Tribune, Research
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Fewer, better
Checking heifers last night, I wondered how deep I will have to cull this year. At least five of these 25 will have to go. No rain or snow in the forecast, but the soil-test-prescribed dose of fertilizer has been applied to cool-season pastures. Our...Tags: Biology, Science and Technology, Petroleum Industry, Medical Specialization, GeneMax Corporation
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It's not just a disease, it's genetics
Call it kismet. Cristy and Rick Spooner of Rancho Santa Margarita finally learned two and a half weeks ago that two of their three daughters have a rare genetic disorder, a diagnosis for which they waited more than a decade. All it took was reconnecting...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, MRI (imaging), Vitamin Therapy, Electroencephalography, Biology
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Margaret H. Abbott, genetics researcher
Margaret Hawkins Abbott, a retired Johns Hopkins Medical School genetics researcher who investigated families with inherited conditions for nearly five decades, died of dementia complications Feb. 1 at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 89 and lived in...Tags: Nursing Homes, Nursing, Long Term Care, Hospitals and Clinics, University of Maryland, College Park
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Soy fish food could open markets for South Dakota farmers
BROOKINGS - Research into alternative fish feed could jump-start the fish-farming industry in South Dakota and provide a new market for soybean farmers, proponents hope. "Our target here, our aim, is to reduce operating costs by producing these novel...Tags: Ecosystems, Genetic Engineering, China, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Environmental Issues
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One-step upgrade in calves
Some cows are better suited to their environment than to pleasing beef consumers. Their owners can still use high-value Angus genetics as a terminal cross in those herds, to help themselves and the entire beef supply chain. That's according to two years...Tags: Biology, Science and Technology, Medical Specialization, Consumers
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Hopkins researcher receives new award to spotlight scientists
Many people have heard of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg or Google co-founder Sergey Brin. But few know about Bert Vogelstein, a Johns Hopkins scientist who helped map the cancer genome and created gene and stool tests to detect colon cancer. A new,...
Tags: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Colon Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests, University of California, San Diego, Shinya Yamanaka
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Art Review: Jessica Rath at the Pasadena Museum of California Art
Jessica Rath’s project “Take Me to the Apple Breeder” at the Pasadena Museum of California Art, begins with a fundamentally captivating subject: the metaphor-rich science of apple cultivation. After coming across a mention in a book...
Tags: Museums, Arts and Culture, Arts, Cornell University, Apples
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