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What happened to Otto Warmbier? When the unthinkable is unknowable. – Washington Post

Posted: Published on June 21st, 2017

Fred and Cindy Warmbier announced June 19 that their son, Otto, has died, days after he was medically evacuated from North Korea. (The Washington Post) When he left the United States at the end of 2015, Otto Warmbier was a healthy, athletic 21-year-old. When he returned last week, medically evacuated from his 17-month detention in North Korea, he was in a coma, with extensive brain damage. Warmbier died Monday, surrounded by family. His funeral will be Thursday at the high school where he graduated as salutatorian in 2013. Video shot by a family friend in 2013 shows Otto Warmbier giving a speech as salutatorian at his graduation from Wyoming High School, in Wyoming, Ohio. Warmbier died on June 19, days after being released from North Korean detainment. (Courtesy of Fred and Cindy Warmbier) His death the loss of a buoyant, hard-working, adventurous, much-loved University of Virginia student touched off mourning, outrage and many questions. What had happened to him? And could he have been saved? [Otto Warmbiers father denounces North Korea as his son is treated for a severe neurological injury] Otto Warmbier, left, with friends Emmett Saulnier and Ned Ende in May 2015 at the University of Virginia. (Sanjana … Continue reading →

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Offer extended to transfer UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes to brain trauma center in Atlanta – MMAjunkie.com

Posted: Published on June 21st, 2017

Story updated at 9:08 p.m. ET to reflect additional information on Hughes involvement with the foundation and a statement on his potential treatment. Illinois State Police continue to investigate a truck-train crash that left UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes hospitalized. Officers from the Traffic Crash Reconstruction Unit hope to speak to Hughes to find out what happened when his truck was struck last Friday by a train on Beeler Trail in Montgomery County, Ill. Officers are waiting to see if his condition improves so they can interview him, ISP public information officer Jason Bradley told MMAjunkie. Theyre also waiting toxicology results from the hospital where he was airlifted following the accident. If he obviously is in a position where they think hes going to pull through, the investigation will continue, because theyre going to want to interview him, Bradley said. Theyre going to go back and recreate everything they can up to that point. Theyre going to wait for toxicology tests to come back. There really is no time frame, because a lot of times, a majority of the investigation will be completed, but theyre waiting on one thing before they can close it. Hughes, 43, a native of … Continue reading →

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Grape compounds can kill colon cancer cells: Research – The Indian Express

Posted: Published on June 21st, 2017

By: IANS | New York | Published:June 21, 2017 4:48 pm The combination of resveratrol (found largely in grape skins) and grape seed extract is very effective at killing colon cancer cells.(Source: File photo) Compounds found in grape skins and seeds can kill colon cancer cells and may eventually lead to treatments to help prevent the condition, say researchers including one of Indian origin. The combination of resveratrol (found largely in grape skins) and grape seed extract is very effective at killing colon cancer cells, said Jairam K.P. Vanamala, Associate Professor of Food Sciences at Pennsylvania State University in the US. And what were learning is the combination of these compounds is not toxic to healthy cells, Vanamala, who is also a faculty member at the Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, said. The findings, published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, could pave the way for clinical testing of the compounds in human colon cancer, which is the second most common cancer in women and the third in men. If successful, the compounds could then be used in a pill to help prevent colon cancer and lessen the recurrence of the disease in colon cancer survivors. The researchers … Continue reading →

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NICreL Seeks FG’s Support For NABDA To Boost Biotechnology … – Leadership Newspapers

Posted: Published on June 21st, 2017

By Michael Oche, Abuja The New Initiative for Credible Leadership, a leading research and development based Civil Society Organization in Nigeria has hailed the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) under the leadership of Professor Mrs. Lucy Ogbadu for her innovations in biotechnology and genetic engineering in the country. NABDA is an organization aimed at promoting, coordinating, and setting research and development priority in biotechnology for Nigeria. NICreL noted the ongoing economic quandary in Nigeria as a result of fall in oil prices calls for all stakeholders to put on their thinking cap for the country to move away from its over dependency and focus on other sectors, particularly agriculture which was the mainstream of the countrys gross national earnings was booming before the advent crude oil. Addressing newsmen on the activities of Nigerias research institutions in Abuja, Reverend Steven Onwu, Executive Secretary of the Centre, averred that NABDA within the last two years has continued to work assiduously hard under its mandate to put the nation at par with global realities through its various innovations, scientific breakthroughs in the field of genetics and intellectual acumen to move the country forward. Onwu noted that Professor Ogbadu is demonstrating to Nigerians through … Continue reading →

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UNF Spinnaker : Biology Professor Brews Up A Buzz – UNF Spinnaker

Posted: Published on June 21st, 2017

Alexandra Torres-Perez June 20, 2017 Filed under Features, Professor Profile Share on Facebook Share via Email Michael Lentz researches how yeast can change the flavor in both beer and wine. Photo by Alexandra Torres-Perez Many people say beer is an acquired taste, but one UNF professor is using science to craft his own flavor. Michael Lentz, an associate professor of biology, heads a research lab on the science of beer and brewing. Small-scale experimental brews in progress. Photo courtesy of Michael Lentz. Lentz first started brewing at what he called the very start of the craft beer revolution in the mid 1980s while he was a postdoctoral student at the University of California at Berkeley. Lentz collaborated with students from his university and the University of California at San Francisco to see what they could brew up at the lab. Nobody had really brewed their own beer before, Lentz said. We kind of had a challengeIt was a collaborative project with the labs, and then we would get together to see whose [beer] was the best. Since then, Lentz has continued brewing from his home as a hobby. Its a fun hobbyI enjoy the process, Lentz said. I enjoy the … Continue reading →

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‘Breatharian’ couple magically defies biology, subsists only on clicks and BS – Mashable

Posted: Published on June 21st, 2017

Mashable 'Breatharian' couple magically defies biology, subsists only on clicks and BS Mashable Are you sitting down? Good. We have some astonishing news: Food and water are no longer essential to staying alive. So claims a "Breatharian" couple in the spotlight this week, who say humans can be sustained by "the universe's energy." For the past ... Original post: 'Breatharian' couple magically defies biology, subsists only on clicks and BS - Mashable … Continue reading →

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Compromise on high school biology test passes first committee | The … – The Spokesman-Review

Posted: Published on June 21st, 2017

UPDATED: Mon., June 19, 2017, 10:23 p.m. OLYMPIA A compromise that could allow some 3,000 high school seniors to graduate even though they couldnt pass a controversial biology test moved through a key House committee Monday, creating a possibility it could become law in the coming weeks. Several members of the House Education Committee grumbled that they preferred their original bill, which would also remove the requirements to pass math and English assessment tests for graduation, and criticized the Senate for refusing to vote on it even though the House passed it three times with overwhelming bipartisan support. The Senate has passed its bill, focusing on the biology assessment test, three times, also with overwhelming bipartisan support. The compromise, which the House committee passed 15-0, delays any requirement to pass a science assessment until the senior class of 2021. By then the state expects to have a test that reflects the current science curriculum, not the old biology curriculum that has been replaced. Requirements to pass math and English language arts tests are retained but students who fail the assessment tests in 10th grade could pass tests that are designed and administered locally, get academic support in 11th grade and … Continue reading →

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bioinformatics | science | Britannica.com

Posted: Published on June 21st, 2017

Bioinformatics, a hybrid science that links biological data with techniques for information storage, distribution, and analysis to support multiple areas of scientific research, including biomedicine. Bioinformatics is fed by high-throughput data-generating experiments, including genomic sequence determinations and measurements of gene expression patterns. Database projects curate and annotate the data and then distribute it via the World Wide Web. Mining these data leads to scientific discoveries and to the identification of new clinical applications. In the field of medicine in particular, a number of important applications for bioinformatics have been discovered. For example, it is used to identify correlations between gene sequences and diseases, to predict protein structures from amino acid sequences, to aid in the design of novel drugs, and to tailor treatments to individual patients based on their DNA sequences (pharmacogenomics). The classic data of bioinformatics include DNA sequences of genes or full genomes; amino acid sequences of proteins; and three-dimensional structures of proteins, nucleic acids and proteinnucleic acid complexes. Additional -omics data streams include: transcriptomics, the pattern of RNA synthesis from DNA; proteomics, the distribution of proteins in cells; interactomics, the patterns of protein-protein and proteinnucleic acid interactions; and metabolomics, the nature and traffic patterns of transformations of … Continue reading →

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Translational Bioinformatics Market Research Report Now Available at Research Corridor – Thrasher Backer

Posted: Published on June 21st, 2017

Translational Bioinformatics Market Research Report Now Available at Research Corridor Research Corridor has published a new research study titled Translational Bioinformatics Market Size, Share, Growth, Trend, Opportunities, Competitive Analysis and Forecast, 2017 2025. The Translational Bioinformatics market report studies current as well as future aspects of the Translational Bioinformatics Market based upon factors such as market dynamics, key ongoing trends and segmentation analysis. Apart from the above elements, the Translational Bioinformatics Market research report provides a 360-degree view of the Translational Bioinformatics industry with geographic segmentation, statistical forecast and the competitive landscape. Browse the complete report at http://www.researchcorridor.com/translational-bioinformatics-market/ Geographically, the Translational Bioinformatics Market report comprises dedicated sections centering on the regional market revenue and trends. The Translational Bioinformatics market has been segmented on the basis of geographic regions into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Rest of the World (RoW). The RoW segment consists Latin America and the Middle East & Africa. The Translational Bioinformatics market has been extensively analyzed on the basis of various regional factors such as demographics, gross domestic product (GDP), inflation rate, acceptance and others. Translational Bioinformatics Market estimates have also been provided for the historical years 2015 & 2016 along with forecast for the period … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Witch Hunt – Wall Street Journal (subscription)

Posted: Published on June 21st, 2017

Wall Street Journal (subscription) Anatomy of a Witch Hunt Wall Street Journal (subscription) Americans won't be really good citizens until they read Timur Kuran and Cass Sunstein's 1999 law review article about availability cascades. Their launching point is the process by which we (i.e., human beings) decide to believe what others believe ... Here is the original post: Anatomy of a Witch Hunt - Wall Street Journal (subscription) … Continue reading →

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