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DNA Tests Confirm Gray Wolves In Okanogan County
The Associated PressWashington state wildlife officials say genetic tests have confirmed that two animals captured last Friday in western Okanogan County are wild, gray wolves. Before releasing the wolves - a male and a lactating female - biologists fitted them with radio...Tags: Medical Specialization, Nature
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'X-Files' movie almost makes you believe
Tribune staff reporterMovie stardom isn't in the eye of the beholder, it's in the percentages demanded and received by the movie star. We're talking about a state of fiscal grace, not a state of glamor or mystique. By that measure Gillian Anderson is not a movie star. Yet...Tags: Medical Specialization, Billy Connolly, Cinema Industry, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), David Duchovny
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'Father of medical genetics' dies at 86
Sun ReporterDr. Victor A. McKusick, a Johns Hopkins professor who pioneered the study of medical genetics and spent his career exploring how patients' genes predisposed them to medical disorders, died of cancer Tuesday at his home in Towson. He was 86. Often...Tags: Medical Specialization, Johns Hopkins University, Medical Staff, Biology, Diseases
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Unmasking the super foods
Sun reporterThe 32nd Street Farmers' Market in Baltimore opened last Saturday morning with four produce farmers unloading batches of fresh blueberries for sale. Two and a half hours later, the berries were gone - undoubtedly scooped up by patrons who covet not only...Tags: Medical Specialization, Dietary Supplements, Alzheimer's Disease, Health Treatments, Diseases
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Monkeying with evolution
"My dear, let us hope that it isn't true!" the wife of the bishop of Worcester is reputed to have exclaimed 150 years ago, on hearing that human beings might be descended from apes. "But if it is true, let us hope that it doesn't become widely known!"...Tags: Medical Specialization, Civil Rights, Sociology, Biology, Philosophy
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Buy an animal based on compatability and love, not design
Melissa Patterson's article about designer dogs made me think of the science fiction film, "Gattaca," in which people were genetically engineered to have a desirable appearance, intellect, health, and social class ("Not all cute and cuddly in land of...Tags: Medical Specialization, Animals, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Fiction
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Study: Gene May Predict Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Risk
Bloomberg NewsA simple gene test may one day help doctors identify patients at risk for a rare, dangerous reaction to cholesterol-lowering drugs now taken by millions of people worldwide, researchers said. Researchers analyzed 300,000 genetic markers in 85 patients...Tags: Medical Specialization, Pfizer Incorporated, Health Treatments, Western Medicines, Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Dance studios benefit from TV show popularity
Special To The SentinelInspired by television hits Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance, Central Floridians are taking to the dance floor for fun and fitness. Instructors are delighted at the influx of couples, family groups and individuals on dance floors...Tags: Medical Specialization, Dance, Public Relations, Health Treatments, Culture
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Considered father of medical genetics
Chicago Tribune NewspapersDr. Victor McKusick, the Johns Hopkins University physician who is widely regarded as a father of medical genetics, died Tuesday at his home in Baltimore. He was 86 and died of complications from cancer. Dr. McKusick was a pioneer in linking diseases to...Tags: Medical Specialization, Johns Hopkins University, Death and Dying, Biology, Natural Science
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DANCE
SPECIAL TO THE SENTINELBill and Becky Crew of Chuluota used to spend their evenings at home e-mailing each other instead of communicating in person. Becky Crew, 57, saw an Arthur Murray Dance Studios (arthurmurrayorlando.com) ad for four dance lessons for $25 three years ago...Tags: Medical Specialization, Dance, Health Treatments, Culture, Dancing
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