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Rare Evolutionary Event Detected
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- Written by Kristin Elise Phillips Kristin Elise Phillips
- Published: 30 May 2016 30 May 2016
Austin, Texas - It took nearly a half trillion tries before researchers at The University of Texas at Austin witnessed a rare event and perhaps solved an evolutionary puzzle about how introns, noncoding sequences of DNA located within genes, multiply in a genome. The results, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, address fundamental questions about the evolution of new species and could expand our understanding of gene expression and the causes of diseases such as cancer.
Disability and the Face of Mercy
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- Written by Kenneth Hallenius Kenneth Hallenius
- Published: 30 May 2016 30 May 2016
West Lafayette, Indiana - The Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture and the Jacques Maritain Center at Notre Dame, in collaboration with the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, are hosting a two-day colloquium on disability and mercy to take place in Rome, June 5–6, 2016. The colloquium will bring together theologians, scholars, historians, persons with disabilities, families, and intentional Christian communities for shared discussion about disability and the ways in which mercy, properly understood, requires friendship, communion, and a shared life with those who have disabilities.
Missouri Regulators Take Right Approach to Aetna-Humana Merger
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- Written by Robert J. Mills Robert J. Mills
- Published: 29 May 2016 29 May 2016
Chicago, Illinois - Steven J. Stack, MD President, American Medical Association:
President Obama to Travel to Colorado Springs
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- Written by White House White House
- Published: 30 May 2016 30 May 2016
Washington, DC - On Thursday, June 2, the President will deliver the commencement address to the 2016 graduates of the United States Air Force Academy. The U.S. Air Force Academy is recognized for educating and training some of the nation’s most dedicated leaders, and the President looks forward to thanking them for their service.
Johns Hopkins Students Design Prosthetic Fit for High Heels
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- Written by Arthur Hirsch Arthur Hirsch
- Published: 29 May 2016 29 May 2016
Baltimore, Maryland - After losing a leg to injury or disease, women adjusting to life with a prosthetic limb face the same challenges as men, with perhaps one added complication: how to wear high-heels?