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Patients Find Each Other Online To Jump-Start Medical Research

From NPR: People with extremely rare diseases are often scattered across the world, and any one hospital has a hard time locating enough individuals to conduct meaningful research. But one woman with an extremely rare heart condition managed to do … Continue reading

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We are Stardust

For the newest Symphony of Science video, “We Are Stardust,” click here.

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New blog: Mind the Science Gap

I’ve added a new blog from the School of Public Health to our blog roll, Mind the Science Gap.  Check it out–read & comment! For ten weeks between January and April 2012, Masters of Public Health students from the University of Michigan … Continue reading

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A bit of fun for a Friday–Symphony of Science

Courtesy of the Scholarly Kitchen blog, have fun with Morgan Freeman, Stephen Hawking, & others!  

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Food-born pathogens–What’s the most dangerous?

The Wall Street Journal‘s Health Blog reports a new study from the University of Florida’s Emerging Pathogens Institute, “Ranking the Risks: the 10 Pathogen-Food Combinations with the Greatest Burden on Public Health.” The report not only tells you what to … Continue reading

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A bit of fun for a Friday

The Symphony of Science is a musical project headed by John Boswell, designed to deliver scientific knowledge and philosophy in musical form. Watch Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Tara Shears and Neil deGrasse Tyson sing their lectures. … Continue reading

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