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Scientists find new gene markers for cancer risk
NEW YORK (AP) — A huge international effort involving more than 100 institutions and genetic tests on 200,000 people has uncovered dozens of signposts in DNA that can help reveal further a person's risk for breast, ovarian or prostate cancer,...Tags: Medical Specialization, Chemotherapy, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
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Advocates want statewide vote on wolf hunting
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — In Michigan, where gray wolves were designated as game animals just months after they were removed from the endangered species list in 2012, animal welfare activists are trying a new tactic: taking their case against...
Tags: Rick Snyder, Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, Government, Hunting
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Second IUSB chancellor candidate meets the public
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Anne E. Huot says she knows the challenges faced by first-generation college students, because she was one herself. After growing up in Manchester, N.H., she and her six siblings were the first in their family to attend college. "I had a...Tags: Students, University of New Hampshire, Technology, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology
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IU scientist developing anti-suicide nasal spray
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana University School of Medicine scientist has been awarded $3 million to develop a nasal spray intended to combat suicidal thoughts among soldiers. The U.S. Army awarded the research grant to associate professor of...
Tags: Indiana University, Suicidal Behavior, Suicide, Science and Technology, Behavioral Conditions
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Out-of-control seaweed focus of local student's study
The fishing isn't what it used to be at one local lake, and a Saint Mary's student and professor are looking to change that. When Willard Peters throws his line out at Lake Bruce in Fulton County, he would like to catch something. "Maybe I am not a...
Tags: Students, Education, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Fishing
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Study: 6 pounds of bacteria live on 200-pound person
WASHINGTON (AP) — They live on your skin, up your nose, in your gut — enough bacteria, fungi and other microbes that collected together could weigh, amazingly, a few pounds. Now scientists have mapped just which critters normally live in or...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Medical Specialization, Cesarean Section, DNA, Stanford University
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2 years later, fish sick near BP oil spill site
BARATARIA BAY, La. (AP) — Open sores. Parasitic infections. Chewed-up-looking fins. Gashes. Mysterious black streaks. Two years after the drilling-rig explosion that touched off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, scientists are...
Tags: Environmental Issues, National Marine Fisheries Service , Colleges and Universities, Ecosystems, Science
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Biologist to study Cass Co. deer with bulbous snout
A deer with an unnaturally large muzzle was shot by a Goshen hunter in Cass County recently, the Kalamazoo Gazette reports. The animal caught the attention of a Georgia wildlife pathologist who studies deer diseases. The researcher, who requested the...Tags: Science
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Barflies: Sex-deprived male flies go for the booze
NEW YORK (AP) — Guys, when your sweetheart says "No thanks" to sex, do you knock back a few stiff drinks to feel better? Turns out fruit flies do pretty much the same thing.
That's the word from a new study that may explain why both species react...Tags: Medical Research, Substance Abuse, Science and Technology, Health, University of Missouri
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New school year, new way of learning for New Tech students and teachers
SOUTH BEND -- South Bend students head back to school today. For many it means a new teacher, a new classroom and new classmates. For South Bend New Tech High School students it means a new way of learning.
This is the first year for this brand new...Tags: Students, Education, New Products, High Schools, Science and Technology
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Tap into brainpower: Pre-Seed Workshop nurtures entrepreneurs
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterMichiana’s second Pre-Seed Workshop gathered seven potential companies’ “idea champions” with teams of legal, business, financial and other experts for intense focus on how - or whether - to move forward. The repeat performance by...Tags: New Products, Economy, Business and Finance, Technology, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Companies and Corporations
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Rattlesnake in 'peril'
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterCASSOPOLIS - Thick, black mud squishes underfoot and tall reeds sway overhead, crowding this remote wetland trail at the Edward Lowe Foundation in Cass County. Eric Hileman tramps along under the blue autumn sky, carrying live cargo in a white, plastic...Tags: Environmental Issues, Wildlife, Lincoln Park Zoo, Forests, Northern Illinois University
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