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Victor McKusick, genome project pioneer, dead at 86
Dr. Victor McKusick, a key architect of the Human Genome Project and a winner of the National Medal of Science, has died. He was 86. Officials at Johns Hopkins University, where McKusick was a professor of genetics, said he died Tuesday in Towson, Md.,...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Genetics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Medicine, Diseases
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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: Death and Dying, Johns Hopkins University, Genetics, Medicine, Diseases
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A Mono Lake success story
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThere was a time when it was hard to find yellow warblers at Rush Creek. But on a recent bright and sunny morning, a yellow warbler plunged through a gap in a stream-side cottonwood forest, flying back to the nest where her chicks were hiding. Suddenly,...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Nature, Natural Resources, Los Angeles, Wildlife
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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: Death and Dying, Johns Hopkins University, Genetics, Maine, Natural Science
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Victor A. McKusick, 86; Johns Hopkins physician pioneered genetics research
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDr. Victor A. McKusick, the Johns Hopkins University physician who is widely regarded as the father of medical genetics, died Tuesday at his home in Baltimore. He was 86 and died of complications from cancer. McKusick was a pioneer in linking diseases to...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Death and Dying, Johns Hopkins University, Genetics, Medicine
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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: Religious Leaders, Sociology, Genetics, Galileo Galilei, Justice and Rights
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UConn Mentoring Program Exposes High School Students To College Science
Courant Staff Writer— Jessica Guastamachio and Lorena Lazo De La Vega think rat brains "kind of look like chickens." They now have the experience to know. The two East Hartford teens have been slicing rat brains this summer as part of the Mentor Connection program,...Tags: Medical Research, Connecticut, East Hartford, Animals, Animal Science
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Want to hunt for treasure? There may be a cache.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSPOT an utterly valueless item -- a tiny toy soldier, a button, a marble -- lying at the base of a telephone pole or atop a fence post, and you probably wouldn't pay it much attention. If anything, you might just curse the litterbug who left it there. But...Tags: Los Angeles, Natural Science
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Possible increase of jellyfish in NY waters
Marine biologists say there may be more jellyfish than usual in New York waters this year. They say one breed in particular _ the lion's mane _ showed up about a month earlier than usual. The biologists blame everything from breeding conditions and...Tags: Triathlon, Cornell University, Conservation, New York, Ecosystems
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Conn. program boosts lobster size
Associated Press WriterA program aimed at restoring the lobster population in Long Island Sound is working well enough to keep the current minimum legal size for lobsters taken by fishermen, environmental protection officials said Monday. But a state biologist said it is...Tags: Groton, Jodi Rell, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Environmental Pollution, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
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