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Genomic Profiling Helps Provide Targeted Therapy Options for Hard to Treat Cancers

Research from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey examining difficult to treat cancer tumors through genomic profiling shows that tumors with alterations in a signaling pathway responsible for cell regulation may respond to targeted therapy regardless of where the tumor originated in the body. The findings will be presented as part of a poster presentation by members of the Rutgers…

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Ancient Viral Invaders in Our DNA Help Fight Today’s Infections

About eight percent of our DNA is viral in origin: remnants of ancient battles between infectious viruses and our ancestors. These so-called endogenous viruses are often perceived as a mere oddity with no clear biological significance. But a new study by scientists at the University of Utah School of Medicine shows that evolution has repurposed some of these viral remains into weapons…

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Why People Oppose Same-Sex Marriage

Why do opponents of same-sex marriage really oppose it? A UCLA psychology study published online today in the journal Psychological Science concludes that many people believe gay men and women are more sexually promiscuous than heterosexuals, which they may fear could threaten their own marriages and their way of life.  The researchers surveyed 523 men and 562 women, 27 percent…

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2016 | Jessica Lynch Alfaro, et al – Taxonomic review of the New World tamarins (Primates: Callitrichidae)

ISG faculty, Jessica Lynch Alfaro, and her Graduate Research Assistant, Janet Buckner, have published a paper titled “Taxonomic review of the New World tamarins (Primates: Callitrichidae)” in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2016. Abstract: Twelve generic names have been ascribed to the New World tamarins but all are currently placed in just one: Saguinus Hoffmannsegg, 1807. Based on geographical…

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Humans Evolved by Sharing Technology and Culture

New findings from Blombos Cave show that Stone Age man in Africa exchanged technology to a large extent. The more contact between groups, the stronger technology developed. The exchange of tools can explain humans journey from Africa to Europe. “The pattern we are seeing is that when demographics change, people interact more. For example, we have found similar patterns engraved on…

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