July is Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month.
Juvenile arthritis (JA) refers to any form of arthritis or arthritis-related
condition that develops in children or teenagers who are less than 18 years of age.
Nearly 300,000 children in America have been diagnosed with juvenile arthritis and
are affected by pediatric arthritis and rheumatologic conditions.
The Arthritis National Research Foundation funds arthritis research to find a
cure for arthritis, but it is also a children’s charity. By supporting arthritis research
specific to juvenile arthritis every year, they hope to make a difference in the lives of the
thousands of kids dealing with arthritis.
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LifeScience Moment: President Bush signed Americans with Disabilities Act into law.
On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. Prior to ADA, it was legal to discriminate against
people with physical and intellectual disabilities.
The ADA prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas, including employment, transportation, public accommodations,
communications and access to state and local government’ programs and services.
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of the life science industry by state or province through one-of-a-kind posters
illustrating the founding technology origins of life science companies.
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It's a Small World
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Salmonella Typhimurium (Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr)
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Science Quote
"To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I confess, absurd in the highest degree."
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Charles Darwin, British naturalist,
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(1809-1882)
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