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MIT site puts human face on Iraq war
01-18-2008 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)As the war in Iraq approaches its fifth anniversary, a new MIT web site aims to provide an accurate account of living conditions, as well as civilian injuries and deaths due to political violence, throughout the Middle Eastern state.
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A team of researchers led by Doug Owsley, forensic anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institution, has determined the identity of a pre-Civil War era individual buried in a cast iron coffin that was discovered in Washington, D.C., in 2005 by a utility crew. After a complete forensic examination in 2005 and two years of genealogical research, the boy in the iron coffin has been identified as William Taylor White, a 15-year-old from Accomack County, Va.,
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09-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
Scientists have discovered how the gene mutation responsible for fragile X syndrome -- the most common inherited form of mental retardation -- alters the way brain cells communicate. In neurons cultured from laboratory rats, the scientists also were able to reverse the effects of the mutation using a drug targeted to the specific site in an upstream pathway of the defect. The finding could lead to the development of human therapies for this previously untreatable condition.
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- Stem cell nuclei are soft 'hard drives,' Penn study finds
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- People's reactions to government censorship depend on their views of President Bush
12-10-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- MIT to welcome Amgen Scholars in 2007
10-19-2006 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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- Ashdown to talk on why Bosnia's reconstruction is more successful than Iraq's
11-20-2006 · University of Bath
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