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Q47. Is there a 100% effective way to prevent sexual transmission of HIV? – Video

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The Blue Room | Anatomy of a Scene w/ Director Mathieu Amalric | The New York Times – Video

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Genetic Technologies Reports ‘Consistent’ Q1 BREVAGen Volume, Launches Second Generation Dx

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GenapSys has appointed Mark Pratt as vice president of product development. Most recently, Pratt was senior director of accuracy R&D at Personalis. Before that, he served at Illumina, where he was responsible for engineering research, including holding leadership positions in the development of the HiSeq and MiSeq systems.

The Personalized Medicine Coalition announced that Daryl Pritchard will be its new VP of science policy, in charge of promoting the organization's science-related policies and of raising awareness of precision healthcare issues among policymakers, providers, and patients. Before joining PMC, Pritchard was director of policy research at the National Pharmaceutical Council; director of research programs advocacy and personalized medicine at the Biotechnology Industry Organization; and the director of government affairs for the American Association for Dental Research.

Nabsys has appointed Steve Lombardi to president, CEO, and to its board of directors. Previously, he was CEO of Real Time Genomics, and before that he was CEO of Helicos BioSciences. He has also served as senior vice president of Affymetrix and vice president of genetic analysis at Applied Biosystems.

Roche said this week that Arthur Levinson has resigned from its board of directors, effective immediately. The drugmaker said Levinson, who was chairman and CEO at Genentech from 1999 to 2014, made the decision to avoid any conflict with his post as CEO at Calico, a Google-backed startup. Levinson has served on Roche's board since 2010.

Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute said this week it has named Perry Nisen as its CEO and as holder of the Donald Bren Chief Executive Chair. Nisen joins Sanford Burnham from GlaxoSmithKline, where he was senior VP of science and innovation.

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Former Carnegie director Sean Solomon wins National Medal of Science

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6-Oct-2014

Contact: Tina McDowell tmcdowell@carnegiescience.edu Carnegie Institution @carnegiescience

Washington, D.C.Sean Solomon, director of Carnegie's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism from 1992 until 2012, will receive the nation's highest scientific award, the National Medal of Science at a White House ceremony later this year.

Sean Solomon's career has been characterized by an uncommon combination of science and leadership. He established important new paradigms in the Earth and planetary sciences, while simultaneously leading the field of geophysics. Solomon is the principal investigator and creative force behind the MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) mission to Mercury, which has had a bounty of discoveries that have changed what we thought we knew about the innermost planet. He is an acknowledged leader in the fields of seismology, geophysics, and planetary geology. His scientific research has ranged from oceanographic expeditions on Earth to spacecraft missions to Venus, Mars, Mercury, and the Moon. His fundamental contributions have changed our understanding of the structure and geodynamics of Earth, the Moon, and the terrestrial planets.

President Obama remarked in a statement: "These scholars and innovators have expanded our understanding of the world, made invaluable contributions to their fields, and helped improve countless lives. Our nation has been enriched by their achievements and by all the scientists and technologists across America dedicated to discovery, inquiry, and invention."

After Carnegie, Solomon became the director of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. In addition to his intellectual contributions and scientific leadership, Solomon has also been tireless in his service to the scientific community and the interests of society as a whole. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has served as President of the American Geophysical Union, the world's largest professional society in the Earth sciences, among many other appointments. Over his long career, he has been a supportive advisor to a large number of universities, research groups, and other scientific organizations and has been a selfless mentor to students and younger colleagues, many of whom have become leaders in their fields.

Solomon received his B.S. from Caltech and his Ph. D. from MIT. Before joining Carnegie he was Professor of Geophysics at MIT.

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The National Medal of Science was established by the 86th Congress in 1959 as a Presidential Award to be given to individuals "deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences." In 1980 Congress expanded this recognition to include the social and behavioral sciences.

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Yakult (, Yakuruto), is a probiotic dairy product made by fermenting a mixture of skimmed milk with a special strain of the bacterium Lactobacillus casei Shirota. It was created...

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Three-parent babies are ‘genetic engineering’ and be banned

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In a letter seen by the Sunday Times to the Commons science and technology committee, which is holding a one-day inquiry into three parent embryos on October 22, a group of scientists said: "The safety of mitochondrial replacement therapy is not yet established sufficiently well to proceed to clinical trials."

However, an editorial in New Scientist said mitochondria "play a key role in some of the most important features of human life. This raises the ethically troubling prospect ... that children conceived in this way will inherit vital traits from three parents."

Stuart Newman, a cell biologist and professor at New York Medical College, will submit his objections this week and said the importance of the outer part of the egg, donated by the second woman, was being played down.

"The mitochondria are ... participants in the development of the organism. This clearly makes any person [brought into being from the procedure] a product of wholesale genetic engineering," he said.

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, which backs mitochondrial replacement, said it could "see no reason for changing its in-depth and considered views on this matter".

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Q33. Can I get HIV from contact with my doctor, dentist, or other health care professionals? – Video

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Q33. Can I get HIV from contact with my doctor, dentist, or other health care professionals?
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