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Webinar: Climate and Desert Amphibian Physiology: A Resource for Planning Adaptation Strategies – Video

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Webinar: Climate and Desert Amphibian Physiology: A Resource for Planning Adaptation Strategies Presenter: Dr. Kerry Griffis-Kyle, Assistant Professor. Depar...

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Saturday Morning Organic connections Dr. Huber 2012 Agronomic Part 1.mp4 – Video

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To view part 2 http://youtu.be/ZTBgP6ZiKYs Agronomic Opportunities For Organic Agriculture on the Prairies DR DONALD M. HUBER, Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology, Purdue University Dr....

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Gene screen eyes mainstream

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Genome sequencing holds great potential for diagnosing diseases, finding treatments and ultimately cutting medical costs, experts say, but insurance companies are leery of covering the still-new procedure, preventing it so far from becoming a routine part of medical care.

Boston-based Partners HealthCare is one of just two systems in the country to offer full genome sequencing for clinical patients. The out-of-pocket cost of unlocking your full genetic code, though, is steep: $9,000.

Cost is a barrier, said Heidi Rehm, chief laboratory director at the Partners Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine in Cambridge.

The lab started offering full genome sequencing last August using blood samples to extract information from DNA but it has done the complex analysis for fewer than half a dozen patients since then. Insurance companies didnt cover the costs for any of those patients, Rehm said.

For patients suffering from a range of diseases, from cancer to hearing loss, sequencing can help identify the gene causing the problem and help doctors determine which treatments will be most effective. Genetic sequencing can also tell patients if theyre at risk of developing certain conditions later in life.

The challenge for scientists like Rehm is to prove that this kind of analysis is useful not just for sick patients but for healthy ones.

Can I say every patient should get their genome sequenced? We just dont have the collective evidence and the studies to prove that today, Rehm said. So the insurers are not going to cover everything today.

Insurance companies do pay for some genetic tests those that test specifically for a patients risk of developing breast cancer, for example but theyre still evaluating the benefit of full genome sequencing, which involves much more data and analysis.

We dont have a lot of information yet to make sweeping decisions, said Dr. Neil Minkoff, medical director for the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans. We tend to look at the individual patient or individual physicians request. Its still early in our experience with it.

The states three largest insurers, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, did not respond to requests for comment.

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Sugar industry can be revived with the help of Tissue Culture & Genetic Engineering in UP. – Video

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131 student projects win awards at Fayette County science fair

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Monisha Rekhraj, a senior at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, talked about her project with judge Brett Spear during the 30th Annual Kentucky American Water Science Fair at Bryan Station High School, where about 655 Fayette County public, private and home-school students in grades four through 12 competed for awards on Saturday. Rekhraj's project tested the effect of an anti-cancer agent on another disease. HERALD-LEADER|BuyPhoto

About 685 public, private and home-school students in grades 4 through 12 participated Saturday in the 30th annual Kentucky American Water Science Fair at Bryan Station High School in Lexington. The event included 650 projects judged by about 160 professionals, the company said in a news release. A total of 131 student projects received awards. See a list of the winners (PDF).

Judges evaluated the student projects according to the following categories: animal sciences, behavioral and social sciences, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, chemistry, computer science, earth and planetary science, engineering, energy and transportation, environmental sciences, medicine and health sciences, microbiology, physics and astronomy and plant sciences.

Kentucky American Water initiated the science fair for junior high school students in 1985 as part of the companys centennial celebration. The next year, the company joined with Fayette County Public Schools in coordinating the event. The fair has been expanded twice: first in 1989 to include elementary school science projects, and again in 1991 to include high school projects, according to the news release.

Students who received awards at Saturday's competition advance to the Central Kentucky Regional Science and Engineering Fair to be held at the University of Kentucky on March 1.

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Two Comets Pass in the Night Bound for Your Telescope

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Spectacular photo of Comets C/2012 X1 LINEAR (top) and C/2013 R1 Lovejoy taken with a wide field 4-inch telescope before dawn Feb. 8, 2014. The two comets were about 2.5 degrees apart at the time. Credit: Damian Peach

Remember comets Lovejoy and C/2012 X1 LINEAR? We dropped in on themin late January. On Feb. 6 the two cruised within 2 degrees of each other as they tracked through Ophiuchus before dawn. Were it not for bad weather, astrophotographer Damian Peach would have been out to record the cometary conjunction, but this unique photo, taken two mornings later, shows the two comets chasing each other across the sky. Of course theyre not really following one another, but the illusion is wonderful.

Comets Lovejoy and X1 LINEAR are neighbors in northern Ophiuchus through Feb. 25. This map shows the sky facing east about 1 hour 45 minutes before sunrise shortly before the start of morning twilight. Tick marks show the comets position every 5 days. Detailed map below. Created with Chris Marriotts SkyMap software.

Rarely do two relatively bright comets align so closely. Even more amazing was how much they looked alike. By good fortune I was able to see them both through a 15-inch (37-cm) under a very dark sky this morning. Although Lovejoys faint, approximately 20 long tail was fanned out more than X1s, both tails were faint, short and pointed to the west-northwest. Lovejoys coma was slightly larger and brighter, but both comets comas diplayed similarly compact, bright centers.

This deeper map shows stars to about magnitude 8. Although both comets appear to be getting lower every morning, the westward seasonal drift of the stars will keep them in good view for the next few months. Click to enlarge. Created with Chris Marriotts SkyMap software

Lovejoy currently hovers around magnitude 8.1, X1 LINEAR at 8.8 less than a magnitude apart. If you havent seen them yet, theyre still the brightest comets well have around for another few months unless an unexpected visitor enters the scene.

After converging for weeks, the comets paths are now slowly diverging and separating. Look while you can; the waxing moon will soon rob these fuzzies of their fading glory when it enters the morning sky this coming Tuesday or Wednesday.

See this earlier article for more information on both comets.

I'm a long-time amateur astronomer and member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO). My observing passions include comets, variable stars, deep sky, and photographing sky events like conjunctions and northern lights. I also write a regular blog titled Astro Bob.

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ELWOOD Easterns boys basketball team kept it a close game, but the Comets couldnt get over the hump as Elwood defeated Eastern 52-45 here Friday.

Jared Bourff and Dakin Updegraff formed a tough 1-2 punch for Elwood (8-8). Bourff had 24 points and Updegraff had 23.

Throughout the whole contest, we felt that we were two defensive stops from being in the lead, Eastern coach Mike Springer said. It seemed like every time we needed a stop, we just couldnt get it done. Give them credit, they had a good inside-outside game with Bourff and Updegraff. In the first half, they really cost us some trouble. The second half was Bourff on the block. He is a good player down there.

Two stops is what we needed, but we just couldnt come up with them. The kids played hard and they are working together. They trying to do things that I am asking to do.

The first quarter fetured seven lead changes. The Comets last lead was at the 1:49 left in the quarter where Noah Cope hit a jumper for a 15-13 lead. Updegraff then hit two 3-pointers to give the Panthers a 19-15 lead at the break.

The Comets stayed on the Panthers tails as Elwoods biggest lead over the first three quarters was eight points with 3:15 left in the third (35-27).

In the third quarter, Eastern couldnt stop Bourff has he scored 10 of Elwoods 12 points, but the Comets kept it close as Jacob Kinder hit two 3-pointers to cut the deficit to five 38-33 at the close of the quarter.

The fourth quarter was a little different for the Comet clan. Elwood slowly built up its lead to nine (48-39) with 1:09 left in the game. Eastern came back again on a 3-pointer by Chandler Buck and a three-point play by Braden Evans to cut the lead to four (49-45). Elwood responded with a three free throws for the final 52-45.

Every time we wanted to get a rhythm, they would change defenses on us, Springer added. Elwood ran a triangle and two and a box and one, and those are defenses that you dont see very often. Those little things that just didnt come up for us [Friday].

Kinder led Eastern (2-9) with 11 points. Cope added nine, and Tristen Moyers and Chandler Buck had eight points apiece.

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