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: Radiation Exposure Compensation Amendments of 1999 signed into law.
On July 10, 2000, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Amendments of 1999 (P.L. 106-245) was signed into law.
The bill allowed more workers who handled radioactive material for weapons programs to be eligible to receive
federal compensation for radiation-induced illness.
The law expanded previously written compensation acts, making more grades of workers eligible for compensation,
and to include compensation for brain, lung, bladder, colon, ovary, and salivary gland cancers.
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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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Digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph of rod-shaped Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria (Photo Credit: NIAID)
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Science Quote
"It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset."
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Sir Arthur Eddington, English astronomer
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(1882-1944)
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