October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month.
October is SIDS Awareness Month. Learn more about the problem and the risk factors and take action to reduce the risk.
Start by always placing babies on their backs to sleep.
The CDC is collaborating with the National Institutes of Health in its new Safe to Sleep campaign, outreach and education activities
aimed at reducing infant death risk from SIDS and other sleep-related sudden unexpected infant deaths.
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LifeScience Moment: International consortium launched genetic variation mapping project.
On Oct. 29, 2002, an international research consortium launched a $100 million public-private
effort to create the next generation map of the human genome. Called the International HapMap
Project, this new venture was aimed at speeding the discovery of genes related to common illnesses
such as asthma, cancer, diabetes and heart disease.
On June 16, 2016, the NCBI retired the HapMap Resource due to security flaws in the legacy
HapMap site. This project was a stepping stone for the 1000 Genomes Project which utilized
many of the same populations. Many believed the 1000 Genomes Project, launched in 2008
and completed in 2015, would overshadow the utility of HapMap.
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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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West Nile Virus (Photo Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith)
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Science Quote
"Man can't help hoping even if he is a scientist. He can only hope more accurately. "
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Dr. Karl Menninger, U.S. psychiatrist
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(1893-1990)
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