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28 min ago | The Florida Times-Union

Mentor helped start Fletcher student on path to Ivy League

One day, when Kerry Burke-McCloud was in seventh grade at Fletcher Middle School, he was called to the office.

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Related Topix: Yale University, University of North Carolina Asheville, Duke University, College of Charleston, Furman University

2 hrs ago | Live Science

Creating a cloned human embryo

Researchers remove the genetic material from an unfertilized human egg cell in the first step toward creating a cloned human embryo A new stem cell discovery has reawakened controversy about human cloning - though technical challenges mean scientists are far from being able to create human babies as in Michael Bay's 2005 sci-fi flick "The Island." ... (more)

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Related Topix: Genetics, Medicine, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology

6 hrs ago | CBS Local

Fact Check Friday: Scandals Hit The White House

We call it Fact Check Friday , and we have help from factcheck.org, a nonpartisan non-profit part of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia On Monday, President Barack Obama said, "The IRS, as an independent agency, requires absolute integrity and people have to have confidence that they're applying it ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, US Politics, Barack Obama

10 hrs ago | Philly.com

Arthur Henshey Moss, 82, lawyer

Arthur Henshey Moss, 82, of Wayne, who practiced law in Philadelphia for 40 years, died Thursday, May 9, of complications from pneumonia at his home.

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Related Topix: Wayne, PA, Philadelphia, PA, Williams College

15 hrs ago | MediLexicon

Infection And Sepsis-Related Mortality Hotspots Identified Across The US

In the past, researchers have sought to determine the geographic distribution of many life-threatening conditions, including stroke and cardiac arrest.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Health

Fri May 17, 2013

Philly.com

Student reprimanded over T-shirt showing gun

John Doerffel never thought his clothes would land him in the internal suspension room for a half-day, but that's what happened to the William Tennent High School senior this week.

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Related Topix: Warminster, PA, Education Etc.

Newswise

Research Suggests New Role for ECMO in Treating Patients with Cardiac Arrest and Profound Shock

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , a procedure traditionally used during cardiac surgeries and in the ICU that functions as an artificial replacement for a patient's heart and lungs, has also been used to resuscitate cardiac arrest victims in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government

The Planetary Society

Connecting scientist mentors with students who have the desire to learn

Every scientist has three key experiences that helped them on the road to a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM: 1) being born with a desire to learn; 2) having opportunity to apply STEM principles; and 3) guidance from an effective mentor .

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Education Etc.

The Triangle

Jewish Center will be first of its kind

Drexel University has announced plans to build a new 13,000 square-foot Center for Jewish Life at 118 N. 34th St., according to a May 6 University press release.

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Related Topix: Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Science, Industry and Business

PARP inhibitor shows activity in pancreatic, prostate cancers among patients carrying BRCA mutations

In the largest clinical trial to date to examine the efficacy of PARP inhibitor therapy in BRCA 1/2 carriers with diseases other than breast and ovarian cancer, the oral drug olaparib was found to be effective against advanced pancreatic and prostate cancers.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government

Thu May 16, 2013

SF Site

Death Perception by Lee Allen Howard

Lee Allen Howard Lee Allen Howard earned a BA in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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Related Topix: Arts, Popular Fiction

ConsumerAffairs.Com

Too much salt is bad but too little may not be good either

ConsumerAffairs' founder and editor, Jim Hood formerly headed Associated Press Broadcast News, directing coverage of major news events worldwide.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Hypertension, Health

Stacy Blackman Consulting

UPenn Wharton School MBA Application Deadlines

The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania has released the application deadlines for the 2013-2014 MBA admissions cycle.

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Related Topix: Eastern Standard Time, Ska

People

Angelina Jolie's Double Mastectomy: What to Know About the 'Faulty' Gene

Angelina Jolie says she underwent a double mastectomy after she found out she carried the "faulty" BRCA1 gene and was told she had an 87 percent chance of developing breast cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Genetics

Newswise

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Names...

Eve J. Higginbotham, SM, MD, has been named the first Vice Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania , effective August 1, 2013.

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Related Topix: Howard University, Atlanta, GA, Morehouse School of Medicine, us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, Washington D.C. Travel

Philly.com

James Godshalk, chemical engineer

James Bond Godshalk, 98, of Lower Makefield Township, a chemical engineer and inventor, died Friday, May 3, at Chandler Hall Hospice in Newtown, Bucks County.

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Related Topix: Inventions, Science / Technology, Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Science

Wed May 15, 2013

CBS Local

3 Men, Woman Shot In Southwest Philadelphia

The incident happened at about 9:20 p.m. on the 2600 block of South Daggett Street in the Elmwood section.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA

NBC Philadelphia

Man Shoots Girlfriend, Tells Her He Loves Her: Police

A member of a local motorcycle club is in jail after police say he shot his girlfriend in the head.

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Related Topix: Upper Darby, PA, Darby, PA

EurekAlert!

More sleep may decrease the risk of suicide in people with insomnia

Results show that every one-hour increase in sleep duration was associated with a 72 percent decrease in the likelihood of moderate or high suicide risk, in comparison with low risk.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA

Philly.com

Jolie's difficult medical decision wins praise

"I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no ways diminishes my femininity," the movie star wrote Tuesday in a New York Times op-ed. Jolie, who watched her mother die of ovarian cancer at age 56, inherited a mutation in a gene, BRCA1, that puts her at high risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Oncology