Union workers have made their final push to block West Virginia American Water from laying off 31 employees, alleging the company wants to treat its customers as "guinea pigs" under a proposed water monitoring plan. The water company has pledged to allow the state Public Service Commission to monitor the utility's water quality and service on a monthly basis, after the job cuts.
For the most part these links were established by mining huge medical databases and comparing people's genetic code, or genotype, with known details about their actual traits-or phenotype, as your high school biology teacher would say. The implied promise of the consumergenetics industry, and its main selling point, is that knowing your genetic fate leaves you somehow better prepared to tackle future health problems. 23andMe, perhaps the best known of these companies-thanks to an Oprah appearance, celebrity spit parties, and a branded blimp seen flying over Silicon Valley-even hosts a Facebook-type function that lets customers share and compare genetic predispositions for, say, Parkinson's disease and swap tips for coping with diseases they have or may one day get.
I am briefly departing from the subject of dogs to focus on another passion of mine - guinea pigs. These small rodents are gaining in popularity, partly because of this year's G-Force movie, featuring four crime-fighting, computer-generated guinea pigs. Cavies, their correct name, are quite different from their hamster, mice and rabbit relatives. Their needs must be weighed when considering them as pets.
By infecting guinea pigs with a Shigella strain that expressed a mutant version of OspE that was unable to bind to the kinase and help cells form those focal adhesions, they protected these animals from the severe inflammation and diarrhea that would have afflicted them had they been infected with wild-type Shigella. F1000 Associate Faculty Member Melanie Hamon's lab researches how Listeria monocytogenes, another bacterium that infects the intestinal epithelium, affects host transcription and chromatin structure.
THE government has decided to go ahead with a genetically modified Aedes mosquito trial to combat the growing and dreaded dengue menace. Is it taking an undue risk? AFTER MUCH DEBATE AND DISCUSSION, THE government has decided to go ahead with a genetically modified (GM) Aedes mosquito trial to combat the growing and dreaded dengue menace.
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Statement by Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO )
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Guinea pigs are gaining in popularity, due in part to this year's "G-Force" movie, featuring four crime-fighting, computer-generated guinea pigs. Cavies, their correct name, are quite different from their hamster, mice and rabbit relatives. Their special needs must be weighed when considering them as pets.
Dear Readers: A new movie was recently released featuring animated guinea pigs. This probably will result in families looking to add a guinea pig to their household. You should do your research before you bring one home! Guinea pigs can live five to seven years and require regular veterinary care, just like other pets. Here are some things you should keep in mind before you buy one: They are nocturnal creatures (noisy at night, chewing and chirping, which may keep you or your kids awake).
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