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Take biomass-derived acetone—common nail polish remover—use light to upgrade it to higher-mass hydrocarbons, and, voila, you have a domestically generated product that can be blended with conventional jet fuel to fly while providing environmental benefits, creating domestic jobs, securing the nation’s global leadership in bioenergy technologies, and improving U.S. energy security.

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Keywords: Acetone, green jet fuel, Biomass, environmental benefits, environmenntal science

A treasure trove for scholars of philanthropy and social change is now available at Cornell University Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections (RMC) as the expansive archive of The Atlantic Philanthropies has gone public.

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Keywords: Atlantic Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney , Libraries, Archive

Fragile X syndrome is a debilitating genetic neurodevelopmental disorder that affects people worldwide, but many doctors don’t know anything about it, let alone have the resources to properly diagnose or treat it.

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Keywords: Serbia, Fragile X, Fragile X families, Fragile X Syndrome, Autism, UC Davis MIND Institute, Eastern Europe

Wistar announces today that they are part of a team to develop a vaccine against the recently emerged strain of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that has infected hundreds in China and other countries, including the U.S., and resulted in numerous deaths to date. Wistar is part of a collaboration funded by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI).

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Keywords: Coronavirus, Wuhan, Vaccine, Development

UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers identified several genetic switches, or transcription factors, that determine whether or not liver cells produce collagen — providing a new therapeutic target for liver fibrosis.

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Keywords: Hepatology, Liver, Liver Disease, Liver Fibrosis, Nash, Nafld, Epigenetics, genes, Gastroenterology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reveals how high-protein diets increase atherosclerosis, especially unstable plaque that increases the risk of a heart attack.

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Keywords: Atherosclerosis, high-protein diet, Mtor

The findings may inform care in other parts of the hospital to improve end-of-life experiences.

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Keywords: Critical Care, palliative and end-of-life care, Hospitals, Intensive Care Unit, Health Policy

Doctors and scientists — experts in the rare and severely disabling fragile X syndrome — had arrived from the United States, including six from the UC Davis MIND Institute. They came to offer the families useful information and maybe open doors to desperately needed help in a region of the world that, until fairly recently, hardly recognized fragile X syndrome, let alone knew how to diagnose or treat it.

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Keywords: MIND Institute, Fragile X Syndrome, Fragile X families, Eastern Europe, Autism