Carriers of mutations in the breast cancer genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 have very high lifetime risks for breasts/ovarian cancer. Products of either gene have multiple functions including involvement in error-free double strand break repair. BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are both components of a DNA damage response pathway that has the ability to return fragments of broken chromosomes back into their correct positions without ligating them elsewhere. But cancers at other sites may also occur without this...

In an interview about his forthcoming paper, Donald Enarson (from The International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease in Paris) discusses how the DOTS paradigm could be adapted for controlling diseases such as diabetes in resource-poor countries.

intervento del Prof Giuseppe Riva di Atnp Lab al convegno dell'Istituto Auxologico Italiano "La riabilitazione nel cardiopatico e nell'obeso" presso il Palazzo delle Stelline, Milano, 4 giugno 2008

Keith Pezzoli introduces the USP 187: Senior Sequence Research Project Presentations. For more information please see: http://seniorsequence.net/

Mentored by Ned Daughtery Bussell leads Jennifer Arizala, Verlin Frazier Jr., and Erin Hicks present their work on "Alternative technologies and green innovation in theory and practice" for the grand challenge "Neighborhood Visioning for Quality of Life" for the USP 187: Senior Sequence Research Project 3.1.2. For more information please see: http://seniorsequence.net/

Mentored by Jane Clough-Riquelme students Cory Keen, Kristy McCarthy and Polonia Majas present their work on "Tribes and new institutional means of participation in regional planning and development" for the grand challenge "Tribal Participation in Regional Planning Processes" for the USP 187: Senior Sequence Research Project 8.1.1. For more information please see: http://seniorsequence.net/