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Scientists Discover Gene Behind Asthma Risks In Blacks
August 01, 2011
A new national collaboration of asthma genetics researchers has revealed a novel gene associated with the disease in African-Americans, according to a new scientific report. By pooling data from nine independent research groups looking for genes associated with asthma, the newly-created EVE Consortium identified a novel gene association specific to populations of African descent. In addition, the new study confirmed the significance of four gene associations recently reported by a European asthma genetics study. The findings, published in Nature Genetics, ...
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Schools Help Prepare Future Minority Scientists And Engineers
April 29, 2011
The Virginia-North Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation is funded by the National Science Foundation's Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. ...
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Lack Of Choice Limits Women Scientists' Success
February 08, 2011
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Wanted: Minority Scientists
October 22, 2010
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Scientists Unravel Causes Of Mysterious Skin Disease, Vitiligo
June 07, 2010
Scientists including researchers from the University of Florida have discovered additional evidence that generalized vitiligo — a disease that typically causes patches ...
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Scientists Ponder Native Repatriation Act Lawsuit
April 13, 2010
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Minority Scientists Discouraged from Pursuing STEM Careers, National Survey Shows
March 23, 2010
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$1.3Mil Grant "Empowering Visible Ethnic Minority Scientists" Awarded To Keystone Symposia
March 15, 2010
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Minority Students Awarded Fellowships To
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March 09, 2010
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UA Scientists' Film Chronicles Minority Astronomers
July 07, 2009
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New Book Chronicles the Journeys of Women Physicians and Scientists to the Front Lines of Fighting Cancer
March 20, 2009
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A Double Bind: Minority Women Scientists in Europe
February 27, 2009
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Despite Bleak Jobs Market Minorities Still Optimistic
September 08, 2011
- Findings from the Blair-Rockefeller Poll challenge long-held assumptions about the impact of the economy on political attitudes and voting behaviors, according to a new report released today by political scientist Todd Shields. The report, “The Economy Across Race and Region: Unemployment Fails to Dampen Positive Outlook Among African Americans ...
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MT Senators Seek Congressional Gold Medal For Cobell
September 07, 2011
Montana Senators Jon Tester and Max Baucus today introduced legislation to award Montana's Elouise Cobell the Congressional Gold Medal. Cobell, a citizen of the Blackfeet Nation, is being recognized for ‘her outstanding and enduring contributions to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and the Nation through her tireless pursuit of justice.' ...
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Al Gore Compares Climate Change Skeptics To Racists
August 30, 2011
In an interview with FearLess Revolution founder, Alex Bogusky, former U.S. vice President Al Gore compared the debate over climate change to the Civil Rights movement in the US in the 1960s. This comparison has sparked negative reaction from members of the black leadership network, Project 21. The group condemned Gore’s attempt to "injected race into the debate over emissions regulations by comparing those ...
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Study Gives Clues To High Rate Of Hypertension In Blacks
August 30, 2011
A study published this month in Vascular Health and Risk Management examined a key difference in the way that cells from Blacks respond to inflammation. Tis discovery could provide an answer to why this group is disproportionately affected by hypertension, something that has eluded scientists for many years. Lead author Michael Brown ...
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Team To Conduct Largest Ever Study Of Breast Cancer In Blacks
August 25, 2011
A multidisciplinary team is coming together in the largest study to date on breast cancer in Black women. The team will investigate why Black women are more likely than those of European descent to be diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age, and with poor prognoses. Supported by a five-year, $19.3 million award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), scientists from the Slone Epidemiology Center ...
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Largest Ever Genetic Map Of Blacks Created
July 22, 2011
A consortium led by scientists at the University of Oxford and Harvard Medical School has constructed the world's most detailed genetic map. A genetic map specifies the precise areas in the genetic material of a sperm or egg where the DNA from the mother and father has been reshuffled in order to produce this single reproductive cell. The biological process whereby this reshuffling occurs is known as "recombination." While almost every genetic map built so far has been developed from people of European ancestry ...
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Black Colleges Major Part Of Reviving US Education
July 13, 2011
If the United States is going to regain its global leadership position in higher education, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will need to play a major role, says a White House official on education. A local news report says, just how the nation's predominately Black institutions ...
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Native American Parents Extend Drinking Habits To Children
June 29, 2011
Urban American Indian teenagers with alcoholic parents perceive their parents to be less restrictive about drinking and tend to face more alcohol-related problems at age 18, according to a new study by Colorado State University’s Tri-Ethnic Center. The study recently was published in the The American Journal. ...
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Blacks Support Mobile Phone Merger
June 02, 2011
Collectively, the signatory groups represent the approximately 40 million African Americans in the United States. ...
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New Asian Breast Cancer Research Announced
May 17, 2011
Researchers have developed a more accurate method for estimating breast cancer risk for Asian and Pacific Islander American (APA) women. ...
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Blacks Support Ban Of Menthol Cigarettes
May 12, 2011
A ban is supported by a majority of Americans (56 percent), particularly African Americans (76 percent) who were found to be disproportionately affected. ...
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Bill Will Establish Indian Youth Service Corps.
May 06, 2011
This bill would help us restore our public lands while providing young Americans with job opportunities that could spur a life-long interest in our environment. ...
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ETHNIC LABELS MAY BE GOING
May 09, 2011
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Sickle Cell News Round-Up
April 28, 2011
Sickle Cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that affects over 80,000 people in the US and millions worldwide. ...
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Black Women's Maternal Risks Go Unquestioned
April 22, 2011
Statistics showing that African American women die at much higher rates in childbirth and pregnancy don't surprise Dr. David R. Williams. ...
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USDA Awards Grant To Fight Minority Childhood Obesity
April 21, 2011
"We know that in order to win the future, we have to win the race to educate our children. That means that our kids must be healthy so they can learn and thrive." ...
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Lupus Inst. Lauds Health Dept. Plans To Reduce Disparities
April 11, 2011
Racial and ethnic minorities continue to lag behind in many health outcome measures, with less preventive care overall. ...
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OBAMA SPEAKS AT SHARPTON CONFAB
April 06, 2011
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