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October 20, 2003
Scientists at the Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a gene that controls the amazing ability of adult stem cells to self-renew, or make new copies of themselves, throughout life. Colonies of central nervous system stem cells taken from normal mice with the Bmi-1 gene (top) are larger and much more prolific than those from mice…
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October 20, 2003
Student enrollment at the Ann Arbor campus has topped 39,000 for the first time and set a record for the seventh year in a row, according to official figures released Oct. 21. Total enrollment for fall 2003 is 39,031, up from 38,972 a year ago. The incoming freshman class of 5,553 just missed setting a…
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October 20, 2003
Appointments Rosina Bierbaum, dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment, has been elected to the board of trustees for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Bierbaum will serve a five-year term as trustee beginning Feb. 25, 2004. George Kenyon, dean of the College of Pharmacy and the Tom D. Rowe Collegiate Professor of…
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October 20, 2003
UMS to present Alexander Pushkin’s “Boris Godunov” The University Musical Society will present the U.S. premiere of Alexander Pushkin’s “Boris Godunov”at 8 p.m. Oct. 29-Nov. 1 and 2 p.m. Nov. 1-2. The play, directed by Declan Donnellan, will be performed at the Sports Coliseum at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Hill Street. Tickets are…
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October 20, 2003
Many pediatricians, dentists and parents believe children first should visit a dentist at age 3, but a U-M researcher says that’s much too late and the delay is causing children unnecessary pain and suffering. Dr. Mike Ignelzi, associate professor of pediatric dentistry at the School of Dentistry, will recommend that children visit a dentist at…
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October 20, 2003
When Jeff Brake was a U-M undergraduate, he took Russian to fulfill a language requirement, enrolling for no other reason than it sounded interesting. Thirteen years later, it has proven handy, if not necessary, for Brake during his summer travels. Jeff Brake (standing, left) teaches an English class for 12-14-year-old children at Camp Ark in…
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October 20, 2003
Society is on a collision course between a need for information and a desire for privacy. This was the message Kenneth Prewitt, professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University and former director of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, delivered during the Oct. 10 event entitled Privacy in the Information Age: A Symposium…
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October 20, 2003
Since 1930, the University of Michigan Press has published works on an array of scholarly topics such as philology, postmodernism and colonialism. Now the publisher is offering a more varied selection. While it will continue its longstanding tradition of producing erudite works, U-M Press now is blending that emphasis with novels, short story collections and…
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October 20, 2003
For those who take certain painkiller drugs regularly to help ease arthritis pain or other chronic aches, the relief comes with a tradeoff: a quadrupled chance of developing painful ulcers over the long term, as their digestive systems brim with acid that erodes the lining of their stomachs and upper intestinal tract. But a new…
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October 20, 2003
Pat McKercher hopes an upcoming conference can inject some insight and objectivity into the complex, often emotional contest over pharmaceutical reimportation. “The issue is rapidly coming to the forefront of just about every debate of prescription drug coverage,” says McKercher, director of the Center for Medication Use, Policy and Economics in the College of Pharmacy.…
