Medical school link to wide variations in pass rate for specialist exam Wide variations in doctors' pass rates, for a professional exam that is essential for one type of specialty training, seem to be linked to the particular medical school where the student graduated, indicates research published online in Postgraduate Medical Journal.
OpGen Demonstrates Whole Human Chromosome Mapping Capabilities at 2012 AGBT Meeting OpGen, Inc., a whole-genome analysis company developing and commercializing a complete suite of break-through products and services based on its proprietary Whole Genome Mapping technology, announced today a new application for whole human chromosome mapping that improves the completeness of human genomes and enables thorough analysis of a wide spectrum of structural variations.
Study identifies variations in non-pharmacological palliative care Faced with the inevitability of death, we all wish for good caregiving during the final stage of our lives. A new study from Karolinska Institutet and Ume- University shows that non-pharmacological caregiving at the end of life in specialized palliative care is not as basic as one might believe but is based on complex professional decisions that weave physical, psychosocial and existential ...
American College of Medical Genetics Unveils New CME Program: Using Databases to Interpret Cytogenomic Arrays BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Technologies that allow for the evaluation of the entire human genome have become increasingly inexpensive and show great promise in clinical application. Among the first of these technologies to move into the practitioner's clinic are the cytogenomic or chromosomal arrays that detect changes in copy number of genetic material throughout ...
Theater review: 33 Variations Playwright Moises Kaufman tells three interlaced stories in “33 Variations.” Two of those stories — Ludwig van Beethoven’s composition of his “Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli” and the research of a modern-day musicologist into the creation of that piano work — deal with obsession and debilitation.
China's trademark system baffles foreign firms SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's trademark system is a minefield of murky rules and opportunistic "trademark squatters" that even the world's biggest companies and their highly-paid lawyers find hard to navigate, as Apple and Facebook are the latest to find out. While Apple is embroiled in a legal wrangle over the right to its "iPad" brand, Facebook has to contend with a slew of ...
Fenton businesses to offer discounts during Third Thursdays event The first 10 customers to spend $10 of more at the participating businesses will receive a gift from Sweet Variations. And another customer will win a white ice silver pendant with a white diamond from Sawyer Jewelers in Fenton.