...lead to the end of diseases like cancer... Alzheimer's , Parkinson's , diabetes. The list is endless. We were thinking of genes in a very mechanical way. We were thinking of them just in terms of t

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'Extremely Loud' Hits Incredibly Close to Heart Oskar Schell cannot comprehend why the person he loved most died on the morning of September 11. An intellectually-gifted child, Oskar also has symptoms of Asperger's syndrome and is fearful of the worl

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DON GONYEA, HOST: Jesse Ball is one of America's most accomplished writers. He's published volumes of poetry, short stories and novels. His latest is a novel called Census. It's about a man, a widower, who learns he doesn't have long to live. And he

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A 44-year-old man from South Korea is being treated in isolation. Medical staff say he suffers from a high fever and a possibly infectious pneumonia. According to authorities, the man had close contact with his father and sister, the third and fourth

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