January is Thyroid Awareness Month.
The American Thyroid Association® (ATA) is the leading organization devoted to thyroid biology
and to the prevention and treatment of thyroid disease through excellence in research,
clinical care, education, and public health.
More than 12 percent of the U.S. population will develop a thyroid condition during
their lifetime. An estimated 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease, and
up to 60 percent of those with thyroid disease are unaware of their condition.
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LifeScience Moment: Dr. Jonas Salk received gold medal from President Dwight Eisenhower, designating him "a benefactor of mankind.
On Jan. 27, 1956, Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the Polio vaccine released in 1955, received a special gold medal from President Dwight
Eisenhower designating him "a benefactor of mankind."
The polio vaccine was developed by Dr. Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh and announced on April 12, 1955 exactly 10 years after
the death of President Roosevelt, a victim of polio.
In 1957, in an effort to improve upon the killed Salk vaccine, Albert Bruce Sabin began testing a live, oral form of vaccine
in which the infectious part of the virus was inactivated (attenuated). This vaccine became available for use in 1963.
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of the life science industry by state or province through one-of-a-kind posters
illustrating the founding technology origins of life science companies.
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It's a Small World
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Electron micrograph of tau clusters (Image courtesy: NIAID)
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Science Quote
"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back."
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Carl Sagan, U.S. Astronomer
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(1934-1996)
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