May is National Arthritis Awareness Month.
For the 50 million Americans and the many more at risk in the U.S., the pain, cost
and disability of arthritis is unacceptable.
That’s why in May – National Arthritis Awareness Month – the Arthritis Foundation is calling on the nation to take action
against arthritis, the nation’s leading cause of disability.
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LifeScience Moment: Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
On May 21, 1881, Clara Barton, named the "Angel of the Battlefield" during the
Civil War, founded the American Association of the Red Cross which she led until 1904.
During a visit to Europe in 1869, she discovered the Red Cross Movement in Switzerland
and upon her return to the U.S. took steps to establish a U.S. organization.
Reincorporated as The American National Red Cross in 1893, the organization was given
charters by Congress in 1900 and in 1905. The 1905 charter and its amendments
provide the basis for today's American Red Cross and the close working relationship
between the organization and the federal government.
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BioEvolution Posters
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It's a Small World
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Plant Cells
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Science Quote
"I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale."
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Marie Curie, French chemist and physicist
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The University of Iowa Research Park BioVentures Center is conveniently located on
Highway 965 near Interstates 80 and 380 and U.S. Highways 16 and 218. The Park is in the fast-growing
community of Coralville, about 10 minutes from the main UI campus of Iowa City, 15 minutes from commercial
airlines at the Eastern Iowa Regional Airport in Cedar Rapids and 10 minutes from charter and corporate aircraft
at the Iowa City Municipal Airport.
