March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day
The National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) encourages people to spread the word: blog, tweet, post and talk about World Down Syndrome Day to raise
awareness for people with Down syndrome and all of their achievements and abilities!
The mission of the NDSS is to be the national advocate for the value, acceptance and inclusion of people with Down syndrome.
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LifeScience Moment: Robert Koch announced the discovery of tubercle bacillus, the cause of tuberculosis
On March 24, 1882, German scientist Robert Koch announced to the Berlin Physiological Society that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis.
Three weeks later, on April 10, Koch published an article entitled "The Etiology of Tuberculosis" and in 1884, in a second paper
with the same title, he first expounded "Koch's postulates," which have since become basic to studies of all infectious diseases.
In 1905, Koch was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine "for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis."
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It's a Small World
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West Nile Virus (Photo Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith)
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Science Quote
"Whenever you look at a piece of work and you think the fellow was crazy, then you want to pay some attention to that. One of you is likely to be, and you had better find out which one it is. It makes an awful lot of difference."
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Charles Franklin Kettering, U. S. engineer
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(1876-1958)
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