May is Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
This month is dedicated to increasing public awareness of the importance of prevention, early detection and treatment of
skin cancer, including basal cell, squamous cell and melanoma, the most common
form of cancer in the U.S.
According to estimates made from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and
End Results (SEER) Program, 97,610 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma and about 7,990 people will die of the
disease in 2023.
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LifeScience Moment: The world's first cloned horse was born
The world's first cloned horse named Prometea was born May 28, 2003 at the Laboratory of Reproductive Technology in Cremona, Italy.
Prometea was the successful outcome of 328 attempts to construct and implant a viable embryo.
To create Prometea, scientists took a skin cell from an adult mare which was fused with an empty equine egg. The mare then acted as a surrogate
mother for Prometea - so giving birth to a carbon copy of herself.
Thoroughbred horseracing is strictly controlled and the regulatory associations do not permit artificial insemination or any kind of
fertility treatment. The cloning technique could have a particular role in perpetuating the sporting success of male show and jump horses
that have been castrated. Geldings, which have their testicles removed at an early age, have no ability to reproduce normally.
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It's a Small World
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Red blood cell infected with malaria parasites. (Image: Courtesy NIAID)
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Science Quote
"The strongest arguments prove nothing so long as the conclusions are not verified by experience. Experimental science is the queen of sciences and the goal of all speculation."
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Roger Bacon, English philosopher and scientist
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