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The FSHD Society has joined forces with the Critical Path Institute (C-Path) to facilitate the collection of data from people with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) who were given a placebo in previous clinical trials. Provided by sponsors of FSHD trials, the data will be integrated into C-Path’s Rare Disease Cures Accelerator-Data and Analytics Platform (RDCA-DAP), …

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When COVID-19 first hit, scientists, politicians, charities and health bodies scrambled around trying to find out where people were catching it, how ill they were getting and how contagious it was. We needed data. Bright Data, a company that turns publicly available web data into structured data sets for businesses, suddenly realized it was able …

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How to ensure we benefit society with the most impactful technology being developed today ‍ As chief operating officer of one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence labs, I spend a lot of time thinking about how our technologies impact people’s lives – and how we can ensure that our efforts have a positive outcome. …

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THE Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (RWAS) has announced that Aled Rhys Jones has been named the next chief executive and will succeed Steve Hughson upon his retirement later this year. Mr Rhys Jones will take up the role on September 1 prior to Mr Hughson’s departure at the end of that month. Mr Rhys Jones, …

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Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc. DEVON, Pa., May 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZYNE), the leader in innovative pharmaceutically-produced transdermal cannabinoid therapies for rare and near-rare neuropsychiatric disorders, today announced an oral podium presentation and a poster presentation at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Annual Meeting (ASCP 2022), being held May 31 …

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The South Dakota State Historical Society’s third Pioneer Girl Project installment, “Pioneer Girl: The Revised Texts” written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and edited by Nancy Tystad Koupal, has been selected for the Association of University Presses Scholarly Typographic award. The annual AUPresses Book, Jacket and Journal Show, is in its 57th year of honoring academic …

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Engineers who invest time and energy in professional associations and community groups will quickly find that those investments pay dividends in terms of building networks of engineers and design professionals and staying technically relevant. Both of these can be critical to an engineer’s career success. Investing in Your Profession and Community When you join a …

Engineering Your Career, Part 3: Professional Societies and Community Groups Read More »