June 4 is National Cancer Survivors Day
National Cancer Survivors Day® is an annual, worldwide Celebration of Life that is held in hundreds of communities throughout the U.S.,
Canada, and other participating countries. Participants unite in a symbolic event to show the world that life after a cancer diagnosis can be meaningful
and productive.
The non-profit National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation supports hundreds of hospitals, support groups, and other cancer-related organizations
that host National Cancer Survivors Day events in their communities by providing free guidance, education and networking.
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LifeScience Moment: Scientists Decode Genome Of Main Chagas Disease Vector
On June 4, 2012, an international team of scientists decoded genome of Chagas disease.
Previously, scientists had only decoded the genome of the Chagas parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi.
The work took almost a decade and involved 30 researchers from Argentina, Brazil, Canada,
the U.S. and Uruguay, and was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Chagas disease is named after the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas, who discovered the disease in 1909.
It is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted to animals and
people by insect vectors and is found only in the Americas. Because they tend to bite people’s faces,
triatomine bugs are also known as “kissing bugs”.
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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
"Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!"
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Galen, Claudius, Greek physician, writer
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to thank all of the front line workers for their never ending kindness and diligent work for those they do not know.
