Research institute gets big boost
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Spokesman Review 06.06
A partnership between Spokane's and the Seattle
organization, and the announcement on Tuesday
of Washington
Gov. Chris Gregoire's formal support for the project, brings
the Spokane effort a
step closer to its goal of conducting
world-class medical research on the Riverpoint Higher
Education campus.
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How Good Genes Go Bad
Discover Magazine 12.06
More ways to mess up your kids...
Environmental toxins can affect gene expression—for
better or for worse.
A study in rats suggests that exposure to environmental
toxins could be contributing to an inherited vulnerability
to common diseases like breast cancer and high cholesterol.
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A Fresh Perspective
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InHealthNW 10.06
Michael Skinner, the director of the WSU
Center for Reproductive Biology, believes an entirely
new
way to understand and treat disease is going to spark a true
research community here.
Epigenetics is very important to ISM, says
Skinner, because “there is no other institute that will
focus on this.”
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The Inlander
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Spokane Journal of Business
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Spokesman Review*
Puget Sound Business Journal
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ISM Press Releases
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