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Researchers identify gene variant linked to glaucoma

An international team, led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the National Eye Institute, has discovered gene variants for glaucoma in a black population. The finding could lead to future treatments or a cure for this disease, which leads to blindness in two million Americans each year.

Scientists announce top 10 new species; issue SOS

TEMPE, Ariz. ? The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists ? scientists responsible for species exploration and classification ? today announce the top 10 new species described in 2008.



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