Yuma News
Gubernatorial Elections in Venezuela
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- Written by State Department State Department
- Published: 16 October 2017 16 October 2017
Washington, DC - The United States applauds the courage, determination, and will of the Venezuelan people who tried to exercise their constitutional right to vote in the yesterday, gubernatorial elections.
NIH completes atlas of human DNA differences that influence gene expression
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- Written by Sheena Faherty, Ph.D. Sheena Faherty, Ph.D.
- Published: 16 October 2017 16 October 2017
Washington, DC - Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have completed a detailed atlas documenting the stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression – a key way in which a person’s genome gives rise to an observable trait, like hair color or disease risk. This atlas is a critical resource for the scientific community interested in how individual genomic variation leads to biological differences, like healthy and diseased states, across human tissues and cell types.
College Goal FAFSA event helps students get money for college
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 16 October 2017 16 October 2017
Yuma, Arizona - AWC’s Office of Financial Aid and the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education (ACPE) are teaming up for their annual College Goal FAFSA event.
New Way to Test Body Armor
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- Written by Alison Gillespie Alison Gillespie
- Published: 16 October 2017 16 October 2017
Washington, DC - Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new way to investigate the high-performance fibers used in modern body armor. Described in the Journal of Polymer Science (link is external), the research may help increase confidence in the apparel that protects military units, police departments and public figures from gunfire. It may also lead to the development of new, lighter weight materials for body armor in the future.
Parker Upward Bound Student Wins $20K Scholarship from MTV
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 16 October 2017 16 October 2017
Parker, Arizona - Sidney Has No Horses, a senior from Parker High School in the Arizona Western College Upward Bound program, was recently awarded a $20,000 scholarship during MTV’s TRL show.
AWC Theater to perform “Picasso at the Lapin Agile”
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- Written by Yuma News Now Yuma News Now
- Published: 16 October 2017 16 October 2017
Yuma, Arizona - The public is invited to attend AWC Theater’s performance of “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” a play written by Steve Martin.
Potential new treatment for breast cancer metastasis
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- Written by Dana Sparks Dana Sparks
- Published: 16 October 2017 16 October 2017
Rochester, Minnesota - Breast cancer metastasis might be preventable by using a class of drugs already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat estrogen positive breast cancer.