April 21-28 is National Infant Immunization Week.
National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is an annual observance to highlight the
importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases and celebrate the
achievements of immunization programs and their partners in promoting healthy communities.
Since 1994, NIIW has served as a call to action for parents, caregivers, and healthcare
providers to ensure that infants are fully immunized against 14 vaccine-preventable diseases.
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LifeScience Moment: University of California, Berkeley plant pathologist planted potato tubers treated with the ice-minus bacterium.
On April 29, 1987, University of California, Berkeley plant pathologist Steven Lindow field-tested genetically altered Pseudomonas syringae
(known as “ice minus” bacteria) as a frost-preventive on potatoes in the Tulelake, California area.
Also in 1987, Advanced Genetic Sciences, a pioneering agricultural biotechnology company headquartered in Oakland, California, sprayed
Frostban on an acre of strawberry plants in Brentwood, CA, marking the first release of genetically altered bacteria in the U.S.
Advanced Genetic Sciences developed Frostban as a bacterial-based treatment capable of reducing frost damage to fruit and nut crops.
On the morning of the trial, the researchers found most of the strawberry plants uprooted, the work of a an activist group. in May, vandals
uprooted about 3,000 potato plants that were part of a Frostban field trial.
The controversy surrounding these trials subsequently drove the development of federal regulatory policy.
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Life science genealogy posters by state
Explore the genealogy of the life science industry by state through one-of-a-kind posters
illustrating the founding technology origins of life science companies.
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It's a Small World
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Flea (Yersinia Pestis Bacterium Carrier) (Photo: Courtesy Janice Haney Carr)
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Science Quote
"Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has the grander view."
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Victor Hugo, French poet and novelist - Les Miserables
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(1802-1885)
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