May is Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month.
May is National Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month. This month is dedicated to increasing public awareness of the importance of
prevention, early detection and treatment of skin cancer, including basal cell, squamous cell and melanoma.
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. In the U.S. (2009), 61,646 people were diagnosed with melanomas of the
skin, and 9,199 people died from it. The CDC leads national efforts to reduce skin cancer through education. When in the sun, seek shade,
cover up, get a hat, wear sunglasses, and use sunscreen.
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LifeScience Moment: President John F. Kennedy expanded the U.S. Space Program.
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy in his historic message to a joint session of the Congress, declared, "...I believe this nation should commit
itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
The expansion of the U.S. Space Program has resulted in the development of a wide range of technology with enormous benefit to human and animal kind.
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BioEvolution Posters
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It's a Small World
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Legionnaires Disease
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Science Quote
"As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss."
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Noam Chomsky, Professor of linguistics,
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The University of Iowa Research Park BioVentures Center is conveniently located on
Highway 965 near Interstates 80 and 380 and U.S. Highways 16 and 218. The Park is in the fast-growing
community of Coralville, about 10 minutes from the main UI campus of Iowa City, 15 minutes from commercial
airlines at the Eastern Iowa Regional Airport in Cedar Rapids and 10 minutes from charter and corporate aircraft
at the Iowa City Municipal Airport.
