eLife

Translational reading frame determines the pathogenicity of C-terminal frameshift deletions in MeCP2: an alternative therapeutic approach

This study offers important insight into the pathogenic basis of intragenic frameshift deletions in the carboxy-terminal domain of MECP2, which account for some Rett syndrome cases, yet similar ...

Melanie Watson, who had guest role on ‘Diff’rent Strokes,’ dies at 57

Watson, who played Kathy Gordon in four episodes of the sitcom starring Gary Coleman, died in Colorado Springs, Colorado, her ...
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Preserving dog breeds: The importance of working heritage

There was I think a lot of hesitation in Europe because people were crossbreeding the dogs or breeding them too big for reasons other than livestock protection My personal goal with our farm is to not ...
KPBS

Scientists say they have discovered 20 new species deep in the Pacific Ocean

Researchers retrieved reef monitoring devices that had been placed in deep coral reefs in Guam. The devices were placed up to 330 feet below the surface.
KPBS

Hybrid seagrass 'mistake' could help restore San Diego’s underwater meadows

A hybrid eelgrass, found in Mission Bay, may have the qualities to survive in bays and estuaries made murky by human activity. It can thrive in lower light, thanks to genes of a parent grass from ...
The New York Times

Arkansas Public Television Drops PBS

The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely. By Benjamin Mullin Arkansas PBS on Thursday severed ties with ...
RealClearScience

What Greenland Was Like When it Was Green

(via PBS Eons) It made the front page of the New York Times. Ancient DNA over 2 million years old, retrieved from the frozen dirt of Greenland. It reached back further in time than many scientists ...
ctpublic

Why one man is defying his genetic destiny with Alzheimer's

Major corporate funding for the PBS News Hour is provided by BDO, BNSF, Consumer Cellular, American Cruise Lines, and Raymond James. Funding for the PBS NewsHour Weekend is provided by Consumer ...
PBS

Pediatric Genetic Testing

Host Kathrin Berg leads a conversation with local children pediatric geneticist and counselor. In this episode of the El Paso Physician, our host Kathrin Berg leads a conversation with local children ...
CNN

PBS and NPR funding cuts are hitting home as government shutdown looms

Cuts to NPR, PBS and other public media outlets have been in the news all year long, but now the federal funds have actually run out. With Tuesday marking the end of the federal government’s fiscal ...
NPR

PBS cuts 15% of jobs in wake of federal funding cut

PBS's chief executive told public television officials Thursday that it was cutting about 15% of its jobs due to the move by Republicans in Congress to eliminate all federal funding for public ...
CBS News

Congress cut $1.1 billion in funding for PBS and NPR. Here's how struggling stations are coping

Coping with a sudden loss in federal funding, PBS affiliate KSPS in Spokane, Washington, faced a surprise extra hurdle. Many of its contributing members — at one point almost half — lived in Canada, ...