February is American Heart Month.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S.; one in every three deaths is from heart disease and stroke, equal to 2,200 deaths per day.
However, we can fight back against heart disease and stroke. Million Hearts™ is a national initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and
strokes over five years. Million Hearts™ brings together communities, health systems, nonprofit organizations, federal agencies, and private-sector
partners from across the country to fight heart disease and stroke.
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LifeScience Moment: The double helical structure of DNA was revealed.
On Feb. 28, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick announced the discovery of the double helical structure of DNA. On April 25, 1953,
Watson's and Crick published their 900-word manuscript in Nature describing the double helical structure of
DNA, one of the key discoveries of the century.
An X-ray diffraction photo of DNA taken by Raymond Gosling in May 1952, working as a PhD student
under the supervision of Rosalind Franklin at King's College London served as a key line of
evidence in figuring out the structure of DNA.
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of life science companies through one-of-a-kind posters!
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It's a Small World
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H1N1 Influenza Virus
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Science Quote
"If your experiment needs statistics, then you ought to have done a better experiment."
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Ernest Rutherford, English physicist
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Info.Resource, owner and publisher of Washington LifeScience.com and the upcoming LifeScienceHistory.com, want
to thank all of the front line workers who have supported us during the COVID-19 Pandemic, an historical crisis not
experienced since the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19.
