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Foundation Medicine Receives Accreditation from the College of American Pathologists

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Foundation Medicine, Inc. today announced that it has received accreditation from the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) based on the results of a recent on-site laboratory inspection. The U.S. Continue reading

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An Agnostic Challenges Richard Dawkins and the New Atheists (David Berlinski) – Video




An Agnostic Challenges Richard Dawkins and the New Atheists (David Berlinski) David Berlinski is a Senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and author of numerous books, including The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and It Scientific Pretensions and The Deniable Darwin and Other Essays. Continue reading

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21-year-old youngest MD from Univ. of Chicago

CHICAGO A 21-year-old Chicago man who began college at age 9 and medical school three years later is about to become the youngest student ever awarded an M.D. by the University of Chicago Continue reading

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Former child genius graduates from medical school at age 21

A former child genius and Los Angeles resident who entered medical school at the age of 12 is graduating this week as the youngest student to receive a medical degree from the University of Chicago. Born in Portland, Ore., Sho Yano, 21, has an IQ above 200 and spent most of his early years in California attending the Mirman School for Gifted Children in Los Angeles for a few years and getting home-schooled by his mother. Continue reading

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He's the real-life Doogie Howser! Meet the 21-year-old who started college at nine and is set to graduate from medical …

By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 08:16 EST, 4 June 2012 | UPDATED: 10:34 EST, 4 June 2012 A 21-year-old Chicago man who began college at age nine and medical school three years later is about to become the youngest student ever awarded an M.D. by the University of Chicago. Continue reading

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21-year-old finishes U of C medical school

June 3, 2012 (CHICAGO) — The University of Chicago is about to graduate the youngest medical student in school history. The Chicago Tribune reports that 21-year-old Sho Yano graduates this week from the Pritzker School of Medicine. Yano began reading at age 2, writing by 3 and composing music by 5. Continue reading

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FBI Won’t Check DNA Profile In 20-Year-Old Murder Case

Holly Staker, 11, was brutally raped and murdered in Waukegan in 1992. (Credit: CBS) WAUKEGAN, Ill. (CBS) — The FBI is not going to be checking a DNA profile in a nearly 20-year old Chicago area murder case that reopened last month Continue reading

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