The National Center for Health Statistics, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention subagency, reported this week that America s fertility rate dropped for the sixth consecutive year. Total births declined by 4% in 2020, down to 1,637.5 children per 1,000 women. The statistical replacement rate for the U.S. population, by contrast, is roughly 2,100 births per 1,000 women. Overall, the 3,605,201 births last year in the U.S. represented the lowest number since the Jimmy Carter presidency.
It is perhaps too early to tell whether yet another annual incremental birthrate decline is anomalous, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, or flows naturally from existing demographic trendlines. Sociologists and demographers will pore over the data, but it is difficult to ignore the broader trend and place the blame squarely or even predominantly on the virus and the myriad draconian lifestyle restrictions the virus engendered. On the contrary, many had speculated before this week s report that th
Product News: Speeding up cell culture workflows with INTEGRA’s serological pipettor
07 May 2021
Anion dysregulation is seen in numerous diseases, from cystic fibrosis and chronic pain to autism and cancer. Researchers at the University of Dallas are investigating anion transport in vivo, developing novel tools to help analyze the effects of both normal and aberrant anion regulation at the molecular level, and are using INTEGRA’s PIPETBOY acu 2 to streamline their cell culture workflows.
Whitney Ong, a joint chemistry graduate student in the Dodani and Smaldone labs at the university, explained: “My research focuses on the development of supramolecular-based sensors for anions, particularly for chloride. The reason we are especially interested in chloride is that it is the most abundant anion in the human body – serving all sorts of functions – and its dysregulation is implicated in diseases such as cystic fibrosis. We’re hoping that our chloride sensing platform could
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The National Center for Health Statistics, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention subagency, reported this week that America’s fertility rate dropped for the sixth consecutive year. Total births declined by 4 percent in 2020, down to 1,637.5 children per 1,000 women. The statistical replacement rate for the U.S. population, by contrast, is roughly 2,100 births per 1,000 women. Overall, the 3,605,201 births last year in the United States represented the lowest number since the Jimmy Carter presidency.
It is perhaps too early to tell whether yet another annual incremental birthrate decline is anomalous, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, or flows naturally from existing demographic trendlines. Sociologists and demographers will pore over the data, but it is difficult to ignore the broader trend and place the blame squarely or even predominantly on the virus and the myriad draconian lifestyle restrictions the v
May 07 2021
Anion dysregulation is seen in numerous diseases, from cystic fibrosis and chronic pain, to autism and cancer. Researchers at the University of Dallas are investigating anion transport in vivo, developing novel tools to help analyse the effects of both normal and aberrant anion regulation at the molecular level, and are using
Integra’s PIPETBOY acu 2 to streamline their cell culture workflows. Whitney Ong, a joint chemistry graduate student in the Dodani and Smaldone labs at the university, explained: “My research focuses on the development of supramolecular-based sensors for anions, particularly for chloride. The reason we are especially interested in chloride is that it is the most abundant anion in the human body - serving all sorts of functions - and its dysregulation is implicated in diseases such as cystic fibrosis. We’re hoping that our chloride sensing platform could help in its detection, as well as in the diagnosis of a number o
The Liberty Bell Award was presented to Aida Seeraj, founder and CEO of the nonprofit Inspire to Rise Inc.
The Jacksonville Bar Association presents the annual Law Day recognition to someone who isn’t an attorney but has made significant contributions to the legal community or the community at large.
A native of Juncos, Puerto Rico, Seeraj came to the U.S. with her family and grew up in Southwest Florida.
Seeraj’s first experience with community service was in 1990, when she volunteered with Special Olympics while in high school.
She also participated in missionary work helping orphaned children and leprosy patients in Ecuador.