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VIDEO: A research team led by the University of South Florida studied the genome of the Tiger Rattlesnake. view more
Credit: Michael P. Hogan, Florida State University
The Tiger Rattlesnake possesses the simplest, yet most toxic venom of any rattlesnake species, and now new research from a team lead by a University of South Florida biologist can explain the genetics behind the predator s fearsome bite.
Published in the new edition of
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USF Department of Integrative Biology Assistant Professor Mark Margres and colleagues across the southeastern United States have sequenced the genome of the Tiger Rattlesnake to understand the genotype of the venom trait. Despite the simplicity of the Tiger Rattlesnake s venom, Margres says it is roughly 40 times more toxic than the venom of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes here in Florida.
Mo Brooks censure: Never seen before in Alabama and a first since the Civil War
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
Posted Jan 13, 2021
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Congress held a joint session Wednesday to ratify President-elect Joe Biden s 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. Brooks, who was a leader in the effort to overturn electoral votes in certain battleground states, was a speaker at the rally. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images/TNS) TNSTNS
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Alabama U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks of Huntsville is confronting rare political waters: He could become the first Alabama member of Congress to be censured.
‘Heritage House’ approved: Africatown museum to tell story of slave ship and community
Updated Jan 11, 2021;
Posted Jan 11, 2021
The Africatown Welcome Center is pictured on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, in Mobile, Ala. At the time, the welcome center was housed in a mobile home across from the Old Plateau Cemetery. The new center will be located in the same spot, but it will be much larger (approximately 18,000 square feet) and serve as a tourist attraction. That project is being funded by RESTORE Act money. (Mike Kittrell/mkittrell@al.com)
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Africatown’s story as a community founded by the survivors of the last slave ship to enter the United States will have a new showcase inside a “heritage house” that will be constructed within the heart of the north Mobile community.
New Mayo Clinic Proceedings Study Finds Single Use Barriers Clinically Superior to Disposable Stethoscopes Auscultations using professional stethoscopes with disk cover barriers from AseptiScope resulted in 100% diagnostic accuracy and no loss of sound amplitude Auscultations employing disposable stethoscopes produced an overall error rate of nearly 11% in clinical diagnosis Compared to disposable stethoscopes, disk cover barriers from AseptiScope are cost-effective, clinically superior, and physician-preferred
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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A study described in a letter to the editor in the January issue of
Mayo Clinic Proceedings entitled Aseptic Disposable Stethoscope Barrier: Acoustically Invisible and Superior to Disposable Stethoscopes