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Public Release: 31-Aug-2015 New type of prion may cause, transmit neurodegeneration Multiple System Atrophy is described as first new human prion disease identified in 50 years University of California - San Francisco Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), a neurodegenerative disorder with similarities to Parkinson's disease, is caused by a newly discovered type of prion, akin… ....
As Michigan's redistricting panel prepares to approve new legislative boundaries this month, some activists say proposed maps give rural areas outsized clout because of how inmate populations are counted. Even though the roughly 35,000 people serving sentences in Michigan prisons can't vote, they are counted as residents of prisons where they are held for purposes of representation. Opponents call that "prison gerrymandering" because it inflates the population and power of smaller communities. Activists want inmates to follow the lead of Pennsylvania and count inmates as residents of their home address, which are more likely to be urban areas like Detroit. "Districts where they're incarcerated get more representation white rural districts, whereas urban districts that have more people of color tend to lose representation and tend to have just less of a voice in their government," said Mike Wessler, communications director for the Prison Policy I ....
Advocates call it ‘prison gerrymandering’ and say urban cities are denied truly fair representation because inmates are counted as residents of their prisons. Others say it's not so simple. ....