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New findings by Arizona researchers may eventually lead to better treatment and prevention of diabetic kidney disease.
Researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute have in a DNA study of Native Americans in Arizona. The study found five genetic biomarkers associated with kidney failure, all within a receptor gene previously linked to diabetic kidney disease. This means that the receptor gene may signal in five ways that diabetes-related kidney disease could be on the horizon.
NOTE: This is an op-ed that seems to hint that Pennsylvania should get to keep Thorpe’s remains. They cite as “mutual agreement” the deal made by Thorpe’s third wife (no reference to what Thorpe himself wanted). My personal take is that PA has no right to the remains, and its insulting of the town or the state to assume “ownership” of someone’s physical remains in this way.
“Sotheby’s to Sell Custer’s Last Flag, Preserved Until now at Detroit Museum”
“Sacred relic,” MHBA. And $2.5 mil? They ought to be forced to turn it over to the Lakota. Think what that could do for housing, jobs, and health care at Pine Ridge.
Okay, I better stop before I really say something I shouldn’t.
so I’ll put these in again…
Not sure if this has been covered.
I’ve not been keeping up lately.
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we might also mention the bit about the scam perpetrated on the Yakamas – I sent mail to the newsgroup a few days ago on this.
Here’s the consumer alert from the WA State Attorney General site:
A more extensive article in the Yakima Herald –