WESTMORELAND, N.H.: Mary Josephine Ray, the New Hampshire woman who was certified as the oldest person living in the United States, has died at age 114 years, 294 days.

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Sequencing the genomes of every family member gives researchers a powerful new tool for tracking down the defective genes that cause inherited diseases An American family has become the first to have the entire genome of each member mapped to identify the causes of rare diseases that affect the children. The family of four is unusual because the parents are healthy but both son and daughter have two rare inherited medical conditions that cause facial and limb malformations and lung problems.

Meetup Events in Akron , OH — Tue Mar 09 12:00:00 UTC 2010 Mon Mar 22 18:00:00 EDT 2010We are hosting Justin Wooden (D) running for the 13th Congressional District.

• Host nation has one-in-five rate of HIV/Aids among adults • Plea for an extra billion condoms before football fans descend Britain is to give 42m condoms to South Africa in response to a request for an extra billion as part of an HIV prevention drive before the World Cup, the government will announce today.

Night Read ( Ohio ): Fluence Therapeutics opens in Akron . News and notes from the day in MedCity, Ohio : University Hospitals Case Medical Center’s first spinoff company Fluence Therapeutics Inc. recently opened in the downtown Akron …

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The University of Akron was fourth among nine institutions statewide in licensing revenue in 2008, according to a recent report. The Association of University Technology Managers said UA received $1.1 million, compared to $6.3 million …

A group called “Atheist Agenda” is running a program it calls “Smut for Smut” at the University of Texas at San Antonio. The exchange hasn’t been warmly welcomed by all on campus.

Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach have been busy since their last Black Keys release – 2008’s Attack & Release.