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Reforms to Sales Practices of Licensed Gun Dealer Reduced Supply of New Guns to Criminals

Reforms to the sales practices of a gun store—which prior to May 1999, sold more than half of the guns recovered from criminals in the Milwaukee—resulted in a 44 percent decrease in the flow of new guns to criminals in the city, according to a new study from researchers with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Gun Policy and Research.

Model Predicts Heritable Genetic Defects Linked to Colon Cancer

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University and other institutions have developed a new prediction model for genetic defects known as Lynch syndrome, which predisposes families to develop colorectal cancer. The model, called MMRpro, is based on an individual’s detailed family history of colorectal and endometrial cancer, as well as knowledge of how genetic mutations manifest themselves—in the form of tumors. It can assess a person’s probability of carrying a particular defect within so-called mismatch repair genes.

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Doctor explaining the results of scan lung on digital tablet

The Guardian

Kansas reckons with large tuberculosis outbreak as health officials hamstrung
David Dowdy is quoted.

Cows feeding on farm.

Science News

A second version of bird flu is infecting cows. What does that mean?
Meghan Davis is quoted.

photo of young girl getting vaccinated

Associated Press

RFK Jr. kept asking to see the science that vaccines were safe. After he saw it, he dismissed it
Amesh Adalja is quoted. 

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