Today: May 4, 2015:
Technology SIG Meeting:
9:30 AM in the Rhett Butler Room
at the Savannah Recreation Center.Consumer DNA Firms Get Serious About Drug Development:
Erika Check Hayden
"Companies race to gather large data sets in bid to find treatments based on genetics.
Companies that offer genetic testing directly to consumers are renewing their ambitions. Recent moves by US regulators have given the firms fresh hope that the large genetic data sets they amass will have commercial as well as scientific value, spawning diagnostic tests or drugs."
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Mystery humans spiced up ancients’ sex lives...
Nature
Genome analysis suggests there was interbreeding between modern humans, Neanderthals, Denisovans and an unknown archaic population.
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"My iPad Is Running Slow":
Is your iPad running slow? Does it seem to get bogged down after a few hours? This is not an uncommon problem. It is usually caused by an app that is running in the background, which can lead to the app taking up too much memory or processing power. Luckily, this is also relatively easy to fix.
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FamilySearch Adds More Than 4.9 Million Indexed Records and Images for Canada, the Czech Republic, Indonesia, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, and the United States:
FamilySearch
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This Day in History:
1932: In Atlanta, Georgia, mobster Al Capone begins serving an 11 year prison sentence for tax evasion.
1776: Rhode Island becomes the 1st American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
1626: Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrived in New Netherland (present-day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.
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