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National blindness

RNA may shed light on blindness in macular degeneration

microRNAs and macular degeneration | June 7, 2011 Phyllis Haugabo...June 07, 2011
Scientists may have found a possibleway to treat a debilitating eye disease, in tinybiological molecules known as microRNAs.A team of researchers...
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Trachoma a serious threat in Chitral Valley, Pakistan

Robert HerrimanApril 24, 2011 trachoma | April 24, 2011
The blinding infection is a serious threat to the population in the Chtral Valley in northern Pakistan, according to community ophthalmologist, Dr....
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Tips for writing dialogue in a story

Kristina BrandtApril 16, 2011 Writing | April 16, 2011
Good dialogue can take a good story and make it even better. Instead of simply seeing what's going on and what's being said through the...
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Classic movie 10: Blindness

January 29, 2011 Classic Movies | January 29, 2011 Jennifer Garlen
In the land of the blind…If looking is a central concern of film, then being unable to look constitutes a major crisis, particularly when...
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It's time to talk about greed

| October 12, 2009 Soul DancerOctober 12, 2009
Do you recall the scene in the 1987 movie "Wall Street" where the actor Michael Douglas in the role of Gordon Gekko states . . . "...
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