Charity News from Tuesday, Jun. 22, 2004Flies May Taste Bitter Better, First Map of Insect "Tongue" RevealsDuke University Medical Center | The first sensory map of the fly equivalent of a tongue suggests that insects have discriminating taste -- perhaps trumping that of mammals in the ability to differentiate among bitter flavors. Emory Alumnus to Be Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom Emory University | Dr. Arnall Patz, a Georgia native who earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from Emory University and went on to become one of the world's leading ophthalmologists, will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bush. Common "Signature" Found For Different Cancers Johns Hopkins Medicine | Researchers at the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins and the Institute of Bioinformatics in India have discovered a gene-expression "signature" common to distinct types of cancer, renewing hope that a universal treatment might be found.
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