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1996 News Releases

11 Dec 1996: Vitamin D Receptor Gene Linked to Reduced Prostate Cancer Risk in Study at NIEHS and UNC
10 Dec 1996: Korach Publication "Hot"
26 Nov 1996: Cell and Tumor Growth Research Pioneer to Deliver Falk Lecture
19 Nov 1996: Scientists Try to Match Rodent Results in Testing Chemicals
14 Nov 1996: Partnership between DPS and NIEHS Announced - Dedication of Molecular Biology Lab at Hillside HS to Take Place November 21st, 1996
31 Oct 1996: Panel to Seek Foundation Cooperation -- and Money -- for Kids at Risk from Lead, Pollution and Pesticides
17 Oct 1996: NIEHS' Allen Wilcox Elected President of Largest Epidemologic Society
13 Sep 1996: NIEHS Funds New Environmental Health Sciences Centers in Southern California and Texas
02 Sep 1996: NIH Scientists Find Mutant Repair Gene MSH3 Has Role in Uterine Cancer
19 Aug 1996: Environmental Health Sciences Mature - NIEHS Celebrates 30th Anniversary
19 Jun 1996: NIH Study: Among Women Who Want to Get Pregnant, Douching May Delay Conception
13 Jun 1996: NIH-Supported Studies Show Potential Danger to Fetus from Expectant Mothers' Own Early Exposure to Lead
30 May 1996: Mutations of Gene BRCA2 Responsible for Few Sporadic Cases of Breast Cancer, NIEHS and Duke Report
08 May 1996: Internationally Known Scientist Named NIEHS Deputy Director; His Work May Help Control AIDS, Environment-Related Diseases
29 Apr 1996: Duke-NIEHS Team Links BRCA2 to Pancreatic Cancer; Evidence Suggests Still a Third Breast Cancer Gene
25 Apr 1996: Not So Specialized After All: Genes Carry Out Different Repairs -- A Finding That Helps Clarify the Development of Cancer
16 Apr 1996: Younger Women's Ovarian Cancers More Likely to Be Inherited
22 Feb 1996: NIH Finds Shortcut to Gene Isolation
19 Feb 1996: Lack of Chemical-Detoxifying Gene Produces Disease Susceptibility in Fify Million Americans -- One in Six
07 Feb 1996: Children of Fish Consumers Show No Developmental Damage
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