Moon Over Miami

Bovine genomics update: making a cow jump over the moon.

Recent research in bovine genetics has focused on characterization of the biological differences underlying phenotypic variation for qualitative and quantitative traits of economic value in existing cattle populations. The much-anticipated benefits of DNA-based tools to routinely guide selection decisions for more efficient genetic gain and widened profit margins have not been fully met since t...

University of Miami

Entrusted Environment University of Miami

Purpose Statement " The Remembrance of God is greater than what follows " This Guidebook outlines some of the significant aspects of Islamic Environmental Health Ethics to be used by individuals, organizations (governmental and non-governmental agencies), as well as all concerned parties seeking to improve the environmental health situation of the Muslim world. Through Islamic principles, this ...

Moon-madness *

Mother Nature is an exceedingly exacting old lady. She guards her treasures well and does not yield them on casual inquiry. To be sure, she has spread the stuff and substance of the Universe before everyone so that it might be described and classified. For generations men have eagerly approached this monumental job until at last there is available a fairly satisfactory account of the structure ...

Howling for the moon.

Rennard and Vestbo have sounded a ringing call to arms. Instead of trying to make minor improvements in the rate of decline of spirometry in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), they call for an all out effort to find a cure. Their arguments have attractions, but we believe that the evidence shows it would be easier to hatch out chickens from a plate of scrambled eggs tha...