August 23rd, 2004 by 
Jeanette
South African Marfan Syndrome Organisation Home. New (or newly discovered) resource on the web. In English and in Afrikaans.
Thanks, Richard!
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August 12th, 2004 by Jeanette
Mikle wants to order
stingray ring on web store..
LPG.
LPG
Wired News: Cancer Stem Cells Hint at Cure: “Scientists at the Reproductive Genetics Institute, a private clinic in Chicago, are also studying stem cells to discover the origins of disease. They have isolated 12 new stem-cell lines from genetically flawed human embryos, providing stem cells that will specifically develop seven diseases, including two forms of muscular dystrophy, thalassemia, Fanconi anemia, fragile X syndrome, Marfan syndrome and a type of neurofibromatosis. Couples undergoing in vitro fertilization donated the embryos after the clinic performed prenatal genetic screening.”
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August 3rd, 2004 by Jeanette
Julie Kurnitz, 61, singer/actress got start in Village: “Julie Kurnitz, a Village resident for 40 years and a singer/actress who performed at the Judson Poets Theatre in the 1960s, in cabarets and in Woody Allen’s film “Radio Days,” died July 15 at New York Hospital at the age of 61.”
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