Journal•ISSN: 0036-8733
Scientific American
Nature Portfolio
About: Scientific American is an academic journal published by Nature Portfolio. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Population & MEDLINE. It has an ISSN identifier of 0036-8733. Over the lifetime, 10858 publications have been published receiving 365310 citations. The journal is also known as: SciAm.
Topics: Population, MEDLINE, Cancer, The Internet, Poison control
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TL;DR: Consider writing, perhaps the first information technology: The ability to capture a symbolic representation of spoken language for long-term storage freed information from the limits of individual memory.
Abstract: Specialized elements of hardware and software, connected by wires, radio waves and infrared, will soon be so ubiquitous that no-one will notice their presence.
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TL;DR: This article reports that the magazine's award for Research Leader of the Year was given to the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium which conducted a huge genetic study to look at the genetic causes for various diseases.
Abstract: This article reports that the magazine's award for Research Leader of the Year was given to the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium which conducted a huge genetic study to look at the genetic causes for various diseases. Their research will enable physicians to calculate the chances of a patient developing a disease that was inherited. The goal of the project is to have a patient submit a blood sample so treatment and prevention can be personalized to the patient's genetic makeup.
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