Imperial Valley News Center
Agents Seized Narcotics Thrown Over the International Boundary
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Calexico, California - El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Calexico station, arrested a man suspected of smuggling methamphetamine last Saturday afternoon.
Customs and Border Protection Reveals Concealment Methods, Unique Seizures
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Cincinnati, Ohio - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and agriculture specialists stationed in Cincinnati routinely encounter unique concealment methods employed by smugglers of all types. From dangerous narcotics, fake IDs, illegal steroids and smuggled cash, to agricultural pests and invasive or endangered species, the officers and specialists have seen it all.
Border Patrol agent “rocked” by illegal aliens
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Progreso, Texas - A U.S. Border Patrol agent became the target of a rock assault after locating a group of illegal aliens.
Protein affected by rare Parkinson’s mutation may lurk behind many cases of the disease
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- Written by Carl P. Wonders, Ph.D.
Washington, DC - Mutations in the gene LRRK2 have been linked to about three percent of Parkinson’s disease cases. Researchers have now found evidence that the activity of LRRK2 protein might be affected in many more patients with Parkinson’s disease, even when the LRRK2 gene itself is not mutated. The study was published in Science Translational Medicine and was supported in part by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
HIV remission free of antiretroviral therapy is a feasible goal
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- Written by Laura S. Leifman
Washington, DC - Long-lasting control of HIV infection without antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a feasible goal that deserves vigorous pursuit, Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., will assert during a lecture on Wednesday, July 25 at the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) (link is external) in Amsterdam. Dr. Fauci directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. His lecture is titled, “Durable Control of HIV Infection in the Absence of Antiretroviral Therapy: Opportunities and Challenges.”
NIH makes STRIDES to accelerate discoveries in the cloud
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- Written by Julius Patterson
Washington, DC - The National Institutes of Health has launched a new initiative to harness the power of commercial cloud computing and provide NIH biomedical researchers access to the most advanced, cost-effective computational infrastructure, tools and services available. The STRIDES (Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability) Initiative launches with Google Cloud as its first industry partner and aims to reduce economic and technological barriers to accessing and computing on large biomedical data sets to accelerate biomedical advances.
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