NIH Study Revises Molecular Classification for Most Common Type of Lymphoma

In a new study, researchers identified genetic subtypes of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) that could help explain why some patients with the disease respond to treatment and others don’t. The study, led by researchers in the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, with additional authors from several institutions around the world, was published online April 11, 2018, in The New England Journal of Medicine.… Read full story

Three Time Academy Award Winning filem “Dunkirk” will be Featured at Free Movie Matinee on Sunday, April 15

“Dunkirk” (PG-13), the three-time Academy Award-winning film will be a special feature at the Sunday Free Movie Matinee on Sunday, April 15, 2:00 p.m., at the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County, 201 N. Mulberry Street, Mount Vernon.

Director Christopher Nolan took events from history to recreate one of the most intriguing yet virtually unknown true moments of World War II.… Read full story

Spanish Story Time

¿Qué?: La hora de cuentos en español – Vengan!!

Join us for Spanish Story Time

 

¿Cuándo?: sábado,14 de abril,2018 11:00 de la mañana.

Saturday, 4/14/18, 11:00 am

¿Dónde?:     La biblioteca de Mount Vernon

Storytime Room, The Mount Vernon Public Library

 

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NIH Researchers Crack Mystery Behind Rare Bone Disorder

Study finds gene mutations that cause “dripping candle wax” bone disease.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health worked with 15 patients from around the world to uncover a genetic basis of “dripping candle wax” bone disease. The rare disorder, known as melorheostosis, causes excess bone formation that resembles dripping candle wax on x-rays.… Read full story