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Food Choices can lead to diseases
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Working to improve and prolong the lives of the campus community and billions around the globe, CSU's Cancer Prevention Laboratory has been working for the past several years to uncover the cancer-preventing capabilities of the foods we eat.
"It is clear that there are lifestyle choices that can enhance or reduce risk for chronic diseases," said Dr. Henry Thompson, director of the CPL. "Medicine is moving toward understanding personalized risk."
Cans prepares for 20th year
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The 20th Annual Cans Around the Oval, the largest one-day food drive in northern Colorado, is continuing to collect donations for the Oct. 11 food drive. Chuck Gill, assistant director of the Food Bank of Larimer County, said last year's Cans Around the Oval raised a little more than 140,000 pounds of canned food last year, up from 117,000 pounds in 2005.
2 American scientists, 1 Briton share Nobel Prize in medicine for gene manipulation
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NEW YORK (AP) _ As a child in Italy during World War II, he lived for years on the streets and in orphanages. Six decades later, as a scientist in the United States, Mario Capecchi joined two other researchers in winning the Nobel Prize in medicine. Their work led to a powerful and widely used technique to manipulate genes in mice, which has helped scientists study heart disease, diabetes, cancer, cystic fibrosis and other diseases.
Mining
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Weld County may contain a new uranium-mining site as Denver-based Powertech Uranium Corporation continues to push for the required permits for the Centennial Project, against the wishes of some northern Colorado residents. The proposed mining site, which includes 5,760 acres of uranium in Weld County, would be located approximately 11 miles outside of Fort Collins, according to the Larimer County Web site.
Ram Republic raises voice
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Citing a need for more balanced coverage of political and social issues in the media, a CSU student has started publishing an independent, right-leaning news publication, which saw its first printing Monday. Bobby Carson, editor in chief of the new monthly student publication The Ram Republic, transferred to CSU from the University of Minnesota, where he said the idea of a conservative student-run publication took root.
Tres Vidas
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El Centro and the Association for Student Activities program are coming together to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month. The two groups will be hosting a free "Tres Vidas" concert in celebration of Latin American independence and heritage tonight in the Lory Student Center Theatre at 7 p.
