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New research shows bigger animals get more cancer, defying decades-old belief

Ars Technica

A longstanding scientific belief about a link between cancer prevalence and animal body size has tested for the first time in our new study ranging across hundreds of animal species. For example, budgies are notorious among pet owners for being prone to renal cancer despite weighing only 35 g. Read full article Comments

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Fight Colorectal Cancer: A Rebranding Tale

Judi Sohn

The organization I helped found as Colorectal Cancer Coalition in 2005 officially became Fight Colorectal Cancer on Monday, March 6, 2011. I hope it's a fun read for anyone either looking to redo their own small nonprofit brand, or who wants a deeper dive on what we did at Fight Colorectal Cancer. Let's Raise a Brand!

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4 Unique Call-to-Actions to Test on Your Nonprofit’s Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Approximately 20 seconds after landing on the website for the Colorectal Cancer Alliance website , a small “Donate” popup slides in featuring a recent donation. For example, the Nature Conservancy uses a maroon top bar to send visitors prompted by TV ads to their monthly giving donation page.

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2023 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay. 8: World Ovarian Cancer Day — #WOCD23. 29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests — #AgainstNuclearTestsDay. 16: World Pancreatic Cancer Day — #WorldPancreaticCancerDay. 16: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay.

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Massive Foundation Model for Biomolecular Sciences Now Available via NVIDIA BioNeMo

NVIDIA AI Blog

Its scientists are focused on disease areas including cancer, immune dysfunction and neurodegeneration. For example, researchers from Stanford and the Arc Institute found that in tests with BRCA1, a gene associated with breast cancer, Evo 2 could predict with 90% accuracy whether previously unrecognized mutations would affect gene function.

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2021 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay. 29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests — #AgainstNuclearTestsDay. 19: World Pancreatic Cancer Day — #WorldPancreaticCancerDay. 17: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay.

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2020 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay. 29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests — #AgainstNuclearTestsDay. 19: World Pancreatic Cancer Day — #WPCD20. 19: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay. September.

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