Donald L Mosher Sr. 89, passed away peacefully at Newport Hospital after a brief battle. His body was tired but his spirit never failed.
“MOE” was a native Newporter. He was born in Newport, Rhode Island to Erford L Mosher and Cornelia M (Hull) Mosher on September 5th 1931 during the Great Depression. He was one of thirteen children; Erford Leslie “Big Moe” Mosher; Lloyd Mosher; Arthur Mosher; Milton “Little Moe” Mosher; Nettie Mosher; Irving “Moe” Mosher; Malcolm Mosher; Chester Mosher; Earl Mosher; Phyllis (Mulligan) Mosher; Leonard “Lenny” Mosher; Charles Mosher.
He is survived by his wife Noreen L (Little) Mosher, his daughter Tammy L (Patton) Mosher and son-in-law Wesley Patton, his son Donald L Mosher Jr, his granddaughters Sarah (Patton) Gaona and Nathan Gaona, Michaela Patton, and Ava Mosher, his grandsons Joshua Patton, Donald L Mosher III and Benjamin Mosher, his great-grandsons Nathan Gaona and Noah Gaona, his brother-in-law Hubert “Huck ” Little
12/23/20
An Iowa City woman has been arrested after police say her neglect led to the death of an adult dependent.
According to the arrest report, 54-year-old Tara Edwards of Apollo Place identified herself as the primary caregiver of the victim since 2014. The woman was72, and suffered from mental and physical ailments that made her unable to care for herself. Edwards reportedly was trained and previously licensed as a nurse.
The woman was found deceased on the evening of February 14
th of this year.
A pathologist with the Medical Examiner’s office determined that the manner of the woman’s death was homicide. Investigators discovered alleged neglect on Edwards’ part, including failure to fill and provide medications, failure to take the woman to her medical appointments, and failure to provide the woman with proper nutrtition. These reported inactions on Edwards’ part led to the woman’s emaciation, undernutrition, and significant weight loss that contributed to her de
PARP Inhibitors, Prostate Cancer and a Promise Fulfilled
June 26, 2020, marked the 20
th anniversary of the publication of the first working draft from the Human Genome Project. At a special White House event to commemorate the results of this 10-year public effort (it was really more like 50 years since the discovery of DNA, but I digress), then-President Bill Clinton called the project “the most wondrous map ever created by humankind”, and touted its promise to detect, prevent, and treat disease. Obtaining that first sequence from one human cost about $2B and resulted from a massive global public/private partnership.
Today, you can get a full human genome for about $200 and we know the full genome of close to 2500 species.