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Maize and Blue win lots of gold, silver and bronze in Beijing
U-M certainly left its mark on the 2008 Olympics in a variety of sports, with 22 athletes, four coaches and an athletic trainer taking part in the Beijing games--and winning 12 Olympic medals.

Mercury levels in polar bears reveal a growing threat to human health
Chemicals like mercury, a toxic byproduct of fossil-fuel combustion, are accumulating rapidly in the polar North, and their presence there says something about the health of our planet, and of its inhabitants.

Gene-environment interaction
If diseases were caused by single genes, it might be simple to design targeted interventions. But most diseases result from the complex interplay of genes and the environment, and that makes things tricky, says UM SPH biostatistician Bhramar Mukherjee.

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