They shared an apparently Irish background and a passion for natural history.
"From what we can see, our current methods of intervention may pose a greater hazard for health than letting the natural history run itself out, " Mohr said.
Roy Zeighami, of McKinney, Texas, signed up his 5-year-old son, Reed, who has Sanfilippo syndrome, for Shire's natural-history study in 2011, and plans to enroll him in the Nationwide Children's study, too.
Monmouthshire-born Wallace, considered one of the greatest scientists of the 19th Century, did receive recognition for his work, and when he died aged 90 in 1913, fundraising began for a statue at the Natural History Museum.
The NIH and FDA last year held a workshop on natural-history studies for academic researchers and drug companies.
Heritage Auctions, for its part, has reorganized its natural-history department.
You might assume that an indoor navigation app for, say, the American Museum of Natural History has the same primary concern: getting you from the main entrance to the T-Rex.
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"People have a real affinity for dinosaurs, whether as part of a natural history collection or even as interior decor, " says Thomas Lindgren, co-consulting director of the natural history department at Bonhams.
The National Museum and six other institutions that are the custodians of Bosnia's national heritage and care for precious medieval manuscripts, religious relicts and natural history artifacts, among other items are victims of the 1995 peace agreement that ended Bosnia's war.
The Dromaeosaur fossil, on loan from China, is being displayed for the first time at the American Museum of Natural History.
Think, for example, about how the American Museum of Natural History is using location-based technology to give visitors information on exhibits through their mobile devices.
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He has given twenty million to the American Museum of Natural History, whose dinosaur wing is named for him.
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He cites Harvard University's glass-flower collection at its Museum of Natural History as an inexhaustible cache of ideas, for form, content and sheer brazen originality.
And even if a natural-history study leads to a clinical trial for a treatment, there is no guarantee the same children will be allowed to participate.
The Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas, for example, is one of six university museums throughout the Midwest now mounting a new exhibit: Explore Evolution.
The origin of the blue-chip meteorite market was a 1995 natural history auction at Phillips in New York, for which an entertainment manager named Darryl Pitt selected some 15 meteorites from his personal collection and photographed them as if they were masterpieces of modern art.
Natural-history studies also are used in developing treatments for common diseases, like diabetes and cancers.
The monuments, located in Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Ohio and Washington, help tell the story of significant people and extraordinary events in American history, as well as protect unique natural resources for the benefit of all Americans.
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The United States is currently producing more natural gas than at any time in history, on track for 27 trillion cubic feet this year.
The Natural History Museum has now had to reallocate the funding reserved for the project and we plan to invest the funds in other fieldwork.
Comedian Bill Bailey recently unveiled a restored portrait of Wallace at the Natural History Museum and has also filmed a two-part documentary for the BBC about Wallace.
McCarty, an investigator at Nationwide's Center for Gene Therapy, says relying on another researcher's data from a natural-history study would be problematic.
"I am surprised that the true identity of this bird has remained hidden from the scientific world for so long, " George Sangster, lead author from the Swedish Museum of Natural History, said in an email.
Museum of Natural History, would serve to enhance the accessibility of scientific information and knowledge for the visitors, especially for young boys and girls.
Before meeting with the President, in an award ceremony today at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Science and Technology Advisor John Holdren conferred the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) to the 96 outstanding researchers.
While a few institutions in the U.S. had collected some African objects beginning in the late 19th century, the American Museum of Natural History acquired a large group in 1907 from Belgium's King Leopold II (infamous for his treatment of the Congo).
Perhaps in some future generation, when the fear of losing everything or the belief that bad things happen for no reason at all have all been relegated to the scrap heap of history, abundance will be the natural experience on Earth as people embrace their own perception that good fortune flows easily when trust rather than fear is the unwavering belief.
The guide's lead author, Dr John Tweddle from the Natural History Museum, said participating in the monitoring and observation was a "fun and rewarding pastime" for volunteers.
The Museum of Natural History's director, Henry Fairfield Osborn, believed northeastern Asia had been the Garden of Eden for mammalian life, and Andrews set out to prove it.
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