Pamela Grigg, director of the downtown library who also served on the board of the Boys and Girls Club, said the dinner was a huge deal for Cairo.

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In her opening remarks, Annelisa Grigg (Globalbalance) noted that biodiversity is an important factor for many businesses regarding supply chain security, reputational risk, and the licence to operate.

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Grigg and his colleagues performed necropsies on 151 dead marine mammals that they suspected had parasitic encephalitis, the medical term for the brain swelling caused by parasite infection.

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Its director of research, Peter Grigg, told BBC Radio 5 live he found it "concerning that, after six or seven years of having the statutory duty, we're still in this position".

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"The most remarkable finding of our study was the exacerbating role that S. neurona appears to play in causing more severe disease symptoms in those animals that are also infected with T. gondii, " study researcher Michael Grigg of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said in a statement.

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