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Lisa Davidson of La Canada Flintridge was surprised to see all the numbers -- instead of letter grades -- and other data on her son’s elementary school report card. Her shock quickly turned to ...

An interview with Dr. Eshan Mitra, discussing the importance of computer models in biology and the development of a more accurate model of the RAF phosphorylation pathway.