The 'Beckman Research Institute' (BRI) is a research facility affiliated with the
City of Hope National Medical Center in
Duarte, CA. It is dedicated to studying normal and abnormal biological processes which may be related to
cancer. The institute was founded in 1951, and endowed by the
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation in 1983 when it was given its current name. It was the first of five Beckman institutes in the
United States. It also hosts the
City of Hope Graduate School of Biological Sciences whose founding dean,
Arthur Riggs, is also BRI's director.
Research
On
November 15,
2002, BRI announced that the
fruit fly developed
homosexual preferences when temperatures were increased.
''
Geo'' magazine reported, "The male flies displayed clear heterosexual activities when temperatures were at 19 degrees (
Celsius), but above 30 degrees their behavior changed within minutes."
See also
Beckman Institute at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Beckman Coulter
External links
★ http://www.cityofhope.org/bricoh
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