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John Kenny

Oct 10, 2017

John Kenny has been appointed CEO of Meridian Bioscience, effective Oct. 9. He replaces John Kraeutler who is stepping down to become executive chairman. Kraeutler announced in May his plans to resign from the company as CEO. Kenny also was appointed to Meridian's board, effective Oct. 9. Kenny was most recently senior vice president, general manager, North America at Siemens Healthcare. He has also held executive level roles at Becton Dickinson, Leica Biosystems, and Quest Diagnostics.

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Researchers Link Telomere Length With Alzheimer's Disease

Within UK Biobank participants, longer leukocyte telomere length is associated with a reduced risk of dementia, according to a new study in PLOS One.

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Among other intriguing compounds, researchers find the nucleotide uracil, a component of RNA sequences, in samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, as they report in Nature Communications.