Winthrop Professor discovers otential new monkey species
Janice Chism, a Winthrop University biologist, may have discovered a new monkey species in the rainforests of Peru, The Charlotte Observer reported.
Chism started her research in 2008 in Peru, when she began studying the monk sakis species of monkey. What she found instead was a potential new saki species.
Chism, along with her team, will need to work with a geneticist in order to study the DNA of the saki monkeys in order to determine if hers is indeed a new species of monkey. This is no easy task, considering the saki monkeys are some of the most understudied monkey species on the planet, according to Chism.
Chism and her team will return to Peru next June in order to continue their research.
Baseball tournament rallies Chapin support
A baseball tournament was held in Chapin, SC Sunday to benefit Austin Guy, a 10-year-old diagnosed with brain cancer last month, WIS-TV reported.
More than a dozen teams played in the tournament to raise over $15,000 for the Guy family.
Guy’s brain tumor was removed and found to be malignant, but chemotherapy and radiation continues to keep him away from his favorite sport.
In order to benefit Guy and help ease the financial burden of the family, Guy’s baseball coach, Eric McCoig, helped set up the tournament and encouraged teams from around the community to play at Chapin Elementary.
Participants from across the city showed up to give their support to the family and Guy’s battle with cancer.
Mecklenburg County missionary under Ebola surveillance
A SIM missionary is under surveillance after returning from one of the West African countries affected by the Ebola outbreak, The State reported. The missionary returned to the Charlotte area where SIM has been following CDC guidelines in order to ensure the utmost safety of the community.
According to the department statement, the individual had close contact with households and other settings in which they encountered a person with Ebola and “may need to be quarantined.” The missionary will be monitored for 21 days, but the Mecklenburg County Health Department said the risk to the community is very low.
The Health Department’s communicable disease staff will evaluate the patient and have further information regarding the situation as it becomes available.
The identity of the missionary is being withheld by SIM for privacy reasons.