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Neuroscience

Pacific Neuroscience Institute Affiliates with Providence Health & Services Saint John’s Medical Foundation – PR Newswire (press release)

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Providence Health & Services announced today a new affiliation with Pacific Neuroscience Institute, a multispecialty group of more than 30 physicians and researchers renowned for providing cutting-edge, minimally invasive treatments, as well as conducting breakthrough research and clinical trials to advance the care of patients with neurological and cranial disorders.

The physicians of PNI will join the Saint John's Medical Foundation, which is composed of Westside physician groups with a range of specialties who practice at Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica. The new PNI Clinic is currently under construction at 2125 Arizona Ave., adjacent to Saint John's Health Center, and is expected to open in early 2018.

PNI physicians also will provide neurosurgery, interventional neuro-radiology and neuro-oncology inpatient care and emergency stroke center services, as well as operate an outpatient clinic at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance.

"Our partnership with PNI brings a team of extraordinary specialists, their state-of-the-art facilities and their globally recognized research to Providence Saint John's and its John Wayne Cancer Institute, and to our South Bay hospitals," said Erik Wexler, chief executive, Providence St. Joseph Health, Los Angeles Region. "More importantly, they will participate in our Neuroscience Clinical Institute, which serves across the seven-state Providence St. Joseph Health system to advance treatment and improve outcomes for patients with complex neurological disorders."

PNI is a leader in neurosciences, operating eight centers of excellence:

"Our PNI clinicians and researchers have a long and fruitful relationship with Providence Saint John's, the John Wayne Cancer Institute and the Saint John's Health Center Foundation, and we are excited to build upon this decade-long collaboration," said Daniel F. Kelly, M.D., neurosurgeon and director of PNI and its Brain Tumor and Pituitary Disorders Centers. "By affiliating with Providence, we greatly strengthen our ability to provide comprehensive, compassionate care for our patients, while developing novel treatments for the future."

Dr. Kelly's PNI co-founders include Chester F. Griffiths, M.D., FACS, a head and neck, and ear, nose and throat surgeon; neuro-oncologist Santosh Kesari, M.D., Ph.D., and neuro-ophthalmologist Howard R. Krauss, M.D.

"This new affiliation with PNI propels Providence in its continuing strategy to build expertise in the neurosciences across Southern California advancing research, technology, innovation and quality patient care," said Marcel Loh, chief executive, Providence Saint John's Health Center.

Providence has more than 500 affiliated physicians from the South Bay to Santa Clarita who are aligned with the six Los Angeles Area Providence medical centers. This new affiliation will equip PNI with a management services program to provide operating and administrative support for clinical operations.

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Embryology

Most Relationships Survive Infertility Challenges – WebMD – WebMD

By Robert Preidt

HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, July 7, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- There's good news for couples who are struggling to conceive.

Those who are undergo fertility treatment are no more likely to break up, according to a new study. It's been suggested that the disappointment of infertility and the stress of treatment can push relationships to the breaking point.

But a study of more than 40,000 women in Denmark who had fertility treatment between 1994 and 2009 found no link between it and separation or divorce. Researchers said 20 percent split up within 16 years, compared to 22 percent of women who were not treated.

The study was presented this week at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Geneva, Switzerland.

Researcher Mariana Martins said the findings should reassure couples who have had or are considering in vitro fertilization.

"Findings on the security of relationships and parenthood can be particularly helpful in supporting patients' commitment to treatment," said Martins, a psychology faculty member at the University of Porto in Portugal.

"We have previously found that subjects who divorce, re-partner and come back to treatment are the ones that five years before had the most stress," she said in a meeting news release. "We also know that despite all the strain that this infertility can bring, going through [assisted reproduction treatment] can actually bring benefit to a couple's relationship, because it forces them to improve communication and coping strategies."

Studies presented at meetings should be considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

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SOURCE: European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, news release, July 5, 2017

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Immunology

Constitutive resistance to viral infection in human CD141 – Science (subscription)

Research ArticleDENDRITIC CELLS

* These authors contributed equally to this work.

Present address: INSERM U955, IMRB Equipe-16, VRI, F-94010, Creteil, France.

Present address: Drukier Institute for Childrens Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA.

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Science Immunology 07 Jul 2017: Vol. 2, Issue 13, eaai8071 DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aai8071

Aymeric Silvin

Immunity and Cancer Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, INSERM U932, 75005 Paris, France.

Chun I Yu

Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Dallas, TX 75204, USA.The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT 06032, USA.The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA.

Xavier Lahaye

Immunity and Cancer Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, INSERM U932, 75005 Paris, France.

Francesco Imperatore

Centre dImmunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix Marseille University, UM2, INSERM U1104, CNRS UMR7280, France.

Jean-Baptiste Brault

Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, Molecular Mechanisms of Intracellular Transport, 75005 Paris, France.

Sylvain Cardinaud

Centre dImmunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses-Paris, Pierre and Marie Curie University UMRS C7, INSERM U1135, CNRS ERL 8255, Paris, France.INSERM U955, IMRB Equipe-16, Vaccine Research Institute (VRI), F-94010, Creteil, France.

Christian Becker

Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine; and Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.

Wing-Hong Kwan

Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.

Ccile Conrad

Immunity and Cancer Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, INSERM U932, 75005 Paris, France.

Mathieu Maurin

Immunity and Cancer Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, INSERM U932, 75005 Paris, France.

Christel Goudot

Immunity and Cancer Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, INSERM U932, 75005 Paris, France.

Santy Marques-Ladeira

Immunity and Cancer Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, INSERM U932, 75005 Paris, France.

Yuanyuan Wang

Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Dallas, TX 75204, USA.

Virginia Pascual

Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Dallas, TX 75204, USA.

Esperanza Anguiano

Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Dallas, TX 75204, USA.

Randy A. Albrecht

Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.

Matteo Iannacone

Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.

Adolfo Garca-Sastre

Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.

Bruno Goud

Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, Molecular Mechanisms of Intracellular Transport, 75005 Paris, France.

Marc Dalod

Centre dImmunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix Marseille University, UM2, INSERM U1104, CNRS UMR7280, France.

Arnaud Moris

Centre dImmunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses-Paris, Pierre and Marie Curie University UMRS C7, INSERM U1135, CNRS ERL 8255, Paris, France.

Miriam Merad

Precision Immunology Institute, Human Immune Monitoring Center, Tisch Cancer institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.

A. Karolina Palucka

Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Dallas, TX 75204, USA.The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT 06032, USA.The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA.

Nicolas Manel

Immunity and Cancer Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, INSERM U932, 75005 Paris, France.

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How a Few Drops of Blood Led to An Immunology Breakthrough – Drug Discovery & Development

Scientists from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) may have cracked the code to understanding the function of special cells called regulatory T Cells. Treg cells, as they are often known, control and regulate our immune system to prevent excessive reactions. The findings, published in Science Immunology, could have a major impact in our understanding and treatment of all autoimmune diseases and most chronic inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, Crohns disease as well as broader conditions such as asthma, allergies and cancer.

Researchers made this discovery by investigating a rare human mutation in a gene called FOXP3. Although the importance of the FOXP3 gene in the proper function of Treg cells has been well documented, its mechanisms were still not fully understood by scientists.

We discovered that this mutation in the FOXP3 gene affects the Treg cells ability to dampen the immune response, which results in the immune system overreacting and causing inflammation, explains the studys lead author, Dr. Ciriaco Piccirillo, immunologist and senior scientist in the Infectious Diseases and Immunity in the Global Health Program at the RI-MUHC, and a professor of Immunology at McGill University. This discovery gives us key insights on how Treg cells are born and how they can be regulated.

Thanks to an international collaboration and cutting-edge technology from the Immunophenotyping Platform at the RI-MUHC, the team was able to make their discovery using only a few drops of blood from a five-week-old newborn boy who died in 2009 from a rare and often fatal inherited genetic immune disorder called IPEX. In the past 40 years, fewer than 200 cases of IPEX have been identified worldwide. Over 60 different mutations of the FOXP3 gene are known to cause IPEX and believed to result in non-functional Treg Cells.

What was unique about this case of IPEX was that the patients Treg cells were fully functional apart from one crucial element: its ability to shut down the inflammatory response, says Dr. Piccirillo.

Understanding this specific mutation has allowed us to shed light on how many milder forms of chronic inflammatory diseases or autoimmune diseases could be linked to alterations in FOXP3 functions, adds the studys first author, Khalid Bin Dhuban, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Piccirillos laboratory.

From fundamental biology to clinical treatment

Dr. Piccirillo and his colleagues have already developed a molecule that could restore the Treg cells' ability to control the immune system for patients with the same rare mutation. The drug has been tested in animal models and the researchers are hopeful they can also develop similar drugs that will apply for other conditions where Treg cells are known to be slightly defective such as arthritis, type I diabetes, multiple sclerosis and lupus.

"Currently, we have to shut down the whole immune system with aggressive suppressive therapies in various autoimmune and inflammatory diseases," explains Dr. Piccirillo. Our goal is to increase the activity of these Treg cells in certain settings, such as autoimmune diseases, but we want to turn it down in other settings, such as cancer. With this discovery, we are taking a big step in the right direction.

Dr. CiriacoPiccirillo is also the director of theCentre of Excellence in Translational Immunology (CETI), a newly established research coalition based at the Research Institute of the MUHC that fosters linkages among biomedical investigators and clinicians for interdisciplinary immunology research focused on the understanding and treatment of immune-based diseases.

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Anatomy

Trump vs Putin: anatomy of an underhanded handshake – Telegraph.co.uk

Today is an historic day, as world leaders from each oftheG20 nations have gathered in Hamburg to watchDonald Trump and Vladamir Putin shake hands (and also discuss geopolitics and climate change and other such secondary stuff).

Trump's unorthodox handshakingmethodhas been the subject of much scrutiny. His typical technique has been the 'clasp, yank, release':a powerplay that sees him draw his interlocutor close, whether they like it or not.

Given Putin's similarly elaborate taste in alpha male posturing (remember his shirtless horseback riding phase?), speculation has been rife: will Trump try his usual tactics again?

Let's dissect exactly how it went down when these two titans clashed.

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Anatomy

The ‘Rick And Morty: Anatomy Park’ Board Game Is Almost Here – Konbini US

Can't stand to wait another two weeks for the release of Rick and Morty season 3? In that case, create your own wacky adventure by getting the Rick and Morty: Anatomy Park board game.

That's right, of all the disgusting, crazy and bonkers adventures the mad scientist and his grandson have gone through, you can now relive the season 1 episode that sees the duo venture into a microscopic theme park built inside Ruben, the homeless Santa.

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As you've probably guessed, the goal of the game is to successfully build a theme park inside the human body. Just like the characters in the series, you'll have to face many diseases and bodily reactions to win.

However, since it's a Rick and Morty-themed game, there's a catch! If someone pulls a "Bodily Reaction" card, the holder will actually have to act out its actions. Each player will get to choose between Rick, Morty, Annie, Poncho, Roger and park operator Dr. Xenon Bloomone, all of which featured in the episode.

The game itself will feature all you need to spend a gruesome, yet hilarious evening:

46 park tiles;Nine focus group tiles;14 bodily reactions cards;Three dice;Six oversized character cards;Six character standees;Six disease standees;Six Master Plan cards;30 control cubes;Lots of Victory Points tokens;Rulebook.

Lead designer Matty Hyra announced the game will also include exclusive attractions that did not feature in the original episode. As long as "Pirates of the Pancreas" and the friendly Hepatitis C are there, it'll be a hit for sure.

Rick and Morty: Anatomy Park comes out on July 12 and is expected to cost $30.

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Anatomy

‘Heart, guts’ are anatomy to Clear Spring’s 11-12 win over Maugansville – Herald-Mail Media

MAUGANSVILLE An 8-0 deficit didnt stop Clear Spring against Maugansvilleon Fridayin the 11-12 District 1 losers bracket semifinal.

Six of those eight runs were credited to Spencer Wray on two home runs, including a grand slam. But Clear Spring answered with 12 straight runs to pull out the 12-9 victory and advance to todays losers bracket final at Conococheague.

Seven of those (12 runs) came with two outs. Thats remarkable, Clear Spring manager Brad Poffenberger said. These kids have heart and guts. That, as a coach, you cant teach. I cant give it to them, and I cant take it out of them.

Malakai Cunningham led Clear Spring with two home runs and four RBIs.

It took two innings for Maugansville to take the 8-0 lead. Wray homered in each inning, while John Blanco scored on an error in the first and Dylan Shoemaker had an RBI single in the second.

With one out in the bottom of the second Clear Spring cut the deficit in half as Hunter Oaks scored on a wild pitch and Cunningham and Keller Knode each hit home runs to make it 8-4.

Oaks and Caleb Younker tallied RBIs in the third before Cunningham blasted his second homer to left center that tied the game at 8-8. Nate Meyers broke the tie two batters later on an RBI double.

Honestly, when we got the big lead, I think some of them might have shut down thinking we had the game won, Maugansville manager Nick Shifler said. (Clear Spring) battled back and didnt quit. They ended up outplaying us in the end.

Clear Spring wasnt finished yet. Younker and Knode combined for three RBIs in the fourth to take a four-run lead.

With two outs in the top of the sixth, Shoemaker drove in Maugansvilles ninth run on a fielders choice, before Cunningham closed out the win for Clear Spring with a strikeout.

I know the kids are bummed out and theyre really down, but I told them they have nothing to put their heads down about, Shifler said. They worked their way through the losers bracket and they made a good run at it. We had a lot of positive moments.

Im very proud of my guys. Theyre a real special group of kids. Its an honor and a privilege to be a part of this team and to coach them. In the long run, us as coaches just hope that we somehow make a positive impact on their lives.

Poffenberger was already looking forward to todays game against Conococheague.

Here we come Conococheague, he said. Hopefully well redeem ourselves against Conococheague over the years Ive coached. Hopefully its going to be a good game for everybody. This teams fired up and ready to go.

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Anatomy

Comic-Con: ‘Black Panther’, ‘Logan’, ‘Cloak & Dagger’ Composers Set For Superhero Music Panel – Deadline

The composers behind some of the biggest superhero blockbuster films and fan-fave TV series are headed to Comic-Con for Costa Communications fifth annual Musical Anatomy of a Superhero panel. The event will take place on Thursday, July 20 at the Hilton Bayfronts Indigo Ballroom at 10am.

Composers will expound on their process and challenges in creating the musical voices behind the superheroes, as well as on collaborating with directors and producers. The panel event also will include unreleased clips of upcoming projects.

This years panelists include Oscar nominated and Emmy winning composer Mark Isham, who is composing the music for Freeforms upcoming Marvel series Cloak & Dagger.A reminder to die-hardOnce Upon a Timeattendees, Isham also writes the music for that show.

Two-time Oscar nominee Marco Beltrami (Logan, The Wolverine,Lucifer)will also be on hand. Swedish composer Ludwig Goransson will provide insight into Marvels upcoming February feature releaseBlack Pantherand MGM/Annapurnas reboot ofDeath Wish. Also on the panel:Emmy-nominated composer Brian Tyler, who wrote the music forAvengers: Age of Ultron, Power Rangers, The Mummy; David Russo, (Gotham,Nikita,The Tomorrow People);and Lorne Balfe (The Lego Batman Movie, the upcoming Warner Bros./Skydance picGeostorm).Costa Communications chief Ray Costa will be moderating the session.

Previous composers at Musical Anatomy includeChristophe Beck(Ant-Man, Frozen),Tyler Bates(Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2),Blake Neely(Arrow, Super Girl, The Flash),John Powell(the Bourne Franchise, Hancock),Tom Junkie XL Holkenborg(Deadpool, Mad Max: Fury Road),John Ottman(X-Men: Apocalypse, Superman Returns),andJohn Debney(Iron Man 2).

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Anatomy

Anatomy Of A Love Triangle: Reporter And Church Choir Director Tries To Kill Man To Be With His Wife – Oxygen (blog)

Rob Whedbee woke up to the smell of cigarette smoke. Big problem: nobody in his house smoked. He opened his eyes to see a figure approaching him in his bed, silhouetted by the streetlight outside. The figure was carrying a knife according to Snapped on Oxygen.

He had one foot on the ground and he had one knee on the bed straddling me. You know, preparing to stab me or cut my throat, Rob said. He jumped out of the bed and began fighting the intruder. Robs wife Lisa appeared in the bedroom doorway with a baseball bat. Rob yelled to his wife for help but she just stood there. Then the intruder began yelling at Lisa. Hit him. Youve got to do it and youve got to do it now.

Lisa and Rob met in 1979, when they were both out driving. Rob asked Lisa, then 17, out on a date. She was smitten by the former high school football player turned college freshman. They dated for two years, and friends called them Barbie and Ken.

The seemingly dreamy couple wed in 1982. Rob began working for his familys insurance agency and so did Lisa until she had children. They bought a home and in 1986, they gave birth to their first child Justin. Their relationship was flourishing, even with the new baby. Sometimes Lisa and Rob would even slip off for a romantic weekend alone at their vacation condo in the Smoky Mountains.

The problems began after the birth of the couples daughter Brittany in 1990. The doctor informed the Whedbees that Brittany had been born with Down Syndrome and a heart defect. According to Rob, Lisa took the news very hard. Brittany survived multiple surgeries and, despite her medical problems, grew into a loving little girl. But, Lisa was having a hard time dealing with it. According to Rob, she never quite adjusted to the day-to-day stress of being a stay-at-home mom to a child with special needs.

Something like that sometimes as they say it can make you or break you and I think it broke her, he said.

Friends noticed that Lisa became more withdrawn. The birth of Brittany put a strain on her and Robs relationship. According to Rob, she became distant and in the spring of 1993, she suggested they get a divorce. Rob didnt like that idea.

The two went went to counseling at their church and tried to tough it out. That prompted Lisa to take a more active role at their Trinity Methodist. Lisa even signed up for the church choir, where she met a man named Michael Frazier. He was an organist who directed the church choir. He was also a reporter for the local newspaper. Oh, and he was a big time chain-smoker.

Paul Jones, a friend of Lisas, called Michael odd.

When he played he had that Phantom of the Opera kinda thing going on.

On Mothers Day in 93, Michael wrote a newsstory about the Whedbees, specifically Lisa, about raising Brittany.

I dont think my name was even mentioned in that story, said Rob. It was one of those things that you look at and you say huh thats kind of strange. You know where am I? Im left out and shes mother of the year.

Around this time, Lisa began coming home late on a regular basis. Rob began suspecting that Lisa and Michael were having an affair.

His suspicion was right, and it was a lot deeper than an average affair.

Rob recognized Michael's voice as he was attacking him.

So, I just stood up and picked him up over my head and slammed him into the corner by the nightstand and took off out of the room. And as I went past Lisa I took the baseball bat away from her. I squared off in the middle of the garage. I had the bat; he came out into the light and he had that knife in his hand, rubber gloves on, stocking mask, a black tee shirt.

Not just any tee. It was a 'Phantom of the Opera' shirt. As Rob left the house, Michael went back inside, shut that door and locked it. Enraged about the attempt on his life, Rob circled the house, beating on the gutters with the baseball bat. A neighbor heard the commotion and found Rob covered in blood, walking around in his underwear. The neighbor was stunned by the news that their choir director had just tried to kill Rob. They called 911.

While police were en route, Lisa came out of the house and walked up to Rob, pretending she didnt know what happened and that she didnt know who the attacker was.

Police arrived and interviewed Lisa. They noticed that she didnt seem that concerned about her husband. Placed in the back of a patrol car and read her rights, Lisa still denied being in on the attack, but she did confirm the identity of her husbands attacker. Frazier was also arrested. He confessed to both an affair with Lisa and to being the hit man in Rob's murder plot.

Lisa and Michael were both booked on attempted murder charges. Lisa was also charged with solicitation to commit murder.

Joe Anderson, friend of Rob, said he was very shocked by Lisas taste in the other man.

She could go out, being an attractive girl, and get basically anybody she wanted. Why would she cheat with someone like this?

The unlikely love triangle caught the attention of national news outlets like People, Dateline, CNN and Hard Copy.

Now it was Rob who wanted the divorce. He filed and Lisa, despite her earlier desire to end the marriage, contested. Because of LIsas attempted murder charges, Rob was able to obtain temporary custody of the couples two children. He also obtained a restraining order against Lisa, who was out on $50,000 bond. Awaiting trial, Lisa continued her affair with Michael Frazier, who was also out on $50,000 bond. The former choir director frequently visited Lisas condo, the once romantic getaway for her and Rob, even though Lisa was under specific direction from the judge to not see Michael.

Lisa began claiming the Rob was physically abusive to her. She also said he threatened her life when she tried to divorce him. Rob denied the allegations, arguing that they were all about diverting attention from her pending criminal case.

Michaels trial came first. In their opening statements, prosecutors argued that the attempt on Robs life was the result of meticulous planning on the part of Lisa and Michael. The defense admitted that with the knife in the Whedbees bedroom in their open. But, they argued he had a very legitimate reason to attack Rob: Lisa told Michael that Rob abused and sexually assaulted her. And, soon, the very non-threatening Michael took the stand.

It was important not only what Michael said, but to allow them [the jury] to see this very diminutive, almost kind of dorky and, and, in ways, effeminate person, said Michaels attorney, Greg Isaacs.

I was going to do whatever I had to do to protect Lisa, Michael said to the court.

Prosecutors claimed that Lisas looks made it easy for her to manipulate the choir director.

The jury found Michael Frazier guilty but not of attempted murder. They convicted Frazier of the lesser charge of attempted manslaughter, punishable by a maximum of only four years in prison. The judge sentenced him to all four.

Lisa didnt have a trial. She opted for a plea deal instead. She entered an Alford Plea, in which a defendant never admits guilt, but pleads guilt because they believe it to be in their best interest to do so. Lisa served less than a year in jail, followed by three years probation.

Neither one of them got what they deserved. Thats a fact, said Rob.

Lisa has since remarried, and built a new life in another state.

Lisas attorney, David Eldridge, said, Among the saddest of the chapters is the destruction of the relationship that she had, very positive relationship she had with the children and thats a huge price to pay, and shes paid it Im afraid.

Rob raised Justin and Brittany as a single dad.

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Anatomy

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ season 14 spoilers: Have we seen the last of Eliza … – Hidden Remote

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From the minute Dr. Eliza Minnick waltzed into the hallways of Grey Sloan Memorial in the seventh episode ofGreys Anatomythirteenth season as the doctor brought in to take Richards place as the hospitals Residency Director, she was fighting an uphill battle. Unfortunately for Dr. Minnick, her actions only made things worse and she quickly became one of the most hated characters in the history of the show.

When the Season 13 finale rolled around, Dr. Minnicks robotic approach to medicine and inability to see beyond a patients charts finally caught up with her. After the dust settled from the explosion thatturned the hospital upside down, Bailey finally decided to take a stand for Richard by firing Dr. Minnick from her position due to her actions during the hospital crisis. But have we truly seen the last of Dr. Minnick or will she somehow manage to find a way to stay on staff at the hospital come Season 14?

While ABC has not yet commented on her portrayer Marika Dominczyks status on the show,Dominczyk is currently not credited beyond the Season 13 finale. Add that to the fact that Dr. Minnick was fired in the finale and it seems highly likely that Dr. Minnick has left the building for good!

Greys Anatomyreturns for its fourteenth seasonThursdays this fall on ABC. Be sure to tune in!

OkayGreysfans, time to join the conversation! Do you hope that weve seen the last of Dr. Eliza Minnick after the way in which her character was introduced in Season 13 or would you like to see Dr. Minnick get a shot a redemption? Keep the conversation going in the comments section below!

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