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The dynasty founded by Batu Renggong, the first Dewa Agung, was paramount in Bali for 300 years, first ruling from Gelgel and then moving to Klungkung in 1710.
School of Medicine researchers and physicians have: developed treatments that turned a 90 percent mortality rate for testicular cancer into a 90 percent cure rate; pioneered echocardiography, we use of sound waves for detecting heart disease; shared in developing "smart" pacemakers, which monitor heart rhythm and automatically shock the heart when it develops irregularities; founded the world's first DNA bank, preserving genetic material for future study and diagnosis; pinpointed the defective gene in Huntington's disease and one type of Alzheimer's disease; and spearheaded the use of many New treatments for critically ill children, including infant heart transplant and special therapies for cancer.
Born again while serving his Watergate sentence, Colson founded a prison ministry.
The major building of importance here is the Iglesia Porta Coeli (Church of the Gate of Heaven), a tiny terra-cotta chapel and convent founded in 1606.
Several biotech companies were founded to exploit the potential for drug discovery.