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Most Important Candidate Genes For Pancreatic Stone Formation Identifi
Chronic pancreatitis, an inflammatory condition of the pancreas, is usually associated with parenchymal calcification and multiple stones in the pancreatic duct. Lithostathine, a major proteic component of pancreatic stones, is thought to play an important role in stone formation. A research group from India has investigated if mutations in the gene encoding lithostathine (reg1) are responsible for stone formation, using tropical calcific pancreatitis as their model of chronic pancreatitis. Smoking Triggers Early Onset Of Pancreatic Cancer
A new study finds tobacco may act as an environmental trigger for patients with an inherited genetic predisposition to pancreatic cancer. The authors of the report say the findings underscore the importance of strongly counseling patients with a family history of pancreatic cancer to avoid smoking. [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." 'Muscle' Protein Drives Prostate Cancer
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have for the first time implicated the muscle protein myosin VI in the development of prostate cancer and its spread. Babies, Smokestacks, and Kudzu Vine
Tears and smiles bond secure mothers to baby – The sight of her baby’s smile or even its tears cause the reward centres in a mother’s brain to light up, according to an international functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, but only if the mother herself had a secure attachment to her own parent.Smokestack scrubber [...]Babies, Smokestacks, and Kudzu Vine is a post from: Sciencebase Science Blog Survey of Mexican Migrants, Part Two: Attitudes About Voting in Mexica
This survey, released in March 2005, reports that of the "nearly 5,000 Mexican migrants who were interviewed while applying for identity cards at Mexican consulates in the United States ... an overwhelming majority would vote in Mexican elections scheduled for next year if they had the opportunity."Includes a summary and the complete report. From the Pew Hispanic Center. Rants 'n' Raves: Paradise Found
Readers assert that good living doesn't only exist in the South Pacific. They find pastoral and metropolitan bliss right here in America. Terri Schiavo Case: Legal Issues Involving Healthcare Directives, Deat
Compilation of documents and links to information about the court case involving Terri Schiavo, the Florida patient whose feeding tube was removed in March 2005. Topics include legal documents, living wills, the lawyers involved, related cases, power of attorney and health care directives, and commentary. Includes links to related sites. From FindLaw. Some States Welcome National ID
Officials from New Jersey and California say life will be easier when we all get government-issued cards mandated by the Real ID Act. Ryan Singel reports from the RSA Conference. Specialty Crops: Flowers
Reports and links to resources about the U.S. cut flower industry. Topics include growing, marketing, processing, greenhouse production, and case studies. From AgMRC, the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, at Iowa State University.
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