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Millisecond By Millisecond Changes In An Immune System T Cell Binding
The first lines of defense in our immune systems are specialized mobile units that check the identity of cells to determine whether they are 'self'or 'foreign.'Scientists have now revealed in fine detail how the body's 'reconnaissance unit'continuously screens and inspects identity. These new findings may lead to deeper insights into the workings of the immune system, its function in health and malfunction in disease, as well as yielding new directions in pharmaceutical and medical research. New Breast Cancer Study Shows Hormonal Therapy Not Enough
Many postmenopausal women with hormone-dependent breast cancer (requires estrogen and/or progesterone to grow) may be undertreated if they do not receive chemotherapy in addition to hormonal therapy after surgery, according to a Loyola University Health System, Maywood, Ill., study. Cancer Biologists Identify Major Player In Cell Growth
The transcription factor GABP -- a member of a family of crucial gene-regulating proteins -- is required to jump-start the process of cell division, according to research from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital. The work, published in Nature Cell Biology, uncovers a new way to control cell growth and points up potential targets for cancer treatments. Low-dose Aspirin And Stomach Ulcer Medications Better For Heart Patien
Heart patients with gastrointestinal complications should use low doses of aspirin combined with drugs that treat stomach ulcers rather than taking the anti-platelet drug Plavix, which has been thought to reduce bleeding ulcers, according to a gastroenterologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The Man Booker Prize
This British literary award spotlights contemporary literature published in the English language "by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland."Includes prize background information, details about the current year's nominees and judges, prize-winning books that have been made into movies, and a list of previous winners back to 1969. From the Booker Prize Foundation. The World's Largest Wind Farm
A vast array of turbines in the waters near London could power a quarter of the city's homes. In Gear Factor. First Powder Injection Molding Process For Pure Niobium
Penn State researchers have developed the first powder injection molding process for pure niobium, a biocompatible material similar to platinum and titanium but cheaper. Beowulfand Angelina Jolie Give 3-D a Second Chance in Hollywo
Once a nausea-inducing fad, 3-D is staging a comeback -- more than 50 years after its first run. When Beowulfcomes out in November, it will premiere on nearly 1,000 3-D screens -- the most ever. Hand Bookbindings: From Plain and Simple to Grand and Glorious
Companion site to an exhibition on the "craft and art of binding books by hand"that ran in 2002-2003 at the Princeton University Library. Browse images of more than 200 books by categories such as endleaves, endbands, edge decoration, clasps and closures, gold tooling, and embroidered binding. Many of the sections include historical notes. Words Cannot Be Weighed: Literature From Egypt
Collection of stories and poems published in January 2006 from modern Egyptian writers. The authors featured "write fabulism, social realism, modernist irony, and other tongues."Also includes an introductory essay. From Words Without Borders, "the online magazine for international literature."
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