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Food From Cloned Animals Safe? FDA Says Yes, But Asks Suppliers To Hol
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued new documents on the safety of animal cloning. "Based on FDA's analysis of hundreds of peer-reviewed publications and other studies on the health and food composition of clones and their offspring, the draft risk assessment has determined that meat and milk from clones and their offspring are as safe as food we eat every day,"said Stephen F. Sundlof, D.V.M., Ph.D., director of FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine. Mayo Clinic Identifies Key Cellular Process In Prostate And Other Canc
Mayo Clinic researchers are the first to identify an interaction between two cellular proteins -- Skp2 and FOXO1 -- that is important for the growth and survival of cancer cells. Researchers also show that this interaction can be chemically reversed to stop cancer tumor growth -- a strategy that may lead to new and better cancer treatments. Tree-ring Data Reveals Multiyear Droughts Unlike Any In Recent Memory
Researchers using tree-ring data have determined six multiyear droughts between 1750 and 1950 that were much more severe than anything in recent memory because they persisted for years, including one that stretched for 12 years. New Insights Into Inflammation In Osteoarthritis
The most common degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis is marked by the breakdown of articular cartilage, which is the type of cartilage that lines the ends of most limb bones. It can afflict any joint--fingers, toes, wrists, ankles, elbows, shoulders, and the spine, as well as the weight-bearing knees and hips. A new study sheds light on a potential novel mechanism for synovial inflammation in degenerative arthritis. [Funny] Cliff helps to clear pubs
Landlords have found the best way to get rid of drinkers at closing time at Christmas is to play a Cliff Richard song... Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and Its Neighborhoods, 1889-19
This Web site explores the history of Jane Addams and Hull-House, the social settlement she founded in Chicago in 1889. It features "interpretive narrative, selected essays and images, and a great variety of historical texts including relevant letters, memoirs, newspaper and magazine articles, popular literature, political tracts and cartoons."Includes curriculum materials. Searchable. From the University of Illinois at Chicago. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. Current Science News
Get the current science buzz from the sciencebase.com science portal created by David Bradley Science Writer Copyright Claim Erases 'Here Comes Another Bubble' Parody Video From Y
A creative clip titled "Here Comes Another Bubble" gets popped due to a copyright claim from an unnamed third party. [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper.
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