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Bone Research That Grows On You
Rapid and guided healing of bones has moved a step closer with research by two biomedical engineering students who have found new ways to deliver bone growth enhancers directly to broken or weakened bones. You've Got Mail, and Your Period
An old-school fertility-tracking method gives birth to a slew of high-tech products. Now your Treo can tell you precisely when you're most likely to get pregnant. By Jenn Shreve. Study Demonstrates Gene Expression Microarrays Are Comparable And Repr
A study funded by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, shows for the first time that microarray data generated in different laboratories can produce highly comparable results. For this comparison study, appearing in the Jan. 15, 2005, Clinical Cancer Research, four separate laboratories analyzed gene expression (whether genes are turned on or off) for the same set of human tumor tissues. World Food Day
"The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945."The site features posters and selected additional material about this commemoration back to 1981, audio and video clips, listing of events throughout the world, and links to related resources. UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for C
Website for this United Nations (UN) office that acts as a "public advocate and moral voice on behalf of children whose rights and wellbeing have been and are being violated in the context of armed conflict."Features overviews of issues such as child soldiers, girls in war, landmines, and displaced children. Also includes background documents, reports, photos, videos, conference details, press releases, and more. Microsoft's Free-Laptop Albatross
A thinly veiled campaign to sway bloggers' opinions about Windows Vista blows up in the Redmond giant's face. In Gear Factor. Diwali
Overview of this 5-day Hindu holiday, called the "Festival of Lights,"which celebrates the Hindu new year. Includes video clips for each day of the holiday and links to information about the traditions related to the celebration of Diwali and recipes for some Diwali foods. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Asian Network. Scientists Uncover New Target In Cancer Mutation Puzzle
University of Rochester scientists, while investigating the two most frequent types of mutations in cancer, discovered a possible new route to treatment that would take advantage of the mutations instead of trying to repair them. The research is reported online this week in the journal Nature Structural &Molecular Biology. Electrical Exercise System Gives Paralysis Sufferers Power To Recover
A new system uses electrical signals to stimulate movement in arm muscles where function has been lost. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying.
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