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How Drug-resistant Staph Bacteria Undermine Body's Defenses
Newly described proteins in drug-resistant strains of the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium attract and then destroy protective human white blood cells -- a key process ensuring that S. aureus survives and causes severe disease, according to scientists. Thalassemia: Genetic Blood Disorder Expected To Double In Next Few Dec
Children's Hospital Oakland, a world recognized center for treatment and research of thalassemia, has formed an international network treating patients throughout the world. Thalassemia is the world's most common genetic blood disorder and it is rapidly increasing. Seven percent of the world's population are carriers, and 400,000 affected babies are born each year. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts a doubling of these statistics within the next few decades. Prions - When Good Turns Bad
Prions, the protein-like pathogens at the heart of the fatal brain disorder CJD can rapidly "remodel" good proteins into bad, according to US scientists, who have demonstrated this for the first time in living cells. Xbox 360's Tiny Rip-Offs?
Microsoft might be charging gamers to "download" content they already own. In Game|Life. Oliver Sacks on Earworms, Stevie Wonder and the View From Mescaline Mo
Famed neurologist riffs about music and how the brain experiences it. It's all here in a longer version of the interview from the October issue of Wiredmagazine. Skin Deep: A Safety Assessment of Ingredients in Personal Care Product
Provides a report on personal care product safety and accompanying searchable database "that ranks products on their potential health risks and the absence of basic safety evaluations. The core of the analysis compares ingredients in 7,500 personal care products against government, industry, and academic lists of known and suspected chemical health hazards."Product guide searchable by brand name; browsable by product type. From the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Digging For Dinosaurs In Outback Australia
Outback Queensland has become the focus of an international research project that is helping to decipher the evolution of Australian dinosaurs and their relationships to those of other southern continents. There is now an expectation that some of the dinosaur groups known from places such as South America should also have representatives in Australia. NASA Observatory Confirms Black Hole Limits
The very largest black holes reach a certain point and then grow no more. That's according to the best survey to date of black holes made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Scientists also discovered previously hidden black holes well below their weight limit. Male Circumcision Overstated As Prevention Tool Against AIDS, Accordin
Male circumcision is found to be much less important as a deterrent to the global AIDS pandemic than previously thought, according to a new article. The author conducted statistical empirical research across 77 countries of the world and has uncovered some surprising results. [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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