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Many Thanks to You
We're publishing a day early due to the holiday. This week explore your inner child with toy sites, then get smart on kumquats, killer whales, lobotomies, Darwin, Johnny Cash, DNA, the Nuremberg Trials, and that perennial question, yams versus sweet potatoes. Happy Thanksgiving from the LII team: Karen, Wendy, Pat, Jennifer, Maria, Charlotte, and Tom. The Nude Mouse Tale: Omega-3 Fats Save The Life Of A Terminal Cancer P
University of Nevada, Reno professors publish a case study of a successful nutritional treatment for cancer. An anonymous patient was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2000. He was subsequently treated only with high doses of omega-3 fatty acids. The patient is alive today and his tumors have shrunk to 10 percent of what they were in 2000. A case study about this patient was published in a recent issue of Nutrition and Cancer. When Cobras Spit, There's Not A Dry Eye In The House
The red Mozambique spitting cobra stiffens, fixing its gaze on the victim's face, which is moving backwards and forwards in front of it. For several seconds it remains erect like this; then its head flashes forwards. For an instant the fangs in front of its pale pink throat are visible in its wide-open mouth, as they squirt the venom at high pressure towards the victim. 'Printers'That Can Make 3-D Solid Objects Soon To Enter Mainstream
It is a simple matter to print an E-book or other document directly from your computer, whether that document is on your hard drive, at a web site or in an email. But, imagine being able to "print"solid objects, a piece of sports equipment, say, or a kitchen utensil, or even a prototype car design for wind tunnel tests. Researchers suggest such 3-D printer technology will soon enter the mainstream once a killer application emerges. Secrets Of The Cilia: Kidney Disease And Blindness Share Common Geneti
Scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School have discovered a gene called NPHP5 and found mutations in this gene that cause a rare genetic disease called Senior-Loken syndrome. Children with this syndrome develop a type of cystic kidney disease called nephronophthisis, as well as a form of blindness called retinitis pigmentosa. First Glimpse Of Protein Structure Holds Promise For New Way To Fight
For years researchers have been trying to understand how a few HIV-infected patients naturally defeat a virus that otherwise overwhelms the immune system. New information about the structure of a key enzyme represents an early step toward the design of a new class of drugs that could afford to all the same natural protection enjoyed by few. Study Finds New Designer Drug Is Potent Treatment For Chronic Myelogen
Using rational drug design strategies, investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Novartis Pharmaceuticals in Basel, Switzerland have created a targeted therapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) that may ultimately be more effective than GleevecŪ, the current frontline treatment. 20th Century Warriors: Native American Participation in the United Sta
This site documents recent Native American participation in United States military actions. Find a summary of 20th century activity, Medal of Honor winners, and a history of the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II, who transmitted crucial information by the virtually unbreakable "code"of the Navajo language. Includes a Navajo Code Talker dictionary. From the Naval Historical Center of the Department of the Navy. New Calculation Code Opens New Possibilities In Nuclear Reactor Modeli
A researcher in Finland has developed a new calculation code in his doctoral thesis, for the modeling of neutron physics in nuclear reactors. The so-called Monte Carlo method has not been widely used for the production of input parameters for three-dimensional reactor simulator calculations. Human Embryonic Stem Cells Are The Ultimate Perpetual Fuel Cell, Study
A recent article reports on a new understanding of the growth of human stem cells. It had been thought previously that stem cells are directly influenced by cells in the local environment or 'niche', but the situation may be more complex. Human embryonic stem cells can be seen as perpetual machines that generate fuel for life.
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