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Cancer Cells In Blood Can Identify Risk Of Recurrence In Breast Cancer
Cancer cells circulating in the blood are known to be associated with a bad prognosis in metastatic breast cancer. Now, for the first time, scientists have shown they can also detect the cells before and after chemotherapy and hence may be able to identify in the future those patients likely to have a recurrence after treatment. 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. New Evidence: Urbanization Did Not Originate With Centralized Politica
A field survey of the ancient city of Tell Brak indicates that urbanization did not originate with a centralized political power, but as the result of individualized or small-group decisions. To understand patterns of population growth in the earliest urban areas, archaeologists surveyed the spatial distribution of artifacts at Tell Brak, located in northern Mesopotamia, in what is today northern Iraq and northeastern Syria. Storm Warning: Advancements in Marine Communications and Forecasting
This presentation, created in 2000 on the 25th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, looks at developments in marine communications and forecasting since that disaster on Lake Superior. Some of the topics include forecast and warning definitions, numerical weather prediction, advances in scientific understanding, and radars and satellites. From the National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Handwriting, Typewriting, Shoeprints, and Tire Treads: FBI Laboratory'
This 2001 article describes how personnel in the Questioned Documents Unit (QDU) of the FBI perform examinations of material. Includes illustrated discussions of physical examinations (often of paper surfaces), comparison examinations (of handwriting and typewriting), and shoeprint and tire tread examinations. Includes details about specific cases. From the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) journal Forensic Science Communications. Marathon Runners May Be At Increased Risk For Skin Cancer
In an Austrian study, marathon runners had more atypical moles and other skin lesions suggestive of a risk for skin cancer than did a comparison group of age- and sex-matched controls, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Blood Test Shows Promise As Monitor For Antiangiogenic Cancer Therapy
Scientists have uncovered critical information that may lead to an urgently needed method for effective monitoring of antiangiogenic cancer therapies. The research, published in the January issue of Cancer Cell, is likely to facilitate development of new antiangiogenic drugs or treatment strategies and allow for accurate determination of the optimal drug doses to use for such therapies. 'Laser Tweezers' Reveal Microscopic Mechanical Properties Of Blood Clo
For the first time ever, using "laser tweezers,"the mechanical properties of an individual fiber in a blood clot have been determined by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Their work provides a basis for understanding how the elasticity of the whole clot arises. Arctic Rivers Discharge More Freshwater Into Ocean, Reflecting Changes
Far northern rivers are discharging increasing amounts of freshwater into the Arctic Ocean, due to intensified precipitation caused by global warming, say researchers at the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research in the United Kingdom. [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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