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Combination Therapy Boosts Effectiveness Of Telomere-directed Cancer C
A new research study published in the January issue of Cancer Cell provides exciting new information about how to boost the effectiveness of a promising cancer treatment that targets telomeres in an attempt to interfere with the ability of a cancer cell to continuously divide. High-power MRI Helps Surgical Team Predict Outcomes In Unusual Tumor C
A Mayo Clinic surgical team has found that using a 3-Tesla MRI in surgical decision making provides a new level of capability to predict surgical outcomes that improves patient care by minimizing the potential for unsuccessful tumor-removal surgeries. The Mayo Clinic report appears in the December issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery. How Shall a Generation Know Its Story: The Edgar Bowers Conference and
Exhibit about the life and works of William Edgar Bowers Jr., "one of the finest American poets of the 20th century."He was born in Georgia and taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from 1958-1991. Features a brief biography accompanied by photographs, poems, correspondence, and related material. Includes a list of books and awards. From the Charles E. Young Library Department of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles. Toward a Better Wikipedia
The sheer number of entries is impressive indeed, but the quality is often lacking. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says improving the quality of existing entries should be the priority now. Max Out Your Retro Video Games
Everything about Dream Arcades' home entertainment center is huge: the 100-inch screen, the list of included classic titles, the $4,500 price tag. In Gear Factor. Leading Cause Of US Food-borne Illness Makes Its Own Pathway Through C
Yale researchers now have some answers about how the bacterium that is the leading cause of food-borne illness in the United States enters cells of the gut and avoids detection and destruction, according to a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology in San Diego in December. Estrogen Plays An Important Role In Determining How Sensitive A Person
Estrogen plays an important role in determining how sensitive a person is to pain, and the estrogen receptor known as ER-beta is particularly significant in this context. These are the conclusions of a recent study. "This may mark the beginning of the production of a new class of analgesic drugs", says one of the scientists. TV Cocks Its Young Guns to Deliver New Media Programming
More and more TV stations are upping their tech ante, hiring thirtysomething wunderkinds to adapt stations' programming to meet the influx of cellphones, PCs and iPods. The Role of the Wildlife Rehabilitator in Disaster Preparedness and Re
This paper explores how government and private agencies help animals after a disaster, the problems wildlife can pose for disaster and relief workers, how disasters affect wild animals and what behavior can result, how wildlife rehabilitators fit "into the capture, medical care and temporary sheltering of wildlife,"and how to help the public avoid injury from and provide assistance to wild animals. From the disaster manager for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Writers Guild of America: Contract 2007
Background and news about the 2007 negotiation for a new contract for television and movie writers and the strike arising from the negotiations. Includes a list of writer proposals, producer proposals, a narrative about the negotiations (including about writer demands "to win contractual residuals that grant ... compensation for the reuse of ... work"), strike rules, a list of picketing locations, and related material. From the Writers Guild of America, West (WGA).
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