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Scientist Refines Cosmic Clock To Determine Age Of Milky Way
The University of Chicago's Nicolas Dauphas has developed a new way to calculate the age of the Milky Way that is free of the unvalidated assumptions that have plagued previous methods. Dauphas' method, which he reports in the June 29 issue of the journal Nature, can now be used to tackle other mysteries of the cosmos that have remained unsolved for decades. Harnessing The Measles Virus To Attack Cancer
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center has opened a new clinical study using a vaccine strain of the measles virus to attack recurrent glioblastoma multiforme, a largely untreatable brain tumor. GPS-like Technology Helps Pinpoint Best Methods For Moving Injured Pla
The 15 minutes it took to remove Buffalo Bills player Kevin Everett off the field after he suffered a spinal cord injury may seem like a long time for someone needing acute medical care, but in fact, those minutes underscore how critical it is to carefully move a player with a suspected spinal cord injury off the field. It also highlights the challenges when needing to minimize any further movement to an injured spinal cord. Ethics Codes and Beyond: Can You Improve Your Code of Ethics?
"Here's a cookbook of the ingredients of codes currently used by 33 papers."Offers excerpts from various newspapers' codes of ethics, organized by topics such as public relations, conflicts of interest, and the Internet. A listing of ethics codes by newspaper can be found in the "Codes of Ethics"section of this site. From the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE). Ground Zero, Freedom Tower Rises
State-of-the-art protection against assault marks New York City's Freedom Tower, which has unprecedented escape and safety systems. By Lakshmi Sandhana. Spammer Slammer Targets Politics
The Blue Frog system crippled spam-advertised websites by deluging them with opt-out requests, until a retaliatory cyberattack killed it. Now activists are redeploying the technology to send political messages that can't be ignored. By Ryan Singel. SRI Medication Effective In Treating Compulsive Hoarding Patients
In a paper published online in advance of publication in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, Sanjaya Saxena, M.D., director of the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Program at UCSD School of Medicine, reports the surprising finding that the serotonin reuptake inhibitor medication, paroxetine, is effective in treating patients with compulsive hoarding syndrome. Study Shows Stem Cells Can Preserve Vision
For the first time researchers have shown that transplanted stem cells can preserve and improve vision in eyes damaged by retinal disease. In the cover article in the November 2004 Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, scientists from Harvard's Schepens Eye Research Institute describe results of a mouse study in which transplanted stem cells develop into retinal cells, prevent the death of "at risk"retina cells in the recipient mice and improve the vision of treated mice. Marijuana-derived Drug Suppresses Bladder Overactivity And Irritation
Ajulemic acid, a potent synthetic analog of a metabolite of THC -- the principal active ingredient of marijuana -- effectively suppresses pain and bladder overactivity in hypersensitive bladder disorders such as interstitial cystitis (IC), according to animal model study results presented today at the annual meeting of the International Continence Society. U.S. Seminaries Under Scrutiny
Radio program transcript from October 2005 about how "America's 229 Catholic seminaries ... are currently getting the once-over from a team of inspectors sent by Rome in what some commentators are describing as a witch-hunt for homosexuals and liberals."Also includes a copy of the "Instrumentum Laboris,"the "list of questions that are being put to every seminarian and every seminary professor,"and links to related information. From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
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