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New Treatment Suitable For All Patients With Least Treatable Brain Tum
A three-drug cocktail may one day improve outcomes in patients with glioblastoma multiforme, a scientists are working on the third -- all targeted to kill or impair cancer cells and spare healthy brain. Older Climbers Face Uphill Battle On Mount Everest
While some claim that 60 is the new 40, new research shows that 60-year-olds cannot keep up with 40-year-olds on Mount Everest, and suffer a sharply higher chance of dying if they do reach the summit. ORNL Mirrors Powerful Tools For Studying Micro-, Nano-materials
Precision mirrors to focus X-rays and neutron beams could speed the path to new materials and perhaps help explain why computers, cell phones and satellites go on the blink. Desire For Physician-assisted Suicide Among Patients Receiving Palliat
A large proportion of patients receiving palliative care for cancer would consider making a request for physician-assisted suicide if it were legally available, but only if their worst fears about pain and symptoms actually came true. For most, the situation never becomes so dire, according to a study published in Health Psychology. New Factor Affects Fertility
A protein called TAF4b that helps regulate gene expression in the testis apparently affects the ability of those organs to produce and maintain levels of sperm needed for fertility in mice, according to research done by investigators at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... Impact Of Climate Change In Africa
Africa is the continent that will suffer most under global warming. Past history gives us lessons on the likely effects of future climate change. Of greatest concern are the "large infrequent disturbances"to the climate as these will have the most devastating effects. In a study from the Kenyan Tsavo National Park published today in the African Journal of Ecology, Dr. Lindsey Gillson uncovers evidence for a drought that coincided with a harrowing period of Maasai history. Cultural evolution in the lab
Adding a little culture to the chemical laboratory could help chemists find structures much faster than before. According to UK chemists, Samantha Chong and Maryjane Tremayne, of the University of Birmingham, combining the principles of social and biological evolution with a little fashion sense to make a new Cultural Differential Evolution algorithm allowed them to [...] Can Heart Tissue Be Regenerated? Mature Heart Cells, Given The Right E
When human hearts are injured, as during a heart attack, healthy tissue normally can't regrow. Researchers now demonstrate in rats that a sponge-like patch, soaked in a compound called periostin and placed over the injury, can not only get heart cells to begin dividing and making copies of themselves again, but also improves heart function. Their findings appear in the July 15 online edition of Nature Medicine. Jobs Apologizes for Iphone Price Cut, Offers $100 Credit to Early Adop
Oops, sorry about that. If you paid full price, you can get a $100 store credit.
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