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Deceived pal of Clark Rockefeller wonders: ?Who are you, really??
Boston Herald, United States -
And who are you, really?? ? Though ?very despondent? that his socialite ex-wife Sandra Lynne Boss, 41, had moved to London with their 7-year-old daughter ...
What The Housing Bailout Means To You
Wall Street Journal -
Of course when you get to managing your own finances in the real world, you need to pay as much attention to politics as you do to dollars and cents. ...
God wants you to be rich: 5 faith-based rules
MarketWatch -
I'll lay 'em out, you refine 'em. Nothing's wrong with getting really rich on a little faith, especially when our leaders have screwed things up so badly. ...
You?ve got Vista x64 questions, I?ve got answers
ZDNet -
Rather than try to explain that here, I?m going to refer you to a very crisply written blog post by Microsoft?s Mark Russinovich, entitled ?Pushing the ...

Wall Street Journal
Summer Job: Nice Pay, if You Can Cut It
Wall Street Journal -
It might sound odd at best, nightmarish if you're shy -- and a far cry from an elite internship at an investment bank, law firm, or media company. ...
A Cutco Sales Rep's Story Wall Street Journal
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Boston Globe
John Rash: Economy got you down? Take the long view
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN -
"If you want price stability, it takes disciplined monetary policy. We recognize that and intend to provide that." Stern is even quicker to negate the ...
It's Rate Decision Week: Do You Know What the Fed Plans to Do with ... World Currency Watch
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Wall Street Journal
You Can't Control Animal Spirits
Wall Street Journal -
Without going into the details of how the stock-loan market works, let me assure you that this SEC action had absolutely no effect on anyone's ability to ...
What do you think of the choices on kids' menus?
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA -
Just the kind of place you?d expect lots of healthy food and fresh vegetables served within a couple of days of harvest, right? Sure, if you?re ordering ...

MTV.com
If You Never Played ?Skate,? Should You Care About ?Skate 2′?
MTV.com -
Oh, and in case you were wondering, you can (finally) be a female skater. As for me, despite having passed on ?Skate,? my limited time with the sequel has ...
Why Do You Play Fantasy Baseball?
SportingNews.com -
I am here to tell you that fantasy baseball is much more than just names and numbers, and if played the right way, fantasy baseball is a highly beatable ...
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Nutrition Intervention Trials in Linxian, China: Supplementation With Specific Vitamin/Mineral … -
WJ Blot, JY Li, PR Taylor, W Guo, S Dawsey, GQ … - jnci, 1993 - jnci.oxfordjournals.org
METHODS: Individuals of ages 40?69 were recruited in 1985 from four Linxian
communes. Mortality and cancer incidence during March 1986-May 1991 were
ascertained for 29584 adults who received daily vitamin and mineral ...

Cell Growth Arrest and Induction of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21WAF1/CIP1 Mediated by STAT1 -
YE Chin, M Kitagawa, WCS Su, ZH You, Y Iwamoto, XY … - Science, 1996 - sciencemag.org
Signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) proteins can be
conditionally activated in response to epidermal growth factor (EGF) and
interferon (IFN)- . STAT activation was correlated with cell growth ...

Nonlocal Boundary Layer Vertical Diffusion in a Medium-Range Forecast Model -
SY Hong, HL Pan - Monthly Weather Review, 1996 - ams.allenpress.com
In this paper, the incorporation of a simple atmospheric boundary layer
diffusion scheme into the NCEP Medium-Range Forecast Model is described. A
boundary layer diffusion package based on the Troen and Mahrt nonlocal ...

Nicastrin modulates presenilin-mediated notch/glp-1 signal transduction and bold beta APP processing -
G Yu, M Nishimura, S Arawaka, D Levitan, L Zhang, … - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Nicastrin, a transmembrane glycoprotein, forms high molecular weight complexes
with presenilin 1 and presenilin 2. Suppression of nicastrin expression in
Caenorhabditis elegans embryos induces a subset of notch/glp-1 phenotypes ...

Activation of the I?B Kinase Complex by TRAF6 Requires a Dimeric Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme … -
… E Spencer, L Yang, A Braun, J You, C Slaughter, C … - Cell, 2000 - Elsevier
TRAF6 is a signal transducer in the NF-?B pathway that activates I?B kinase
(IKK) in response to proinflammatory cytokines. We have purified a heterodimeric
protein complex that links TRAF6 to IKK activation. Peptide mass ...

Control of Memory Formation Through Regulated Expression of a CaMKII Transgene -
M Mayford, ME Bach, YY Huang, L Wang, RD Hawkins, … - Science, 1996 - sciencemag.org
One of the major limitations in the use of genetically modified mice for
studying cognitive functions is the lack of regional and temporal control of
gene function. To overcome these limitations, a forebrain-specific promoter ...

Present-Day Crustal Deformation in China Constrained by Global Positioning System Measurements -
… , R Bilham, KM Larson, X Lai, X You, Z Niu, J Wu, … - Science, 2001 - sciencemag.org
Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements in China indicate that crustal
shortening accommodates most of India's penetration into Eurasia. Deformation
within the Tibetan Plateau and its margins, the Himalaya, the Altyn Tagh, ...

Expression cloning of a mammalian proton-coupled oligopeptide transporter -
YJ Fei, Y Kanai, S Nussberger, V Ganapathy, FH … - Nature, 1994 - palgrave-journals.com
* Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and
Harvard Medical School and Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular
Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, ...

Hepatitis Be Antigen and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma -
HI Yang, SN Lu, YF Liaw, SL You, CA Sun, LY Wang, … - New England Journal of Medicine, 2002 - content.nejm.org
Methods In 1991 and 1992, we enrolled 11,893 men without evidence of
hepatocellular carcinoma (age range, 30 to 65 years) from seven townships in
Taiwan. Serum samples obtained at the time of enrollment were tested for ...

Ubiquitination of hypoxia-inducible factor requires direct binding to the bold beta-domain of the … -
M Ohh, CW Park, M Ivan, MA Hoffman, TY Kim, LE … - Nature Cell Biology, 2000 - nature.com
Results pVHL binds to a region of HIF implicated in oxygen-dependent
protoeolysis. To determine the structural requirements for binding of pVHL to
HIF, we fused various fragments of HIF1 to the Gal4 DNA-binding domain, ...

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Ultrasound Technique For Breast Cancer Detection Could Replace Biopsies
Article Date: 02 Dec 2006 - 8:00am (PST)

A new ultrasound technique is so good at helping a doctor determine whether a patient has breast cancer that it may eventually replace biopsies altogether, say researchers from Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, USA. The new research was presented at the Radiological Society of North America annual meeting, by Dr. Richard Barr, professor of radiology.

The ultrasound technique is called elastography or real-time, free hand elasticity imaging. In an experiment involving 59 patients, they found this technique helped researchers distinguish harmless lumps from harmful (malignant) ones in 100% of cases - in other words, the technique appears to be 100% accurate. The technique correctly identified 16 out of 16 cancerous tumors and 56 out of 56 benign ones.

A further, larger study is needed to confirm the findings of this study, say the researchers. If a larger study confirms this, the fear, stress and anxiety, cost, discomfort and pain, and waiting, by thousands of women who have to undergo biopsies, could be eliminated. In the USA alone, almost one million biopsies are performed annually on suspected breast cancer patients - in 80% of cases the lumps are harmless (benign, the person does not have breast cancer).

The cost savings would not only relate to the biopsy itself, which can by up to $900, but also the work-time lost by the patient. An elastography would probably cost around one to two hundred dollars and the results would be there and then, while-you-wait.

(A biopsy is when cells are taken from the breast. A scientists looks at them under a microscope to decide whether they are cancerous or not. They cells are taken out, either with a scalpel or a needle).

Elastography may have uses in helping prostate and thyroid cancer treatment, as well as diagnosing damage to the heart, say the researchers.

Elastography differs from traditional ultrasound in that it also gauges movement - it can distinguish between stiff and soft tissue (soft tissue looks lighter while hard tissue looks darker).

"Initial Results of Breast Real-time Elasticity Imaging to Characterize Lesions"
Richard Barr MD, PhD
Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting (CODE: LL-BR4218-B01)
Click here to view abstract online

Written by: Christian Nordqvist
Editor: Medical News Today

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Volunteers Required For Whiplash Injury Research

UQ's Physiotherapy Division is asking people to don a special vest to improve understanding of the impact of whiplash on the daily life of people with chronic symptoms.

Dr Michele Sterling, a world-leading researcher in the Division's Whiplash Research Unit, said current research indicated that many people with neck pain after a motor-vehicle accident recovered within weeks.

However, some people experienced persistent neck pain over months or even years.

"Little is actually known about how the whiplash condition impacts on the ability to engage in normal work, rest and play that most of us take for granted," she said.

The current study uses novel technology to examine daily life at a level rarely seen in clinical research.

The Lifeshirt is a lightweight lycra vest that is hidden beneath a participant`s usual clothes. The vest unobtrusively monitors participant`s physiological parameters (such as heart-rate and respiration), posture, and movement patterns. Participants are asked to wear the vest for one day.

During the same day they will be asked to make entries in an "electronic diary", to describe factors such as pain levels, symptoms, and activities.

"Our hope is that this research will paint a picture of daily life with long-term whiplash, and shed light on factors that may contribute to the persistent nature of these kinds of injuries", says Dr Sterling.

Participants must have neck pain, as a result of a motor vehicle accident which occurred more than 3 months and less than 5 years ago.

They must be between 18 and 65 years of age and able to attend the Neck Pain and Whiplash Research Unit at the University`s St Lucia campus for a two-hour testing session. All participants must be able to wear the Lifeshirt for one day (either at home or work).

A range of physical tests examining neck function will be conducted during the clinic appointment. Participants will also be asked to complete a series of questionnaires to assess pain, symptoms, and the physical, social, and emotional consequences of their injury.

The study has been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Queensland.

Potential participants should contact the Neck Pain and Whiplash Research Unit on (07) 3365 4529.

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For further information please go to:
The University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia
And
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

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UQ News Online
 

Program To Freeze Women's Ovaries To Preserve Fertility After Cancer

The Center for Reproductive Research at Northwestern University is launching a new, experimental research program for young women who may be at risk to lose their ovarian function and fertility following treatment for cancer.

The program, in which a woman's ovary is removed and frozen for possible future use, is being led by Teresa Woodruff, Ph.D., associate director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University and executive director of the Institute for Women's Health Research at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine. The long-term goal of the program is to be able to extract and mature eggs from cryopreserved (frozen) ovarian tissues to initiate pregnancies once cancer treatment has been completed.

"This breakthrough may permit not only the potential preservation of fertility options for women and girls with cancer, but also can be applied to normal in vitro fertilization patients. This procedure, when developed, could radically change the way infertility is viewed, reduce and eliminate embryo storage and provide better options for women who do not respond to hormonal therapy, " said Woodruff.

In recognition of the Cancer Center's commitment to providing fertility options to women and men with cancer, it has been recognized as a Fertile Hope Center of Excellence, the fifth medical center in the country to receive this designation. Fertile Hope is a non-profit organization that assists cancer patients faced with infertility.

Woodruff's research involves developing new techniques for the long- term preservation of human ovarian tissue. Scientists are exploring ways to remove immature eggs from this tissue and to mature them in the laboratory so that they can potentially be fertilized at a later date.

At this time, the only pregnancies resulting from this research are in mice. Eligible participants will have one ovary surgically removed at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in an outpatient procedure called a laparoscopy before starting cancer treatment. Eighty percent of the ovary will be preserved for the patient's future use and 20 percent will be used by researchers to explore ways to extract and develop immature eggs.

Scientists and physicians from Northwestern are developing a new discipline described as oncofertility and are organizing a collaboration of national experts that include biophysicists, biomaterials biologists, clinical oncologists, reproductive biologists, psychologists, ethicists and legal scholars. The objectives of oncofertility are to better understand the impact of cancer treatment on fertility, to identify new technologies to preserve fertility and to explore the psychosocial role fertility has on survivorship.

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Contact: Marla Paul
Northwestern University
 
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