Specialization is for Insects.
Did you know there are over 1,000,000 computers chained together across the Internet creating a giant super-computer attempting to break down the building blocks of proteins in order to find a cure for some of the world’s worst diseases. And you can join too!
If you live in the US, you can print and fax in this form for a free subscription to Cure magazine.
Cure has excellent overview articles both for laypeople and physicians.
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The US National Cancer Institute team in Bethesda, MD has successfully completed the first successful gene therapy treatment to rid a human of cancer.
For Mark Origer, 53, the treatment completely eliminated his skin cancer and another tumor on his liver shrunk enough that it could be removed surgically.
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Note to all those in the hospitality industry that if you work around a bunch of smokers, even if you don’t smoke, the second hand smoke is 45% more likely to kill you.
My favorite quotes from this article:
“…individuals with the highest levels of exposure to passive smoking of 22 hours or more a week may increase their risk of heart attack by about 45%.”
“…if current trends in smoking continues, a billion people will die this century from tobacco-related illnesses…”
