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...interview with the newspaper the Guardian, Christopher Beecher, a co-author of the study, said, "This is the molecule that the cancer cells use when they want to spread. If it turns out to be involved in metastasis in other cancers, then this discovery will be huge...
...professors set out to find Bacon’s legal scholar analogue: someone famous who collaborates often in a variety of genres and who gives no sign of slowing down anytime soon. The man they selected is today’s most frequently cited legal scholar in America, the author of over 500 works including more than 15 books, a constitutional law expert whose interests range from how public policy can improve one’s life to how the online coalescence of like-minded groups can stifle dialogue and undermine democracy. He is Cass R. Sunstein...
While the bulk of prevented deaths in statin-takers were attributable to heart-related factors, the authors note that mortality from other illnesses, such as cancer, also declined. That leads the authors to hypothesize that statins may benefit the body in many different ways. "The benefit cannot be explained by a reduction in cardiac death alone," said the study's lead author, Dr. Anthony Heymann, in an email. "It must mean that there are a large number of additional factors involved in preventing death that are influenced by taking statin medication...
...traveled through these landscapes and lived through these changes, I just found it endlessly interesting." One thing that was endlessly frustrating to Mundy, though, was Michelle Obama's lack of participation. Mundy had interviewed the future First Lady in 2007 for the Washington Post, but by the time the author was writing her book in 2008, the wife of the then candidate had become "controversial and somewhat polarizing," Mundy says. Mrs. Obama's campaign staff "had just become much more careful about her, and made the decision not to cooperate." (See pictures of Michelle Obama's fashion looks...
...There were a lot of shenanigans that went on in the synthetic space," says Janet Tavakoli, who is an expert in structure finance and author of the recent book Dear Mr. Buffett. "These bonds were created by financial meth labs. Now the government is going to have to figure out how to take...