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...Hasaan hopes to synthesize a compound that, once injected, will be activated by light and only in the presence of gp63. Only compounds near gp63 will become toxic, either directly killing the parasite or destroying gp63 so that the parasite can be attacked by the body’s immune system...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gates Grants Fund Research | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

...compound that selects for resistance will generate a red ring, while a “selection-inverting” drug—those that temper the effects of another—will generate a green ring, indicating drug-sensitivity rather than resistance, Kishony said...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gates Grants Fund Research | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

...escalating violence, however, hardly indicates the situation is headed in that direction. The grenade attack on members of the People's Alliance for Democracy took place around midnight at Government House, the office compound of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, which the protesters have occupied since August. Most of the wounded were women, four critically. It was the fourth grenade attack on the compound this past week by unknown assailants. One PAD security guard was killed and several others were wounded in the previous attacks. Two grenades and several rounds of gunfire were also fired at the offices of ASTV...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand Crisis Deepens Amid New Violence | 11/30/2008 | See Source »

...protesters have now occupied the prime minister's office compound in Bangkok, blocked access to the Parliament building, protested in front of various ministries and shut down two airports. The group cancelled plans to block the entrance to the military's airport in Bangkok this morning after it was told that ministers would not use it to reach Chiang Mai. Several ministers did, in fact, leave for Chiang Mai from that military airfield. Others, stuck in Bangkok's notorious traffic jams, missed the flight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thai Protestors Close Second Airport In Standoff | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

Messing with the al-Hais brothers is not a good idea. Local lore has it that when al-Qaeda kidnapped Sheik Mohammed a couple of years ago, it demanded $120,000 for his release and added one other demand: that his home, the centerpiece of the al-Hais compound, be leveled. The family complied. But as soon as he was free, Sheik Mohammed ordered the house to be rebuilt exactly as before. To underscore his defiance, he named the new building al-Tahadi, or the Challenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Anbar Province, Iraq's Sheiks Discover Democracy | 11/25/2008 | See Source »

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