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...comes to cancer. Researchers at the University of California at Irvine reported last week that mifepristone, the active chemical in RU 486, can help thwart the growth of mammary tumors in mice caused by the mutant gene BRCA-1. More than half of women with this gene will develop breast or ovarian cancer...
...tournament.“This is a really pivotal time in kids’ lives, where they are really craving a connection to the adult world,” Rimer says. “It is an opportunity where they can really light the light bulb of learning and develop a real sense of mastery through these hands-on apprenticeships.” A WORLD OF ‘WOWs’Citizen Schools aims to engage middle school students in learning by developing leadership skills, facilitating access to resources, and building integrated communities, according to alumni coordinator Mara...
...their ancestry in Abraham. Rather than again propose the new approach to relations between the two faiths he'd launched in his Regensburg speech, he quoted his predecessor Pope John Paul II, who said on his own trip to Turkey in 1979 that Christians and Muslims must "recognize and develop the spiritual bonds that unite us." The most confrontational and politically charged word in fact came from Turkey's head of religious affairs Ali Bardakoglu who, in a speech during his meeting with Benedict in Ankara, warned against "Islamophobia." The Pope did not respond to this veiled swipe, and offered...
...obvious pitfalls of their diet. Frequent bacon consumption may increase the risk of bladder cancer—and so could the skinless chicken served in dining halls. Men and women who eat bacon five times a week or more have a 59-percent-higher likelihood of developing bladder cancer than those who never eat bacon. Consuming, with similar regularity, chicken cooked with the skin taken off makes one 52 percent more likely to develop the disease, according to the study, published in this month’s issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. There are at least...
...result of a two-year review of the core in 1995-1997, according to Lewis.After the legislation was approved in 1997, it took a few years for the approval process to become fully operational.“People had to be contacted. It took a while to develop,” says Lewis, who has worked in the Core office since 1987.In recent years, Core bypass petitions have flowed into the Core office from a variety of departments.“Every semester, about five courses come to every [Core] area committee, but it’s much more random...