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...diagnosing cancer. He said that his discoveries point towards a day when tumor profiles will allow doctors to select the best cancer drugs for their patients. “When fully implemented clinically this approach will usher in an age of truly personalized cancer treatment, based on an exact understanding of the genetic changes and vulnerabilities present in an individual’s cancer,” wrote Myles Brown, chief of the Division of Molecular and Cellular Oncology at Dana-Farber, in an e-mail. “This is sure to lead to both more effective and less...
...that it was “partially desperation” that accounted for their spending time together at first.The pair met a little over a year ago. “Apparently it wasn’t really memorable,” laughs Amy, as both struggle to recall their exact meeting. She was class of 2006 at Wellesley College, but both attended the same church. After several months of friendship, Luke and Amy found themselves apart for the first time as Luke spent a week in Bangkok, and both realized they missed each other more than they may have expected...
...group of supporters said they met him in Najaf as recently as last week. ?He told us, 'I would rather die here than flee,'? said one resident who was part of that group. But other Sadr City residents say they have heard that Sadr is out of the country, exact location unknown. The main Shi'ite radio station broadcasting from Sadr City has studiously avoided the subject...
...holder - these days usually a team's punter like the Bears' Brad Maynard and the Colts' Hunter Smith, though occasionally a backup quarterback - must catch the ball and place it in the exact spot the picky kicker wants it. The whole process, from the snap to the boot of the ball, must happen in a flash. "The industry average is 1.3 seconds," says New York Giants long snapper Ryan Kuehl...
When chefs started hauling lab equipment into their kitchens, one item they found they couldn't live without was a $1,300 immersion circulator, which allowed them to find and maintain the exact temperature at which egg whites and yolks begin to set. A slow-poached egg-- say, at 143F for 90 minutes-- is that rare, perfect synthesis of greenmarket and high tech. When cracked open, the thing spills out ludicrously egg-shaped and ridiculously soft, the yolk suspended between raw and cooked, the cloudy white freed from that slight rubberiness I never knew bothered me until...