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...second challenge, according to Garraway, is the “bottleneck” that occurs when trying to put our expanding knowledge of how genetic mutations cause cancer into practice in the clinic. “Hundreds of these mutations are now known, but the challenge is how we extract relevant information from patients who walk into the clinic without having to sequence all of their genes,” said Garraway. The study presents a streamlined way of detecting mutations in key oncogenes, or genes that promote cancer growth. By adapting a common scientific method called high-throughput genotyping...
...council, pushing for timetables and deadlines, did manage to extract a few commitments. Riley agreed to have officers undergo intensive report-writing seminars led by state prosecutors; Jordan endorsed the idea of placing prosecutors in police precincts around the clock, so reports could be reviewed in a matter of hours, not days. And he agreed, sort of, to accept the results of field drug testing kits as evidence in some cases to prevent 701 releases, rather than the more time-consuming but superior lab tests...
...systematic police brutality is part of the Egyptian security apparatus, and has been on the rise. Torture became widespread in the early 1990s, but was focused on Islamist militants and their families. More recently, though, non-political detainees have also begun to report being tortured as police seek to extract confessions in criminal cases. Activists were enraged last week when an Interior ministry official in an interview to the daily Masri El Youm newspaper blamed independent media for exaggerating torture issues admitting that "the percentage of torture in Egypt over the past few months has been...
Some companies insist they are determined not to cross ethical lines. Human Bionics, a neuroimaging firm that sells cognitive-assessment and lie-detection services, has hired Illes as an adviser and come up with a 180-page ethics policy that places limits on what the company can extract from the scans and who can access them without a subpoena...
...crap.I will drink a BAWLS to achieve nirvana. I have drunken a BAWLS to achieve nirvana.I understand there are those out there who doubt me. They exist as naysayers, who would dare contend that BAWLS is nothing but a minor energy drink, too sweet for enjoyment, with guarana extract too mundane to have an effect.But do you know what guarana even is? Some will tell you that it is the seed found in small Brazilian trees, which contains a thermogenic stimulant for the central nervous system.That is a bald-faced lie. Guarana is G-d’s glory juice.Guarana...