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...accelerators of protein production. To test this idea, the researchers produced a special breed of mice that had the Fragile X trait but only half the normal number of mGluR5 receptors. The result, explains Bear: "We were able to correct the excesses [of Fragile X], taking our foot off the accelerator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Approach to Correcting Autism | 12/19/2007 | See Source »

...findings come at the end of an eventful year for massage-therapy research. In March, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine published a study finding that Swedish massage, shiatsu foot massage, and acupuncture helped reduce pain and depression in postoperative cancer patients. An October 2007 pilot study by the Mayo Clinic showed that massage significantly reduced pain levels in patients recovering from heart surgery, prompting the internationally renowned treatment center to bring a full-time massage therapist onboard. That same month, the American Massage Therapy Association published a survey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Post-Op Rx: Get a Massage | 12/18/2007 | See Source »

...incident was reminiscent of the destruction of a nine-foot snow penis constructed by the crew team in Tercentenary Theatre in 2003. The phallus came tumbling down amid controversy about its construction...

Author: By Victoria B. Kabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Athletes Destroy Eliot House Igloo | 12/18/2007 | See Source »

...Huskies (3-5) are led by an inside-outside duo of Matt Janning (17 points per game) and Nkem Ojougboh (8.9 rebounds per game). If rebounding is indeed the key to victory, then the Crimson must shut down Ojougboh, a 6-foot-9 center...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Looks To Get Back on Track | 12/17/2007 | See Source »

...University in Shanghai of 4,500 Chinese found that 31.4% considered themselves religious, a proportion that suggests 300 million Chinese believers; of the religious respondents, Christians represented 12%, or 40 million nationwide. Demand has grown to the point that the foundation plans to open a new, 515,000-square-foot (48,000 sq. m.) printing plant next year, which will allow Amity to turn out more than a million books a month. It's thought to be one of the largest Bible production facilities in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's New Bestseller: The Bible | 12/17/2007 | See Source »

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