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Hybridon, one of many biomedical companies which have emerged in Cambridge in the last decade, is developing medicine to combat cancer and bolster the human immune system, including “antisense” technology, which involves the design of synthetic DNA material to inhibit the body’s production of disease-causing protein...
...refined bricks, rocks and Molotov cocktails, at the Summit of the Americas conference in Quebec City last April. With as many as 100,000 expected to gather for the World Bank-IMF meeting, all local and federal law-enforcement agencies are on guard. "We certainly don't want to inhibit those who come to demonstrate peaceably," says Secret Service spokesman Jim Mackin. "But we have to be prepared for those who break...
OUTLOOK: In January, 12 European countries will start using the same currency, which optimists hope will boost consumer spending. Tax cuts in Germany will start to find their way to pocketbooks. But red tape and regulation still inhibit the development of an entrepreneurial culture...
...Best of all, the enzyme-deprived mice were in robust health, producing baby mice with no problem and generally acting like any other mouse. That's great news for obesity researchers, who speculate that scientists may figure out a way to inhibit the fat-metabolizing enzyme in humans and control weight gain. And such a pill would be nothing short of a miracle for many struggling to shed dangerous excess pounds...
TEATIME No wonder researchers had great hopes for green tea. It's loaded with powerful anticancer agents like polyphenols, which, in the lab at least, inhibit cell proliferation. Well, time to reread those tea leaves. A study shows that folks who drink five or more cups of green tea a day are just as likely to develop stomach cancer as those who barely take a sip. Don't toss out the teapot, however. Green tea may still protect against other cancers...