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...body and brain cells should be able to handle the sugar starvation; they can switch to generating energy from fatty molecules called ketone bodies - the body's main source of energy on a fat-rich diet - an ability that some or most fast-growing and invasive cancers seem to lack...
...been trying to push research in the field with animal studies: His results suggest that mice survive cancers, including brain cancer, much longer when put on high-fat diets, even longer when the diets are also calorie-restricted. "Clinical studies are highly warranted," he says, attributing the lack of human studies to the medical establishment, which he feels is single-minded in its approach to treatment, and opposition from the pharmaceutical industry, which doesn't stand to profit much from a dietetic treatment for cancer...
...lapel that scrolls "McCain: NO SURRENDER" in red LED lights. He knows exactly what Lemelin is talking about, he says. "The problem for the troops," he declares, "their bad morale is because they're receiving two messages. The Democrats are calling them defeated! There's a lack of bipartisan support...
...cultural events” or “political rallies”—the supposed goals of the UC. The need to balance funding of student activities with student services is the UC’s prerogative. But who will rally or organize if they lack a built-in civic community? Or basic information...
...free time this summer allowed me to savor the free New York Times that The Crimson gets—a privilege that Harvard students regrettably lack during the year. After reading the paper cover to cover every morning, I felt naïve and at a loss for how life on campus can go on so normally while Iraq is in such a state of destruction. I’d kept fairly up to date on my world news in between classes, but I underestimated the absolute futility of our situation in Iraq until this summer. Harvard students...