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...researchers told The Crimson yesterday that the gene DAB2IP has the potential to serve as a better marker for doctors to predict prostate cancer’s progression, which could translate into more appropriate treatments...

Author: By Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Study Links Gene with Aggressive Prostate Cancer | 2/18/2010 | See Source »

Tigers are what is known as charismatic megafauna - the sort of big, well-known animal that tends to be good marker of a jungle's ecological health - and green groups are taking advantage of the Chinese new year to press for better protection. They face a battle on many fronts: tigers are threatened by deforestation, hunting and the illegal trade of their bones and other parts, which are used in some forms of traditional Chinese medicine, mostly for consumers in Asia. (See the top 10 invasive species...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Valentine? Celebrate the Year of Tiger Instead | 2/14/2010 | See Source »

Where researchers may agree is that BMI is an unreliable marker for body fat, or health, in the elderly. As people age, they lose muscle mass and bone density, which leads to weight loss and a declining BMI, despite an increase in body fat. Manson suggests measuring waist circumference instead, which is a more accurate gauge of abdominal obesity and tends to predict a higher risk of death in all age groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Being Fat May Not Be All Bad — if You're 70 | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

Taking the inbound pass with time ticking away, Lin sprinted down the floor and was bumped near the half-court line. Unfazed, he took a couple more steps inside the marker and ran into a Tribe defender, who sent him tumbling to the ground—but not before Lin let fly with one of the biggest and most improbable shots of his career...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lin's Triple-Overtime Shot Gives Harvard Thrilling Win | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...flute solos were tonally layered upon high woodwind accompaniment, providing colorful interludes between the serene string passages. In a slight lull, the ensemble reached a plateau halfway through and wandered a little too much under Luisi’s distinctly European conducting, with more reserved gestures as its stylistic marker. The absence of the BSO’s regular concertmaster may also have contributed to a rather half-hearted string ensemble...

Author: By Monica S. Liu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Guests Bring Flair To Traditional BSO | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

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