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...Pharmaceuticals in San Diego, California, made just such a hit with rituximab, the first drug that successfully targeted proteins on cancer cells. Scientists had learned over the years that cancer cells are studded with an unusually large number of receptacles that compounds essential for survival, including growth factors, can plug into and fuel the cells' growth. Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody, a molecule specifically engineered to fit into the receptacles on non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cells and, in this case, single out the cancer cell for destruction by the immune system. Back in the early 1980s, monoclonal antibodies were hyped...
...when the appropriate target exists. Trastuzumab latches onto a receptor known as HER2, which is abnormally abundant in only about 30% of breast-cancer tumors. A biopsy can tell doctors whether a patient is likely to respond to trastuzumab, but they'd hoped to find a molecule that would plug into a growth-factor receptor more prevalent in cancer cells...
...tough, silvery NetSchools laptop computer that can be dropped from 5 ft. without breaking. Infrared sensors in classroom ceilings connect the laptops to the school's server and the Internet. Teachers of everything from science to American history incorporate the Web into lesson plans. Away from school, kids plug their laptops into phone lines to question teachers or online experts about homework, or check cafeteria menus. When students are out sick, their teachers e-mail their missed assignments...
...systems are scheduled for fall release. The winner could easily oust Sony's PlayStation 2 from the top of the charts, while the loser could just as easily go the way of Sega's defunct Dreamcast, which sold only half its projected 6 million units before Sega pulled the plug...
...last year, confirming their status as the gadgets du jour--like cell phones but less annoying. Unfortunately, digital cameras can still be tough on the analog-minded. That's where Kodak's new DX3500 ($379) comes in. The 2.2-megapixel digital camera has its own USB docking station; simply plug the dock into your PC, plug the camera into the dock, press a single button, and your snapshots show up on your desktop, ready for printing, uploading or e-mailing...