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...Harvard Medical School researchers have impeded the development of Alzheimer’s disease in mice, and an anti-Alzheimer’s nasal spray for humans could be on the horizon. While plaques made up of beta-amyloid proteins accumulate in the brains of Alzheimer’s sufferers, the new vaccine allows the immune system to produce antibodies that fight these proteins. In tests that have are detailed in the latest issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, the vaccine significantly diminished plaques on the brains of treated mice. Similar tests on human subjects began about six years...
...problem, according to patient-advocacy groups, is that some people cannot tolerate synthetic insulin. They say patients develop resistance to it or suffer adverse reactions that can be severe, even fatal. Such patients are few, but those few are angry, vocal and organized. They say they need animal insulin to maintain their health, and if it is no longer available in the U.S., their only option will be to get it abroad. But most insurance doesn't cover that, so those without resources would be abandoned to their fate. "I've got a few bottles left," says Joi Shaivitz...
...claims the islands belong) passed an ordinance designating Feb. 22-the 100th anniversary of Japan's annexation of the islands-as Takeshima Day. Yu Masuda, an administrator in the Shimane prefectural government, says the goal was simply "to generate some attention" within Japan for the region's fishermen who suffer from not being able to hunt in the disputed waters. Yet the Korean response to Takeshima Day was overwhelmingly bitter, with the local government's initiative perceived as evidence of Japan's widespread, unrepentant nationalism. Korean protesters set up anti-Japan campaigns, pulled students and athletes from Japan-sponsored tournaments...
...dependent industries that had been absorbing higher costs are also beginning to suffer. Consider the chemical industry, which needs petroleum as a feedstock, or raw material, for such products as polyvinyl chloride (for plastic pipe) and polyethylene terephthalate (for soda bottles). "You see the biggest impact across the board in plastics," says Morningstar analyst Sumit Desai. Back in 2003, hydrocarbon feedstocks and energy accounted for 36% of Dow Chemical's total costs. Last year they ate up 47% of total costs, yet the company still managed an earnings increase. But Dow reported this week that first-quarter net income fell...
...thank you. For too long has this issue been casually dismissed as a problem to be dealt with in the future. As a young person, I'm well aware that it is my generation to which many corporations and politicians wish to relegate this burden, and my generation will suffer the consequences of today's recklessness. Hannah Jewell San Rafael, California...