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...nearly four decades, Kahn has utilized theory, molecular models, and animal experiments to elucidate the mechanisms behind how insulin functions in diabetes patients. And last month, Kahn was awarded the first annual Manpei Suzuki International Prize for Diabetes Research for the extensive work he has done “from the discovery of alterations in insulin binding in the disease state to the generation of tissue-specific insulin receptor knockout mice,” according to the foundation’s Web site...
...Gorden, who co-nominated Kahn for the Manpei Suzuki Prize, says he believes his former colleague has been crucial to efforts to piece together the disease. Gorden’s nomination letter refers to Kahn as “perhaps the most creative and productive figure in diabetes research in the U.S. and possibly the international community...
...half their salary on car and house payments and will be forced to cut discretionary spending. Some sectors are already getting hurt. New car sales - 80% of which are financed - are slowing. Tata Motors reported a 3% decline in sales in August compared with the year before, while Maruti Suzuki reported a 9% drop. Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath has been warning publicly that the country's GDP growth will slow this year to between 7% and 8%, down from more than 9% last year...
...Parasite Eve was first published in Japanese in 1995, and together with Koji Suzuki's Ring helped to launch a new wave of Japanese horror - both novels were made into movies. Director Hideo Nakata's adaptation of Ring enjoyed more domestic success than the Fuji TV-produced Parasite Eve, but Sena's story reached a broader audience outside Japan through a Sony PlayStation video-game adaptation that shifted the tale to New York City and ratcheted up the gore - most fantastically in the mass spontaneous combustion of an opera audience at Carnegie Hall. There are also two Japanese manga versions...
...camping reservations over last year. But more campers will be arriving not by gassy RV but by car--or even motorbike. Campgrounds have become more motorcycle-friendly in recent years to cater to that growing market. Chris Rhie, 23, says he plans to ride his new Suzuki motorcycle--which gets 50 m.p.g.--from San Francisco to Yosemite for a camping trip with his girlfriend this summer...