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...Farber Cancer Institute has identified a complete map of the genetic regions that may influence how estrogen contributes to breast cancer—results that could advance clinical treatment for breast cancer patients. The study identifies the molecular “control panels,” which consists of thousands of on-off switches for genes, that may be part of the mechanism by which estrogen regulates breast cancer. The findings—to be published in Nature Genetics this month—may help individualize treatment for breast cancer patients and provide additional options for those patients resistant...
...worst violence since the days of Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and Elvis Presley. The last time Budapest saw rioting of the same scale as it did in mid-September it was directed at the imperialism of the, now thankfully defunct, Soviet Union and was repressed at the cost of several thousand lives. The proximate cause of the most recent rioting, which left over a two hundred people injured and turned large sections of the capital city into a “battleground,” was the leaking of tapes in which the socialist prime minister, Ferenc Gyurcsány, admitted that...
...center has two full-time staffers and 10 paid interns. The center spent at least a couple thousand dollars on its opening reception—eschewing Harvard University Dining Services catering and hiring a private, “socially conscious” professional caterer. Its annual budget easily reaches into six digits...
...against Lehigh, racing 42 yards for his first career touchdown on fourth down during the second quarter to ignite Harvard’s comeback from a 17-point deficit.Luft’s path to Harvard parallels that of his teammate Mazza.The two graduated from Thousand Oaks High School in California where they both captained the football and basketball teams during their respective careers.Luft has received praise from Harvard head coach Tim Murphy on numerous occasions this season, including after the first game against Holy Cross.“What really impresses you is just [Luft’s] poise...
...collections, [Mahfouz] has dealt with the social and political upheavals Egypt has experienced during his lifetime. His main contribution, says Sasson Somekh, a visiting professor of Arabic literature at Princeton, is the 'creation of a new Egyptian style' that combines the narrative manner of classic texts such as The Thousand and One Nights with contemporary subject matter ... Retired in 1971 from his post as an adviser to the Minister of Culture, he spends most of his time in cafés, drinking coffee and exchanging gossip. HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS ONE OF THE BEST JOKE TELLERS IN CAIRO...