Word: toxicants
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...protease inhibitors to block the activity of the AIDS virus. That potential target is called beta-secretase. It had long been postulated to act as a chemical scissors that helps snip away pieces of excess protein protruding from brain cells, thereby creating the debris that gathers into the toxic plaques called amyloid. The accumulation of these fibrous clumps in the brain of Alzheimer's patients is the likeliest reason for their inexorable decline...
...diet is more than a fad. In fact, it's more than a diet--when skinny people are on it. Yet there they are, jogging into Noah's Bagels in Santa Monica, Calif., proudly ordering bagels with the innards scooped out, disposed like toxic waste and replaced with full-fat cream cheese. In Chicago restaurants, the unpaunched are gorging on porterhouse steaks but banishing the baked potato back to Idaho. And Jennifer Aniston has been publicly chastised by her former trainer, who thinks Aniston's low-carb, high-protein diet is too extreme. When even the scrawniest cast members from...
Looking Forward to the new Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young album? So was I. When I was in elementary school and my friends were swooning for the toxic melodies of The New Kids on the Block and Vanilla Ice, I was singing along to the tunes of "Ohio" and "Woodstock," daydreaming about Yasgur's farm and music with a "message." While my friend's musical idols were worrying about hair mousse and Hammer pants, mine were getting liver transplants. But the music I loved was distinctly dated fare, so I had hope that the new CSNY album would take some...
...environmental toxins have plagued the chemical industry for many years, the authors of this study are careful not to declare a definitive link. Meanwhile, though, if you have a massive wardrobe to keep clean and wide swaths of lawn to maintain, it might be worthwhile to explore less toxic options, such as eco-friendlier Perry Process dry cleaning and some of the more organic methods of grass control that are available...
Todd Ringler, a spokesperson for Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, said that the first phase of testing will look only for toxic side effects. Endostatin's effectiveness will be noted, but it will only be studied directly if the drug proves non-toxic...