MEMPHIS (UPI) — A U.S. study has revealed the basis of childhood leukemia resistance to the anti-cancer drug methotrexate. Scientists at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital say their findings provide new insights into the genomic basis of methotrexate resistance and differences in methotrexate response. The researchers said their study — the first analysis of […]

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MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) — U.S. scientists say they’ve made a discovery that might lead to new treatments for central nervous system maladies such as Parkinson’s disease. Researchers led by Karen Mesce and Joshua Puhl of the University of Minnesota discovered it’s possible the human nervous system — within each segment of the spinal cord — might […]

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HOUSTON (UPI) — A U.S. study suggests calorie restrictions inhibit some cancers, while obesity fuels development of epithelial cancers. Epithelial cancers arise in the epithelium — the tissue that lines the surfaces and cavities of the body’s organs — and comprise 80 percent of all cancers. University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center researchers […]

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WASHINGTON (UPI) — Women working as contractors in Iraq tell a U.S. congressional committee they do not know where to file complaints if they are sexually assaulted. Three women testified at a Senate hearing Wednesday, The Miami Herald reported. Figures from the Defense Department show that 26 U.S. women working for companies like KBR have […]

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I am sharing this to all of you guys esp. to those who are using Windows XP..I am still using till now..I guess this is just a very important info..here it is!! Users Fight to Save Windows XP By JESSICA MINTZ, AP Technology Writer Mon Apr 14, 7:49 AM ET SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp.‘s operating […]

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By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer CHICAGO – Commonly used incontinence drugs may cause memory problems in some older people, a study has found. “Our message is to be careful when using these medicines,” said U.S. Navy neurologist Dr. Jack Tsao, who led the study. “It may be better to use diapers and be […]

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WASHINGTON (UPI) — The U.S. space agency announced Tuesday it is extending the Cassini-Huygens mission — scheduled to end in July — by two years. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the spacecraft’s stunning discoveries and images of Saturn have revolutionized our knowledge of that planet and its moons. The two-year extension will include […]

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EVANSTON, Ill. (UPI) — Quantum computing is currently mostly fodder for science fiction writers, but U.S. scientists say they’ve moved one step closer to realizing that technology. Northwestern University Professor Prem Kumar said he and his colleagues recently demonstrated one of the basic building blocks for distributed quantum computing: using entangled photons generated in optical […]

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WASHINGTON (UPI) — Parents are joining teens in the cell phone text-messaging revolution, becoming the fastest-growing group thumb-typing the abbreviated texts. Parental text messaging is outstripping the growth rate among younger generations, The Washington Post reported Friday. During the past two years, use of the technology by those ages 45 to 54 jumped 130 percent, […]

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I always love to read trivia… I am also sharing it to you before sending it to my trashbox…Wish everyone a very nice Tuesday!! here they are!! hope you got some infos from it!! Who can a Dieri marry? The Dieri tribe in Australia has strict laws regarding who can marry whom. For example, a […]

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