From: Max M (maxmcorp@worldonline.dk)
Date: Mon Dec 16 2002 - 16:34:32 MST
[www.futureport.dk/news] Summary - 2002-17-12 (6 articles)
Well ... I needed to get them done a bit sooner today, so not all sites
are updated yet. This means there will probably be a bigger posting
tomorrow.
New gene therapy boost immune system to cure cancer
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[Health] Found by: maxm
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-12/nu-ngt121202.php
Using a novel gene therapy approach that boosts the body's immune
system, a Northwestern University researcher has cured cancer in
laboratory mice.
Scientists Find Plants Work Like Hormones
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[Health] Found by: maxm
http://www.lef.org/news/nutrition/2002/12/13/RMTN/0000-8417-KEYWORD.Missing.html
Food can be "more powerful than drugs" in our bodies, altering genes
that affect whether we get cancer, heart disease, depression,
schizophrenia or dyslexia, two Colorado researchers report.
Purdue works to transform Ebola virus from killer to healer
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[Health] Found by: maxm
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html4ever/021216.Sanders.ebola.html
By redesigning the shell of Ebola, Purdue University researchers have
transformed the feared virus into a benevolent workhorse for gene
therapy – and as one of the first gene bearers that can be inhaled
rather than injected, it might prove valuable in the fight against lung
disease.
Cool Runnings
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[Technology] Found by: maxm
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/CuttingEdge/cuttingedge021216.html
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., have
been working on an elegant solution for the military that could soon
find its way to desktop and laptop computers.
A mini-maze of methanol mipes
Worm's fat swap could help humans
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[Health] Found by: maxm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2569715.stm
The ability of worms to convert potentially harmful fats into helpful
ones might be harnessed to cut heart disease and strokes.
Rats, Robots, and Rescue
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[Robotics] Found by: maxm
http://www.csee.usf.edu/robotics/crasar/roborats.html
Despite the quote to the contrary by roborat senior researcher Prof.
John Chapin in the Associated Press, robots were in fact used in the
World Trade Center and were successful by any reasonable metric of
performance. CRASAR teams were in New York within six hours of the first
building collapse and tasked to respond by the New York City Office
Emergency Management.
The robot teams assisted the New York Fire Department, FEMA, and
military rescuers in several critical tasks, including searching voids,
providing data on structural integrity of the slurry wall, and, sadly,
finding remains in places where technical search specialists using dogs
and traditional tools could not reach.
-- hilsen/regards Max M http://www.futureport.dk/ Fremtiden, videnskab, skeptiscisme og transhumanisme
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