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Robert Redford to Direct Segment in 3D Doc Series 'Cathedrals of Culture'
Robert Redford has joined Wim Wenders' ambitious 3D documentary project, Cathedrals of Culture and will direct a 26-minute segment of the six-part film series about iconic buildings. Redford, whose last feature as a director was the thriller The Company 3:16 AM from Hollywood Reporter Read more »
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Protein preps cells to survive stress of cancer growth and chemotherapy
IMAGE: This image shows in brown color the activation of TGFβ signaling (left) and p53 levels (right) in a breast biopsy from a patient diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ and... LA JOLLA, CA---Scientists have uncovered a survival mechanism that occu from EurekAlert Read more »
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Timing of cancer radiation therapy may minimize hair loss, researchers say
LA JOLLA, CA---Discovering that mouse hair has a circadian clock - a 24-hour cycle of growth followed by restorative repair - researchers suspect that hair loss in humans from toxic cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy might be minimized if these treatme from EurekAlert Read more »
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Anther look at Alzheimer's drug study
I asked a few researchers to examine the new Salk Institute study on the potential Alzheimer's drug, J147. The biggest question is how much insight can testing the drug in mice provide for human testing. Greg Sutherland, a neuropathologist at the Univers from San Diego Union-Tribune Read more »
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Drug That Slows Alzheimer's Successfully Tested on Mice
A drug said to slow the progression of Alzheimer's has successfully been tested on mice by a team of researchers working with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Thus, several older mice displaying Alzheimer's disease symptoms at an advanced stage from Softpedia Read more »
