Kin and Kindness

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Michael Shermer It is the oldest and most universally recognized moral principle, codified more than 2,000 years ago by the Jewish sage Hillel the Elder: "Whatsoever thou wouldst that men should not do to thee, do not d ...
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A boost in microRNA may protect against sepsis and other inflammatory diseases

Source: Lab Spaces

Thanks to Brigham and Women's Hospital for this article. This press release has been viewed 11 time(s). Acute inflammatory diseases, such as sepsis, as well as chronic inflammatory diseases like diabetes and arthritis, develop as a result of su ...
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Outsiders won’t decide Mideast realities

Source: Lebanon Daily Star

“Revolutions revolve 360 degrees,” wrote the late Middle East economic historian Charles Issawi. What we didn’t know yesterday about Middle East revolutions – and we didn’t know a great deal – becomes less relevant as the days fly by, for these revolutio ...
Full article at: Lebanon Daily Star  More like this  1 day ago, 6:02pm CDT

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Researchers discover drug destroys human cancer stem cells but not healthy ones

Source: Lab Spaces

Thanks to McMaster University for this article. This press release has been viewed 9 time(s). A team of scientists at McMaster University has discovered a drug, thioridazine, successfully kills cancer stem cells in the h ...
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Calcium supplements linked to significantly increased heart attack risk

Source: Lab Spaces

Thanks to BMJ-British Medical Journal for this article. This press release has been viewed 23 time(s). Calcium supplements might increase the risk of having a heart attack, and should be "taken with caution," concludes research published in the onlin ...
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Hormone plays surprise role in fighting skin infections

Source: Lab Spaces

Thanks to University of California - San Diego for this article. This press release has been viewed 20 time(s). This is a sample of Staphylococcus aureus, magnified 50,000 times. Credit: UC San Diego School of Medicine Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) a ...
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J’accuse: The Tunisian Media

Source: Tunisia Live

On the 3rd of May, the Union of Tunisian Journalists published a report on the reality of Press Freedom in Tunisia. The report coincided with both Nabil Karoui’s conviction for broadcasting Persepolis and World Press F ...
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[mesh] Rebecca MacKinnon

Source: Joho the Blog

NOTE: Live-blogging. Getting things wrong. Missing points. Omitting key information. Introducing artificial choppiness. Over-emphasizing small matters. Paraphrasing badly. Not running a spellpchecker. Mangling o ...
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Prevalence of kidney stones doubles in wake of obesity epidemic

Source: Lab Spaces

Thanks to University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences for this article. This press release has been viewed 17 time(s). The number of Americans suffering from kidney stones between 2007 and 2010 nearly doubled since 1994, according ...
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