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    three ways in which the technology from space exploration has potential to...

    ...benefit all people in the future? Describe three ways in which the technology from space exploration has potential to benefit all people in the future. What drawbacks to the development of this technology can you think of?
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    Potential To Diagnose Radiation Exposure Using Novel Biomarkers

    Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin have identified novel biomarkers that could be used to confirm exposure to damaging radiation in large groups of people potentially exposed to unknown and variable doses for the purpose of triage and treatment. The findings are published in...
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    Potential New Drugs For Fox Tapeworm Infection In Humans

    Scientists are reporting development and testing of a new series of drugs that could finally stop the fox tapeworm - which causes a rare but life-threatening disease in humans - dead in its tracks. The report, which appears in ACS' Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, shows that specific...
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    Focusing on PARP-1 Reveals Potential New Drug Targets

    A new study published in Science is shedding light on the molecular details of PARP-1, a DNA damage-detecting enzyme that when inhibited has been shown to be effective in fighting cancer and other diseases. The investigation led by John M. Pascal, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department...
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    Seven potential Game 7 heroes for Washington Capitals and New York Rangers

    The top-seeded New York Rangers and the No. 7 seed Washington Capitals meet on Saturday night at MSG in another one-goal game. OK, that's just an assumption about Game 7, but when 10 of the Rangers' 13 postseason games and 12 of the Capitals' 13 playoff games were all decided by a single goal...
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    Several potential exhibits at FIFA?s planned underground museum

    FIFA announced plans to use $196 million (of their $1.2 billion cash reserve) to build an underground football museum as an extension of their Zurich headquarters. Why won't it be above ground? Mostly because that wouldn't be evil enough. The museum will include "'3D animations, interactive...
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    Potential For Treating Diabetes Via Glucagon Pathway

    Maintaining the right level of sugar in the blood is the responsibility not only of insulin, which removes glucose, but also of a hormone called glucagon, which adds glucose. For decades, treatments for type II diabetes have taken aim at insulin, but a new study suggests that a better approach...
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    Potential Strategy To Restore Motor And Cognitive Function In Parkinson's Disease

    An agent under consideration for use in PET imaging combats neuronal death to relieve Parkinsonian symptoms in animal models, according to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The movement-related symptoms of Parkinson's disease, including muscle rigidity and tremors, are...
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    Emailing potential employer- do I include a greeting?

    I was told by someone I know to send my resume in to a company that's hiring. She gave me the name of the hiring manager (June) and told me specifically to write "Attn: June" in the subject line. So now I'm wondering- do I include a greeting in the email? I don't know her last name and it's...
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    Rick Pitino looks ahead to potential Kentucky matchup in Final Four

    PHOENIX — Even before Louisville knows for sure whether its Final Four opponent will be Baylor or Kentucky, Cardinals coach Rick Pitino received a question about what it would be like to play the rival Wildcats. Pitino insisted he has admiration rather than jealousy for top-ranked Kentucky's...
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    Potential New Blood Test To Predict Heart Attack Could Help More Than 2.5 Million Ame

    New findings from a landmark research study led by Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) - a collaborative program between Scripps Health and The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) - shows a promising new blood test may be useful in helping doctors predict who is at risk for an imminent...
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    Potential Link Between Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy And Hypertension

    Use of selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants during pregnancy appears to be linked with increased risk of pregnancy induced high blood pressure ("hypertension"), but a causal link has not been established. Pregnancy hypertension is sometimes linked with pre-eclampsia, a...
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    Stem Cells Hint At Potential Treatment For Huntington's Disease

    Huntington's disease, the debilitating congenital neurological disorder that progressively robs patients of muscle coordination and cognitive ability, is a condition without effective treatment, a slow death sentence. But if researchers can build on new research reported this week (March 15...
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    Potential Alzheimer's Disease Drug Slows Damage And Symptoms In Animal Model

    A study published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience shows that the compound epothilone D (EpoD) is effective in preventing further neurological damage and improving cognitive performance in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The results establish how the drug might be used in...
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    When to tell a potential new manager that you will be needing time off in the future?

    A friend/co-worker of mine is considering applying for a different position within our same company. At the moment her father is ill and if the worst happens she may need some time off, she said a few weeks or more. When would be the best time to tall the hiring manager about this and make him...
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    Tassimo recalls 835,000 single-cup coffee makers, potential burn hazard

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    Creation Of New Atomic X-Ray Laser Offers Potential For New Medicines, Devices And Ma

    Lab scientists and international collaborators have created the shortest, purest X-ray laser pulses ever achieved, fulfilling a 45-year-old prediction and ultimately opening the door to new medicines, devices and materials. The researchers, reporting in Nature, aimed radiation from the Linac...
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    Newly Identified Genetic Alterations In T-ALL Provide New Potential Treatment Strateg

    A new study published in the journal Nature Medicine by NYU Cancer Institute researchers, shows how the cancer causing gene Notch, in combination with a mutated Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) protein complex, work together to cause T- cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). T-ALL is an...
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    Lung Cancer Prevention Potential For Estrogen-Targeting Drug Combo

    A combination of drugs that target estrogen production significantly reduced the number of tobacco carcinogen-induced lung tumors in mice, according to results from a preclinical study. "Antiestrogens have been shown to prevent breast cancer in some women," said Jill M. Siegfried, Ph.D...
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    Potential Genetic Origins, Pathways Of Lung Cancer In Never-Smokers, Mapped By Resear

    Researchers have begun to identify which mutations and pathway changes lead to lung cancer in never-smokers - a first step in developing potential therapeutic targets. Never-smokers (defined as an individual who smoked fewer than 100 cigarettes in his or her lifetime) are estimated to account...
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