Gene Therapy Using Modified HIV Virus Slows Brain Disease
sciencedaily.com — A new strategy that combines gene therapy with blood stem cell therapy may be a useful tool for treating ALD, a fatal brain disease. "We've demonstrated that this HIV-derived lentivirus vector works as was hoped for so many years," said coauthor Patrick Aubourg, professor of pediatrics. (Submitted by weirdralph) More…
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Urban Decay in Los Angeles: An Insider Look at "Casitas"
laweekly.com — Secret speakeasies filled with Mexican and other Central American legal and illegal immigrants. They operate in what appear to be shuttered, recession-emptied storefronts or hollowed-out homes. But inside, after entering, patrons can get almost anything they want, in a one-stop shop: drugs, gambling, heisted cigarettes, after-hours booze and... (Submitted by vtbarrera) More…
Nov. 6, 1944 & 1971: A Double Nuke Anniversary
wired.com — 1944: Weapons-grade plutonium, for the very heart of the Fat Man atomic bomb used to obliterate Nagasaki, Japan, is first produced at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south-central Washington state. 1971: The Atomic Energy Commission detonates the largest U.S. underground hydrogen device, during testing in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. (Submitted by 1KrazyKorean) More…
Gunmen again target army officer in Pakistan
news.yahoo.com — Gunmen on a motorcycle wounded a senior army officer and soldier in the Pakistani capital Friday, the third such attack in about two weeks as militants retaliate against a new military offensive along the Afghan border. (Submitted by ActiveDigger007) More…
BALLS: This Iranian Student Has Them
google.com — A college math student has become an unlikely hero to many in Iran for daring to criticize the country's most powerful man to his face. Mahmoud Vahidnia has received an outpouring of support from government opponents for the challenge — unprecedented in a country where insulting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is a crime punishable by prison. (Submitted by gamebittk) More…
Military Suicides are On the Rise
articles.sun-sentinel.com — New Army figures indicate that seven active-duty soldiers are believed to have taken their lives in September. That brings to 117 the number of reported Army suicides, from January to September, of troops serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. That's up from 103 over the same period in 2008. (Submitted by archivedigger) More…
Was the University of Maryland Built By Slave Labor?
articles.baltimoresun.com — Researchers hoped to find a "smoking gun" that would link slavery to the construction and founding of the college. But records were wiped out by a fire that swept the campus more than 100 years ago. Slave labor was so intrinsic to business and construction in the state, however, that the link can be presumed. (Submitted by oboy) More…
Former NYC police commissioner pleads guilty
rawstory.com — "Bernard B. Kerik, a former New York police commissioner, pleaded guilty to eight felonies in a Federal District Court in White Plains on Thursday morning," the New York Times reports. "Mr. Kerik, who will be sentenced in February, faces 27 to 33 months in prison." (Submitted by veredictum) More…
Suspected Gunman Is Identified as Major Malik Nadal Hasan
abcnews.go.com — Twelve people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting spree at a Texas military base by what officials believe was possibly carried out by an Army officer. The suspected gunman was identified as Major Malik Nadal Hasan. He was killed and two other suspects have been apprehended, Lt. Robert W. Cone said. (Submitted by Barbrady) More…
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