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This is a problem for tumors like glioblastomas, which only have some of their cells dividing at any given time, according to Xandra O. Breakefield, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and one of the authors of the study...
Dogs provide a good model system, not only because they have bigger brains than mice, but also because they would allow researchers to test the toxicity of the cancer-killing protein and the efficacy of the therapy, Breakefield said...
...denying that the income offered by preferred stocks is tempting. With the 10year Treasury bond yielding only 3.5% and common stocks averaging a 1.6% dividend, tripling your income by loading up on preferreds seems, on paper, like a great idea. "Elsewhere, yields have just dried up," says Susan Breakefield Fulton, president of a financial-planning firm bearing her name in Bethesda, Md., that puts a portion of its clients' money into preferred shares. But as Fulton points out, most preferreds are issued by smaller, lesser-known companies. And some of those issuers are seriously obscure. Do the names Kramont Realty...
...terms of aggression, I think it's 99.9 percent determined by environment," Breakefield said. "I don't believe genes determine behavior. They may determine physiology, like mood, which may have some impact on behavior...
Associate Professor of Neuro-science Xandra O. Breakefield--author of a study that found a defective gene for monoamine oxidase (MAO) in several of the episodically violent, low I.Q., male members of a single Dutch family--called the conclusion that genetics can absolve a person of culpability for personal behavior "totally appalling...
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