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...paint is a blend of chlorotoxin derived from the scorpion (nonpoisonous to humans) and a fluorescent molecule that emits near-infrared light. The scorpion-derived peptide homes in on the cancer cells and binds to them, bypassing healthy cells, while the fluorescent tag is piggybacked on to the peptide. After doctors excise a tumor, they use a special camera that captures nearinfrared photons to then look at the body and see any stray cells the scalpel left behind. At those wavelengths, light from the fluorescent marker cannot be blocked by blood, other body fluids or even thin bone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting Tumors | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

...paint is a blend of chlorotoxin derived from the scorpion (nonpoisonous to humans) and a fluorescent molecule that emits near infrared light. The scorpion-derived peptide homes in on the cancer cells and binds to them, bypassing healthy cells. The fluorescent tag is piggybacked onto the peptide. After doctors remove a tumor, they use a special camera that captures near infrared photons to look at the body and see any stray cells the scalpel left behind. At those wavelengths, light from the fluorescent marker cannot be blocked by blood, other body fluids or even thin bone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting Tumors | 7/19/2007 | See Source »

Considering the evidence, harsh sentences had been expected. The commander of the group and one other soldier received the maximum penalty, 20 years, while a Scorpion who had confessed got 13 years. The man taped mocking the boy got only five years because the court found that he didn't pull the trigger himself. Most disappointing, the judge seemed eager to absolve the Serbian government and, to some extent, the accused. She called the Scorpions an "irregular volunteer unit," insisted they had no relationship with any branch of government in Serbia, and said there was no evidence that the deceased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blast from the Past | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

Renowned for its suspect scorpion bowls, the Kong is looking legit—or, it’s trying to. After 53 years as an icon of late-night revelry, the Hong Kong restaurant of Harvard Square is rolling out a new look. But you can’t find it behind the restaurant/comedy club/lounge/dance club’s faded jade façade or underneath its signature red-and-yellow electric sign. You have to go beyond Mass. Ave to its second address: www.hongkongharvard.com. Having landed its corner of the World Wide Web early last fall, the Kong...

Author: By Jennifer L. Ames, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Kong Goes Classy-ish | 4/11/2007 | See Source »

Today we fret about the growing partisanship and scurrilous sensationalism of the press, but our media are simply reverting to mid--19th century form. Nearly all dailies back then were extravagantly partisan, and the "sporting papers"--the Scorpion, the Sunday Flash, the Weekly Rake--provided lurid, low-down, gossipy coverage of celebrities and sex and crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1848: When America Came of Age | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

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