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...lease on life against multiple myeloma and liver cancers. Pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb is testing an antiangiogenic drug that was initially developed to keep cancer from worming its way into surrounding tissue. It’s also investigating whether low, steady doses of traditional chemotherapy may be able to beat back blood vessels, a treatment that would have the added benefit of minimal side-effects...
...remotely be called a cure. Now that may be changing. The deeper scientists peer into the human genome, the more they’re uncovering the secrets of Parkinson’s-and the more they’re growing convinced that next-generation drugs may be at last be able to beat back the disease. What’s more, the benefits may not be limited to Parkinson’s, but may also be used to treat Huntinton’s, Lou Gehrig’s and even Alzheimer’s disease-all of which have similar neurochemical roots and could respond to similar drugs...
After repeated listenings, however, it becomes apparent that while an undeniably solid album, Holy Wood is far too reminiscent of Antichrist Superstar. This is especially obvious in the syncopated, headbanger beat of current single "Disposable Teens," a near mirror-image of "The Beautiful People." Rather than reinvent his band a third time, Manson has instead chosen to tweak and polish that former album's brand of Gothic-flavored industrial riffage. Holy Wood's ultimate downfall is its refusal to take risks; as such, it's an anticlimactic conclusion to an interesting cycle. B- -Ryan...
...Lawrence was huge," Hagerman said. "It gave us a lot of confidence to beat a good team in a close game. But we know that we might not always get the lucky bounces and we're going to have to work harder every day to stay at this level...
...mogul's lawyers are confident they can beat the rap when the extradition hearing goes before the high court in Madrid. Spain, they point out, has no extradition treaty with Russia. Then again, the fact that Gusinsky was held in a nighttime swoop on his villa rather than when he passed through immigration suggests that his arrest was not simply triggered by the presence of his name in Interpol's computers. Some political commentators in Russia have even begun speculating darkly over what political favor Madrid might receive in exchange for arresting Putin's least-loved oligarch...