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...have to be given in larger doses to some patients or that some prostate cancers may mutate to the point where antiandrogen drugs are simply ineffective. "There could be changes that are preventing the drug from binding," he says. "It's a bit like trying to hit a moving target." But for now, MDV3100 offers some potential as better ammunition...
...Obama was elected President and the Democrats took control of Congress. People grew anxious that the Obama Administration would ban semiautomatic weapons, so they rushed to buy guns before legislation could be passed. In a December survey by the research firm Southwick Associates, nearly 80% of active hunters and target shooters said they believed firearm purchases would "become more difficult" under the new Administration and a Democratic Congress. "Everybody is waiting for when the next foot is going to fall in taking away the right to bear arms," says Doug VanderWoude, owner of Silver Bullet Firearms in Wyoming, Mich., near...
...question is, How can any of this be used to help autistic kids? Nobody recommends inducing fevers to kick-start the locus coeruleus, since that could lead to all manner of side effects and other ills. Instead, Mehler and Purpura believe the likeliest answer is in medications that target noradrenaline brain receptors. "First, we should look at the signaling pathways in the region of the brain involved," Purpura says. "Then we could look at treating the receptor sites with some kind of pharmacotherapy." For once, the step that's missing from a proposal is the one that involves shouting about...
...unlike Harvard, Princeton plans to increase the fraction of the endowment it plans to spend—upping the spending rate from a projected 6.25 percent to 6.7 percent next year, which is higher than its usual target rate of 4 to 5.25 percent, according to Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman’s letter to the community on Monday. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...When I was originally hired as an events coordinator at the SOCH, this was one of several programming ideas that [David] had on the table,” O’Brien said. O’Brien added that in planning the event, coordinators didn’t specifically target students in the Visual and Environmental Studies department, who give their own end-of-semester screenings for class-based work. “It’s great that the VES students have a screening opportunity, but we wanted that platform to be available to everyone...