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• WEDNESDAY 13. JANUARY, 2010
• 12:10 UK inmates comfortable with diversity

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  'Ethnicity, Identity and Social Relations in Prison', carried out by Dr. Coretta Philips of the London School of Economics, explored how prisoners' ethnic identities helped them cope with prison life, and whether such identities informed a social pecking order and the formation of gangs. More specifically, it explored the influence of prison practices on prisoner and group identities.  

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• 11:05 EGFR gene signature predicts non-small cell lung cancer prognosis

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  Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a validated therapeutic target for non-small cell lung cancer. Researchers have now discovered a 93-gene signature that is associated with the presence of EGFR mutations in tumors from lung cancer patients and is a favorable prognostic marker in patients with early stage lung cancer.  

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• 11:05 Scientists crack brain's codes for noun meanings

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  Two hundred years ago, archaeologists used the Rosetta Stone to understand the ancient Egyptian scrolls. Now, a team of Carnegie Mellon University scientists has discovered the beginnings of a neural Rosetta Stone. By combining brain imaging and machine learning techniques, neuroscientists Marcel Just and Vladimir Cherkassky and computer scientists Tom Mitchell and Sandesh Aryal determined how the brain arranges noun representations. Understanding how the brain codes nouns is important for treating psychiatric and neurological illnesses.  

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• 11:05 Wii becomes third console to stream Netflix

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  (AP) -- It's a triple crown for Netflix. Beginning in the spring, the Wii will become the last of the three current video game consoles to get instant viewing of Netflix movies and TV shows over the Internet.  

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• 11:05 Yahoo selling e-mail service Zimbra to VMware

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  (AP) -- Yahoo is selling the e-mail service Zimbra to VMware as part of an effort to focus on the Internet services that generate most of its revenue.  

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• 09:00 Drug with unique disruption of tumor blood flow shows promise

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  Phase II study results of the agent ASA404 showed promise in patients with either squamous or non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).  

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• 07:56 Gene testing identifies lung cancer patients who benefit from ALK-inhibitor drug

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  Results of a new study in non-small cell lung cancer showed that patients with specific oncogenic rearrangements of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene within the short arm of chromosome 2 of their tumors had a much greater response to a new therapy - an ALK-inhibitor.  

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• 05:50 Erlotinib dosing in lung cancer depends on smoking status

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  Although erlotinib is an approved second-line therapy for lung cancer, its management is complicated by side effects that get worse as the dose increases.  

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• 03:45 New ethical guidance from ACP for patient-physician-caregiver relationship

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  The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued a position paper to guide ethical relationships among patients, physicians, and caregivers.  

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• 02:45 MicroRNA profiling identifies chemoresistance in small cell lung cancer

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  At least three tumor microRNAs appear to predict when first-line chemotherapy will prove ineffective in some patients with small cell lung cancer, according to data presented at the AACR-IASLC Joint Conference on Molecular Origins of Lung Cancer.  

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• 02:45 One-third of NFL players with Achilles tendon injuries sidelined

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  Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (January 12, 2010) More than a third of National Football League (NFL) players who sustained an Achilles tendon injury were never able to return to professional play according to research in the current issue of Foot & Ankle Specialist. The injured players who did return to active play averaged a 50% reduction in their power ratings.  

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• 01:45 Common blood-pressure drug also combats dementia

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  A widely-prescribed drug to tackle high blood pressure and heart disease also appears to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, according to a large US study published on Wednesday.  

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• 01:45 E-mail leak has Google threatening to leave China

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  (AP) -- Google Inc. will stop censoring its search results in China and may pull out of the country after discovering that computers hackers had tricked human rights activists into opening their e-mail accounts to outsiders.  

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• 01:45 Gladstone scientists identify role of key protein in ALS and frontotemporal dementia

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  Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have identified the reason a key protein plays a major role in two neurodegenerative diseases. In the current edition of the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers in the laboratory of GIND Associate Director Steven Finkbeiner, MD, PhD have found how the protein TDP-43 may cause the neurodegeneration associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin-positive inclusion bodies (FTLDu). TDP-43, is the major component of protein aggregates in patients with these diseases. Mutations in the TDP-43 gene are also associated with familial forms of ALS and FTLDu.  

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• 01:45 Obesity linked to common form of kidney cancer and each extra BMI point increases risk

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  Being obese could lead to a greater risk of developing the most common form of renal cell cancer, according to research in the January issue of the UK-based urology journal BJUI.  

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• 01:45 Online ReputationDefender wins investor backing

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  ReputationDefender announced on Tuesday that it has won 8.65 million dollars in venture capital backing for the company, which is devoted to protecting people's Internet personae.  

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• 01:45 Scientists find amazing new pondlife on nature reserve

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  One year in to a project to save one of the UK's top sites for pondlife, amazing new species are being revealed for the first time.  

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• 01:45 Shipping map helps combat invasive species at sea

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  Invasive species that hitch a ride on cargo ships pose a rising threat to marine biodiversity, with the potential to inflict costs in the billions of dollars.  

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• 00:40 'Wet' computing systems to boost processing power

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  (PhysOrg.com) -- A new kind of information processing technology inspired by chemical processes in living systems is being developed by researchers at the University of Southampton, UK.  

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• 00:40 As in humans, sleep solidifies a bird's memories

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  Sleeping is known to help humans stabilize information and tasks learned during the preceding day. Now, researchers have found that sleep has similar effects upon learning in starlings, a discovery that will open up future research into how the brain learns and preserves information.  

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• 00:40 Doubts about health care reform: Most see congressional bills as deeply flawed

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  A group of visiting experts and Harvard scholars offered a grim prognosis for the success of the health care reform proposals before Congress during a symposium at Harvard Medical School (HMS) on Monday (Jan. 11).  

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• 00:40 Drug that modifies gene activity could help some older leukemia patients

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  Older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) might benefit from a drug that reactivates genes that cancer cells turn off, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and collaborating institutions. The researchers say the findings support further investigation of the drug, decitabine, as a first-line treatment for these patients, who have limited treatment options.  

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• 00:40 E-reader Roundup At The 2010 CES

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  (PhysOrg.com) -- At the 2010 Las Vegas CES, many manufactures introduced their e-reader products in the hope to spark consumer interest in the e-book market. 2010 is going to prove to be an innovative year for e-book readers as color technology is going to play an important part in e-book readers this year.  

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• 00:40 More accurate diagnosis for leading cancer killer in children may be possible

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  Brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in children. Now a more accurate diagnosis of childhood brain cancers may soon be possible, according to researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah. The information is published online today in the journal Cancer Research.  

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• 00:40 NASA to Check for Unlikely Winter Survival of Mars Lander

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  (PhysOrg.com) -- Beginning Jan. 18, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will listen for possible, though improbable, radio transmissions from the Phoenix Mars Lander, which completed five months of studying an arctic Martian site in November 2008.  

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