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Scientists Engineer Tobacco Plants to Grow Solar Cells
Fast Company Magazine Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:59 PM PST
Tobacco: It's good for more than just giving you lung cancer. Scientists at UC Berkeley recently figured out a way to get tobacco plants to grow extractable synthetic photovoltaic and photochemical cells that can theoretically be sprayed onto a glass substrate to create solar panels. The genetically modified tobacco plants grow artificial chromospheres, or structures that turn sunlight into ...

News in Brief: Daffodil Orders
Waverly News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:43 PM PST
The American Cancer Society won̢۪t be observing Daffodil Days until March, but orders for the flowers will start next week.

Jockey Justin Vitek dies after battle with leukemia
Louisville Courier-Journal Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:40 PM PST
Jockey Justin Vitek, a regular on the Kentucky circuit, died Thursday morning at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston after a long battle with leukemia. He was 36.

Current Conditions V2
Action News 24 Erie Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:38 PM PST
How would you grade the President's speech? Local customers of a cafe chain helped raise money for a good cause. Today, officials from Panera Bread presented the Regional Cancer Center with a check for $2700.

CHS and Lake Central to fight Cancer at Friday night games
Chesterton Tribune Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:38 PM PST
The Chesterton-Lake Central girls and boys basketball doubleheader on Friday night at CHS will be more than just a Duneland Athletic Conference match-up.

PM opens NT's first cancer treatment centre
ABC via Yahoo!7 News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:35 PM PST
The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has officially opened a new oncology unit in Darwin, which will mean cancer patients will no longer have to travel interstate to get treatment.

SA specialists to staff NT cancer treatment unit
ABC via Yahoo!7 News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:35 PM PST
The Federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, says cancer specialists from Adelaide will help staff Darwin's new oncology unit.

Leukemia victim wins $100,000 in cancer lottery
Sarnia Observer Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:33 PM PST
TARA HAGAN The Observer A cheque for $100,000 couldn't have come at a better time for Ross Lumley. The Sarnia resident and lucky winner of a cash prize from the Canadian Cancer Society's Lottery, actually had to walk half a mile to pick up the cheque.[...]

And cancer colour of month is ...
Welland Tribune Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:33 PM PST
Think pink? Nope, this month I like teal. As a cancer survivor up to now, I have the skinny on all the talk in the "industry.[...]

More Victims of Cancer Scam Come Forward
ABC 2 Baltimore Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:33 PM PST
At least four more people have come forward saying Dina Leone used the same fake cancer story to bilk them out of money.




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