Police look into death of man, 85
Altoona Mirror Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:48 PM PDT
HOLLIDAYSBURG - State police at Bedford are investigating the "equivocal death" of an 85-year-old man whose battered body was found in the bedroom of his Imler-area home in May. Irvin L. Hengst, of 2352 N. |
Dutch city's limit on pot sales killed
Portland Press Herald Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:07 PM PDT
AMSTERDAM - The Dutch government's plan to stop tourists from buying marijuana was apparently set back Wednesday after a key decision by the country's top legal advisory body. |
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Aylesbury Today Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:58 PM PDT
“The body's natural defences can be ‘re-educated’ to stop them attacking organ transplants,†The Daily Telegraph has reported. The newspaper said the development could remove the need for patients to take the combination of immune-suppressing drugs currently used to prevent organ rejection. |
HIV-inhibiting mechanism identified
Science Daily Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:11 PM PDT
Researchers have discovered a long-sought cellular factor that works to inhibit HIV infection of myeloid cells, a subset of white blood cells that display antigens and hence are important for the body's immune response against viruses and other pathogens. The factor, a protein called SAMHD1, is part of the nucleic acid sensing machinery within the body's own immune system. |
Docs sound caution against trans fats
The Times of India Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:49 PM PDT
Advising farmers and general public to avoid food products rich in trans fat, scientists of Punjab Agricultural University's department of plant breeding and genetics (PBG) cautioned that these are non-essential, have no health benefits and human body has no mechanism to eliminate them. |
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