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Why the FDA stumbles on drug safety

Health & Fitness – How does a drug go from blockbuster to bust? How can big safety issues go undetected in medicines taken by millions of people for many years, as happened this week with the diabetes pill Avandia and a few years ago with the painkiller Vioxx?

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Submitted and Voted for on May 23, 2007 09:31pm

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'Lost' fans impatient for answers in finale - Television - MSNBC.com

Television – Season three of "Lost" ends Wednesday night with a two-hour finale, but just who's going to be watching? Diehard fans. Viewers who've held out this long have displayed the kind of loyalty networks dream of. They've endured an oddly placed midseason hiatus, a late timeslot switch and some truly horrible episodes to get here.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 23, 2007 04:53pm

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PRESS RELEASE New Study: Pycnogenol(R) Reduces Heart Failure

Health & Fitness – A study to be published in an upcoming edition of the journal of Cardiovascular Toxicology reveals PycnogenolÃ;®, natural pine bark extract from the French maritime pine tree, helps prevent damage that high blood pressure causes to the heart. The study demonstrates PycnogenolÃ;® counteracts the "we

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2007 03:05pm

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Vical DNA Vaccine Elicits Lasting Memory T cell Immune Responses in Humans

Science – Vical Incorporated announced that antigen-specific memory T-cell responses to cytomegalovirus (CMV), which may be important in protecting against CMV disease, were detected six months after DNA vaccination in a majority of CMV-seronegative subjects in a previously completed Phase 1 study.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2007 02:52pm

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Iowa State Scientists Demonstrate First Use of Nanotechnology to Enter Plant Cells

Science – A team of Iowa State University plant scientists and materials chemists have successfully used nanotechnology to penetrate plant cell walls and simultaneously deliver a gene and a chemical that triggers its expression with controlled precision. Their breakthrough brings nanotechnology to plant biology and agricultural biotechnology, creating a powe

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2007 02:49pm

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Coaxing New Hair Follicles to Grow

Science – It may be possible to grow new hair follicles, according to scientists studying mice. The scientists -- who included George Cotsarelis, MD, associate professor of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania -- report their findings in Nature. They noticed that in lab tests, adult mice grew new hair follicles in skin healing from wounds.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2007 02:40pm

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The Goal Is Superimmunity; The Status, Almost There

Science – Darren E. Higgins wants to help your immune system in a hurry and on the cheap. Dr. Higgins is a co-founder of Genocea, a biotechnology start-up company working on a novel method of vaccine development. His goal is to find the quickest way to make inexpensive vaccines that fight numerous complex and aggressive viruses and bacteria.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2007 02:33pm

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Official: Pizza collar-bomb case solved - Crime & Punishment - MSNBC.com

News – Federal authorities have figured out how a pizza deliveryman wound up in the middle of a bizarre bank robbery scheme that ended with a bomb around his neck exploding, and the identities of the plotters, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. (Details when indictments come down, probably in March.)

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Submitted and Voted for on February 16, 2007 07:23pm

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Akamai acquires NetLi

Gadgets & Tech – Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) and Netli, Inc. announced today that the two companies have signed a definitive agreement for Akamai to acquire Netli in a merger transaction. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of Netli's stockholders, is anticipated to close later this quarter. The acq

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Submitted and Voted for on February 05, 2007 12:32pm

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Isohunt.com shut-down by their ISP

Gadgets & Tech – Lawyers from our primary ISP decided to pull our plug without any advance notice, as of 14:45 PST. No doubt related to our lawsuit brought by the MPAA, but we don't have more information at this time until people responsible comes to work tomorrow. We will be back in operation once we sort out this mess with our ISP, or we get new hardware ready fr

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Submitted and Voted for on January 17, 2007 12:25am

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Lost: The Endgame?

Television – Though no announcement appears planned for this season, the producers of Lost are eager to choose the date of the series finale so they can ''take care of a lot of anxiety and questions'' about the 3-year-old drama, said executive producer Damon Lindelof.

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Submitted and Voted for on January 14, 2007 06:47pm

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Neosil Announces Positive Phase 2 Data for Androgenetic Alopecia

Health & Fitness – Neosil, Inc., a privately held dermatology-focused pharmaceutical company, today announced positive Phase 2a clinical data demonstrating that its lead product, NEOSH101, increased hair growth significantly in men diagnosed with androgenetic alopecia, also known as pattern hair loss (PHL).

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Submitted and Voted for on January 04, 2007 05:51pm

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Sangamo HIV compound shows promise

Science – Richmond-based biotechnology company Sangamo Biosciences Inc. (SGMO) said Wednesday a group of development stage proteins can be used to permanently immunize cells to HIV infection.

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Submitted and Voted for on September 29, 2006 12:35am

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Broad T-Cell Immunity Against HIV Generated in Prime-Boost Vaccine Phase 1 Trial

Science – Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq: VICL) announced today that a "prime-boost" vaccine regimen tested in 40 HIV-uninfected subjects in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsored Phase 1 clinical trial was safe and well-tolerated, and was highly effective in inducing T-cell immune responses with multiple functions that may be important for controlling

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Submitted and Voted for on August 31, 2006 02:48pm

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CytoGenix Files US Patent Application for Cancer Treatment

Science – The patent application is based on the results of recent experiments published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research by the inventors, CytoGenix' Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Yin Chen and CytoGenix director and scientific advisor, Dr. Cy A. Stein, Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center. These e

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