Sat, 06/11/2010 - 07:40 by Prince damin
Fort Worth, Texas -- Elliott Sadler capped a big day by winning the pole Friday for Sunday's running of the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
It was announced earlier in the day that Sadler would drive full time next year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Kevin Harvick Inc. He then went out and won his first Sprint Cup Series pole in more than four years.
Sadler turned in a speed of 195.397 mph over the 1.5-mile oval. It was the eighth pole of his career.
"I feel like Superman, and today has been an amazing day to be Elliott Sadler," he said. "You never know when you're going to get another pole, so it's pretty cool to get a pole here."
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Fri, 05/11/2010 - 08:09 by harsheeb
Palo Alto-- Most human DNA in our genome has no apparent function and could be just leftover evolutionary junk, a U.S. researcher says.
Arend Sidow of Stanford University says a new study comparing the human genetic blueprints to those of other mammals suggests very little of the human genome is really necessary, ScienceNews.org reported Thursday.
About 7 percent of the human genome is similar to the DNA of other mammals, Sidow says, and because it is similar, or "conserved," geneticists assume this DNA is the most important.
Sidow says these parts of the genome make up only 225 million of the 3 billion chemical letters of DNA found in the complete human genome.
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Thu, 04/11/2010 - 08:20 by harsheeb
Tuebingen -- German researchers say a high-tech retinal implant has allowed blind people to distinguish shapes and objects within days of being installed.
One person receiving the implant could identify and find objects placed on a table in front of him, move around a room independently while approaching people, read a clock face and differentiate seven shades of gray, ScienceDaily.com reported Wednesday.
The electronic visual prosthesis could help up to 200,000 people worldwide who've lost their sight to the degenerative eye disease retinitis pigmentosa, its developers say.
In RP, light receptors in the eye stop functioning.
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Wed, 03/11/2010 - 02:11 by Prince damin
New York -- Pent up demand is apt to increase travel on U.S. airlines for the Thanksgiving holiday, industry analysts said.
"Many who stayed home for the holidays last year are hopping on a plane this year," said FareCompare.com Chief Executive Officer Rick Seaney, The Dallas Morning Star reported Tuesday.
The Air Transport Association also predicted an increase in fliers for the holiday. The trade group said 3.5 percent more passengers will fly this year compared to a year ago for a total of 24 million.
The ATA counts a 12-day period, Nov. 19 through Nov. 30, as Thanksgiving travel.
As the number of passengers recovers from a prolonged, recessionary slump, however, fare prices are also headed higher.
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Tue, 02/11/2010 - 16:49 by Natalie James
A Waynesburg woman visiting her terminally ill son at a Pennsylvania hospital disconnected his intravenous sedatives over the weekend and injected herself with the boy’s medication, reports the Associated Press, citing authorities.
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Tue, 02/11/2010 - 05:35 by harsheeb
ikevile -- A North Carolina cancer survivor said he is trying to get into the Guinness Book of World Records after doctors removed his 11-ounce kidney.
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Eugene Tyner, 31, of Pikeville, said he woke up from surgery to have his cancer-stricken kidney removed and was told by a nurse that the organ was large enough to fill an entire bowl, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C., reported Monday.
"Like you feed your dog in," Tyner recalled the nurse telling him.
Tyner, who is now cancer-free, said he is now trying to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest kidney ever removed.
Copyright 2010 United Press International,
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Tue, 02/11/2010 - 05:16 by harsheeb
Washiington-- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a drug to treat tumors caused by a rare genetic disorder, tuberous sclerosis.
The drug, Afinitor, is intended to treat slow-growing benign tumors TS causes to grow in the brain and in other parts of the body, including the eyes, lungs, liver, heart, skin and kidneys, an FDA release said Monday.
Such tumors, called subependymal giant cell astrocytomas, are considered a major diagnostic feature of TS, seen in 6 percent to 9 percent of patients. The disease can be fatal for patients who develop complications with tumor growth on the brain.
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Mon, 01/11/2010 - 07:44 by harsheeb
Nashville -- The Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital in Nashville announced plans to name its pediatric surgery center after country band Rascal Flatts.
"Flatts haven't just given their money, they come by and see our children and are a part of who we are," Dr. John W. Brock III, surgeon in chief of the Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University, said Friday.
"Through the gift (Flatts) gave, we will be able to give better care to our children, and every day we will be able to save someone's life."
The band has donated more than $3 million to the hospital over the course of several years, The (Nashville) Tennessean reported.
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Fri, 29/10/2010 - 09:21 by harsheeb
Livermore -- U.S. researchers say they've identified the age at which beta cells, which make insulin, stop replicating, leading to hope clinicians can better treat diabetes.
The loss of beta cells by auto-immunity causes type 1 diabetes, while type 2 diabetes is due to an insufficiency of beta cells, a release from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory said Thursday.
Whether beta cells continue to replicate after birth has been an open issue and is critically important for designing therapies for diabetes, researchers said.
Researchers at the Livermore lab determined after age 30 the body does not create any new beta cells, thus decreasing the capacity to produce insulin as a person ages.
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Fri, 29/10/2010 - 08:00 by harsheeb
Toronto -- A British company says its spray-on DNA security system can tag and mark a thief for weeks, allowing law enforcement to link them to the crime.
Selectamark Security Systems says its system can be installed in any business often targeted by thieves, such as banks, gas stations, liquor stores or fast food restaurants, usually at an entrance or exit, along with a sign reading, "DNA spray system installed here."
A thief making a getaway would be sprayed by the system, triggered by either an existing alarm system or a "panic" button, The Toronto Star reported.
Tasteless and odorless, the DNA spray sticks like glue, giving off a blue glow under UV light for weeks and linking a criminal to the crime scene where it was sprayed.
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Fri, 29/10/2010 - 07:56 by harsheeb
San Francisco-- A San Francisco marijuana dispensary said patients will receive free joints every time the Giants hit a home run during the World Series.
The ReLeaf Herbal Center said patients inside the medical marijuana dispensary at the time of a home run hit by the Giants, playing in the World Series against the Texas Rangers, will receive free marijuana cigarettes, TMZ.com reported Thursday.
The dispensary said it is also celebrating the Giants in the World Series with a discounted "bright orange" strain of cannabis and a "Giant Punch" beverage made using marijuana.
Copyright 2010 United Press International,
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Thu, 28/10/2010 - 08:20 by harsheeb
London -- Researchers in a worldwide project to record differences in human DNA say they've mapped 95 percent of all variations, a British scientist reports.
The 1000 Genomes Project is a public-private project to chart not one individual's genetic makeup but thousands of genomes in an effort to understand genetic variations may make some people more susceptible to inherited disease or other genetic conditions, the BBC reported Wednesday.
Coming a decade after the draft human genome was first published, the new project has only been made possible by improved technologies, a U.K. researcher says.
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