One of Nature magazine’s blogger wrote briefly this week about the Evan Snyder affair at the California stem cell agency.
Referring to our article on the grant, Elie Dolgin said on the site, Spoonful of Medicine.
"Here’s one creative, albeit seemingly accidental way, to get a 50% boost for your multi-million dollar research grant: Flout the rules, say you’re sorry, and then argue that you can
See the open-access article: microRNA-34a is tumor suppressive in brain tumors and glioma stem cells by Fadila Guessous and 7 co-authors, including Roger Abounader, Cell Cycle 2010(Mar 18); 9(6) [Epub ahead of print][FriendFeed entry][PubMed citation]. Last 3 sentences of the Abstract:
The new data show that miR-34a expression inhibits various malignancy endpoints in glioma stem cells. Importantly, they also show for the first time that miR-34a expression induces glioma stem cell differentiation. Altogether, the data suggest that miR-34a is a tumor suppressor and a potential potent therapeutic agent that acts by targeting multiple oncogenic pathways in brain tumors and by inducing the differentiation of cancer stem cells.
Iran says it broke up US-backed cyber war networks
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran says it has dismantled several U.S.-backed cyber warfare networks that were gathering information on nuclear scientists and provoking unrest in the country.
A judiciary statement says the networks were set up by Iranian opposition groups, including the armed People’s Mujahedeen, and that 30 of …. Source article on Gaea Times at : Iran says it has dismantled US-backed cyber warfare networks, arrested 30 members.
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NEW DELHI, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- With a number of mobile service operators starting their service in the Indian market, old time players like Airtel and Vodafone are trying to retain the existing users by offering various types of add on services with their packages. After much speculation and waiting, leading mobile service operator Vodafone … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Vodafone India Unwraps App Store.
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MUMBAI, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- The leading carmakers of the world are eyeing the Indian market and they are not planning to invade the small car market only. While the majority of the car market is dominated by compact cars, the demand of super luxury sedans are slowly picking up in India, mainly in the … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Bentley India Unveils Mulsanne.
I have used Windows based laptops since the dawn of time (or laptops) till couple of days ago when I finally decided to spend 1000 bucks for a Macbook white. Here are my experiences with Macbook (vis-a-vis Windows Vista laptop from HP with similar CPU and memory) so far which I hope helps you to …. Source : Gaea News Network.
In May 2006 Dwayne Berg woke up on a gurney in a Seattle emergency room, an IV in his arm and a team of doctors and nurses working him up. The last thing the 42-year-old financial executive could remember was running on a treadmill at his gym, part of his regular fitness regimen. He had suffered a seizure and tumbled off the machine, and although he had not hurt himself in the fall, doctors had asked for an MRI scan of his brain to see if they could find a cause for the seizure.
They did, and the news was not good: the scan showed a large mass in the left frontal lobe that turned out to be a malignant glioma, a brain cancer that is almost invariably fatal. Berg underwent standard treatment: an operation to remove the tumor, followed by chemotherapy and radiation to eradicate any cancer cells that might remain.
(HealthDay News) — Why do people keep eating when they already feel full? New research in mice suggests it may have something to do with a hunger hormone that tells you to keep chowing down.
“What we show is that there may be situations where we are driven to seek out and eat very rewarding foods, even if we’re full, for no other reason than our brain tells us to,” Dr. Jeffrey Zigman, an assistant professor of internal medicine and psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and co-senior author of the new study, said in a news release from the school.
The researchers studied the hormones by experimenting with mice to determine whether they changed their food preferences after getting doses of the hormone, known as ghrelin.
In one experiment, mice who received ghrelin wanted to hang out in a room where they’d previously gotten high-fat food. Other mice weren’t concerned about the room. Read more…
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Apple gives chief operating officer $5M bonus
SEATTLE — Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for “outstanding performance” running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave.
Timothy Cook, 49, will also receive 75,000 restricted stock units scheduled to vest in 2011 and 2012, Apple said in … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Apple gives COO Cook $5 million bonus, stock for performance during Steve Jobs’ medical leave.
US regulators examine competition in agriculture
ANKENY, Iowa — Federal officials concerned about how much control a few corporations have over the nation’s food supply pledged Friday to begin a new era of antitrust enforcement, seeking to balance agricultural power between companies, farmers and consumers.
More than 650 farmers, slaughterhouse workers, lobbyists and executives gathered for a … Read : US attorney general, agriculture secretary begin hearings on competition in farming system.
According to BBC report, Japanese firm KDDI developed a mobile phone that can be used to track your employees. The device is supposed to capture every movement of employees using accelerometers and analysis software, and then send it back to the boss. The mobile will be able to tell whether any employee is wasting time …. Source : Gaea News Network.
You may remember that Apple CEO Steve Jobs took 6 months Leave of Absence in 2009 for medical issues. During that period, Cook looked after day to day operation of Apple. Apple board of directors are thankful to him due to this. Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Cook was awarded $22 million …. Source : Gaea News Network.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS (GaeaTimes.com)- A lot of small tech companies are trying to get the focus at the ongoing SXSW 2010 festival in Austin. The South by Southwest festival is held each year and it covers movies, interactive technologies as well as music. In the next few days, it will have the presence of companies … Original source on Gaea Times at : SXSW 2010 in Austin Latest News.
Innovation on display at Games Conference
SAN FRANCISCO — Motion controls and social gaming were the hot topics at this week’s Game Developers Conference, the annual convention of game designers, programmers and executives.
Sony shook up the conference with a splashy introduction of the PlayStation Move, a new wand-shaped PlayStation 3 motion controller system that will rival …. Source : Social gaming, motion controllers the buzz of Games Developers Conference.
China to bid on US high-speed rail projects
BEIJING — China plans to bid for contracts to build U.S. high-speed train lines and is stepping up exports of rail technology to Europe and Latin America, a government official said Saturday.
China has built 4,000 miles (6,500 kilometers) of high-speed rail for its own train system and President …. Source : Gaea News Network.
Disney to shut Zemeckis-run motion-capture studio
LOS ANGELES — To further cut costs at its movie studio, The Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it will shut a San Francisco-area facility used to capture the performance of Jim Carrey for his digitally animated character, Scrooge, in “A Christmas Carol.”
The closure of the facility in Marin County, …. Original source : Disney to shut down Zemeckis-run motion-capture studio where ‘A Christmas Carol’ was shot.
Summary Box: Court OKs cable TV access rules
THE DISPUTE: Cable TV providers challenged a five-year extension of federal regulations requiring them to make channels they own available to rivals such as satellite TV.
THE RULING: An appeals court sided with the Federal Communications Commission and left the rules intact.
WINNERS AND LOSERS: The decision was a setback … Read more »»».
The 1992 tearjerker Lorenzo’s Oil told the true story of one family’s struggle to save their son from X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a deadly degenerative brain disease. Unfortunately, over the ensuing years, the oil of the film’s title, a dietary supplement, has not panned out as the cure many people hoped it would be. Now a paper in the November 2009 issue of Science suggests that the long-sought cure may come from gene therapy–a famously hyped approach to treatment that tragically caused the death of a teenage experimental subject in 1999.Since then, however, researchers have continued to cautiously pursue gene therapy for certain disorders with known genetic origins. ALD, for instance, is caused by mutations in a gene called ABCD1, leading to unusually high lev…
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The promise of stem cells lies in their unique ability to differentiate into a multitude of different types of cells. But in order to determine how to use stem cells for new therapeutics, scientists and engineers need to answer a fundamental question: if a stem cell changes to look like a certain type of cell, how do we know if it will behave like a certain type of cell? (2010-03-12)
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Chinese minister insists Google obey the law
BEIJING — China’s top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or “pay the consequences,” giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking.
“If you want to do something that disobeys Chinese law and regulations, you are unfriendly, you …. Original article on Gaea Times at : Chinese minister insists Google obey the law,gives no sign of compromise in censorship dispute.
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Early adopters fervently waiting to place their order for Apple’s iPad need not wait longer. In case you are in dark about the date and time to pre-order iPad, we have some details. Details of the sale are still incomplete, but the date and time have been revealed by TidBits. Apple iPad will be … Read : Date and time for iPad Pre-order.
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Nokia revises 2009 market share down to 34 pct
HELSINKI — Nokia Corp. on Friday revised its global market share estimate for mobile phones in 2009 to 34 percent, from an earlier 38 percent, and said it expected no growth this year.
The revision was due to more accurate measuring methods, including of counterfeit products, …. Source : Gaea News Network.
Reports from Game Developers Conference, held this week, revealed that Games on Mobile phones are no longer separate market segment any more. It is becoming a centerpiece in game industry day by day. Although, video games are popular in men, social games are increasingly getting popularity among women. After going through different technology blog, … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Top 5 Popular iPhone Games.
Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision
WASHINGTON — A federal court Friday upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make sports programming and other channels they own available on equal terms to rival TV providers such as satellite companies.
The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia leaves in …. Original article on Gaea Times at : Federal court upholds FCC access rules for cable programming that Comcast, Cablevision opposed.
Digital River up on possible McAfee deal
NEW YORK — Shares of Digital River Inc., which provides technology and services for companies that sell products online, got a boost Friday after an analyst said McAfee Inc. may be testing out its e-commerce technology.
A deal would be a boost to Digital River.
“We came across several fully functional … Read : Digital River up after analyst says McAfee deal possible.
