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		<title>Cancer Genomes Revealed: Sun And Smoke Have A Lot (Of Mutations) To Answer For</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[scientists discover cancer causes of non small cell lung cancer and melanoma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A large collaborative effort has sequenced the entire genomes of two of the most common cancer types: skin (&#8216;melanoma&#8216;) and lung (&#8216;small-cell lung cancer)&#8217;. The scientists involved report tens of thousands of mutations in the tumors&#8217; genomes, and speculate that their work may expedite the development of specific drugs to treat these diseases. Hoorah! The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City In North Carolina Bars Democratically Elected Official From Office For Being An Atheist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are strange times. On the one hand, mankind is photographing individual molecules, smashing space rockets into the moon and flinging together sub-atomic particles in the hope of observing the most fundamental units of our universe. And on the other: they&#8217;re barring a guy from taking elected office in the USA because he doesn&#8217;t believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists Cure Huntington&#8217;s Disease In Mice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Work carried out at several North American research institutes, and headed by Dr Stuart Lipton,has come up with a novel strategy for treating the terrible neurodegenerative condition called Huntington&#8217;s Disease (or Huntington&#8217;s Chorea). They used a mouse model of the disease and found that, in the mice at least, disease progress can be halted by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Propose A Major Buzzkill: No More Caffeinated Beers?</title>
		<link>http://www.slantedscience.com/2009/11/13/fda-propose-a-major-buzzkill-no-more-caffeinated-beers/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are once again in debt to Eric Spitler for the accompanying image. Why not go and check the fellow out at EricSpitler.com? The FDA is a marvelous institution. Just look at their recent efforts to stamp out the con artists producing useless swine flu cures. But sometimes they go beyond their remit. Yes, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Naked To Beat Cancer, Part Two: Nude Mice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you arrived here after an internet search for &#8216;nude mice&#8216;, then you&#8217;re either in need of psychiatric care, or else you&#8217;d like some more information on a very important laboratory animal. Or both. Either way: welcome! Our recent story, describing the significance  of the naked mole rat in cancer research, reminded us of another [...]]]></description>
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