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What the vaccine does
In the nearly 40 years since the nation declared war on cancer, great advances have been made in breast cancer screening, early detection and treatment. The death rate for breast cancers has fallen. More is discovered all the time about the genetics and...Tags: Health Organizations, Diseases, Biotechnology, Western Medicines, Trials
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Cop, cop dog make a prize-winning team
Special To The SentinelOnce again, handler Lazaro Cabrera's purebred German shepherd is "Top Dog." Cabrera, a K-9 officer with the Lady Lake Police Department for 21/2 years, took first place with Tarek at the recent United States Police Canine Association's National...Tags: Lady Lake, North Carolina, Police
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Biochemical Trailblazer Followed A Glowing Light
As is the case with most great scientific discoveries, it all started with a bit of curiosity. In the 1960s, Osamu Shimomura wondered why crystal jellyfish gave off green pinpricks of light. Now, half a century later, Shimomura has been rewarded for his...Tags: Diseases, Medical Research, Research, Connecticut College, Cancer
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Police sweep of lockup turns up no narcotics
Maryland State Police troopers and nine drug-sniffing dogs swept through the city juvenile lockup yesterday as part of an investigation into a recent drug problem in the secure facility. A three-hour search of the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center...Tags: Teen-agers, Police Investigations, Crimes, People, Maryland
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Dog's nose knows if inmates have phones
Sentinel Staff WriterFor years, corrections officers have used dogs to sniff out prisoners' drugs. Now they're using them to crack down on new contraband: cell phones. By mid-November, the Florida Department of Corrections will have a dog named Razor inspecting prison...Tags: Kevin Dean, New Smyrna Beach, Crimes, Drug Trafficking, Cell Phones
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FOR FAMILIES: A guide for parents to Oct. 10 and earlier releases
Tribune NewspapersNew this week ' The Express' Rating: PG for thematic content, violence and language involving racism and brief sensuality. What it's about: A young man growing up in segregated America goes to college, where he becomes the first African-American to...Tags: Life, Roger Moore, John Malkovich, Cloverfield, Hurricanes
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Police sweep of juvenile facility turns up no narcotics
Maryland State Police troopers and nine drug-sniffing dogs swept through the city juvenile lockup today as part of an investigation into a recent drug problem in the secure facility.
A three-hour search of the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center...Tags: Teen-agers, Police Investigations, People, Juvenile Delinquency, Police
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1,000,001 Chihuahuas
Twelve years after "101 Dalmatians" unleashed a spotted plague on an unsuspecting public, the folks at Disney have stepped in it again. "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" debuted at No. 1 last weekend, spiking the demand for big-eared, bug-eyed, pocket-sized dogs....Tags: Paris Hilton, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, California, Animals, Beverly Hills
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Glowing praise: 3 scientists win Nobel for green jellyfish protein that lights up cells, genes
AP Science WriterThree U.S.-based scientists won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for turning a glowing green protein from jellyfish into a revolutionary way to watch the tiniest details of life within cells and living creatures. Osamu Shimomura, a Japanese citizen who works...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Diseases, San Diego (San Diego, California), Alzheimer's Disease, Los Angeles
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The little protein that glowed
As is the case with most great scientific discoveries, it all started with a bit of curiosity. In the 1960s, Osamu Shimomura wondered why crystal jellyfish gave off green pinpricks of light. Now, half a century later, Shimomura has been awarded for his...Tags: Diseases, Medical Research, Research, Connecticut College, Cancer
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Three U.S.-based scientists share Nobel chemistry prize
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA UC San Diego pharmacologist and two other U.S.-based scientists won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for their development of a green fluorescent protein from jellyfish that has provided researchers their first new window into the workings...Tags: Colleges and Universities, San Diego (San Diego, California), Metal and Mineral, Natural Science, Metal
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Would a creative name sell this ice cream?
When I heard PETA's suggestion that Ben & Jerry's produce and market a new ice cream made from human breast milk, my initial reaction was this: There's not enough ewww in the world. But of course the Norfolk-based animal advocacy group was never...Tags: Diseases, Phish, Ethics, Values, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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