Emergency services look for survivors next to a collapsed bridge in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 12, 2007. A suicide truck bomb exploded on a major al-Sarafiya bridge in Baghdad early Thursday, collapsing the steel structure and sending cars toppling into the Tigris river below, police and witnesses said.
The media is reporting the Defense Department is extending troop deployments by three months in Iraq. To begin there isn't enough money in the military budget for that, additionally, the military personnel are hopping mad. What I heard in Jacksonville, North Carolina is that the actual plan is for an 18 month deployment and not 15.
Bush isn't intersted in competent government, he is only interested in government spending to support the priorities of his party. So far, he states he will veto the measures passed in the House and Senate to bring the USA involvement to a close in Iraq as well as a bill that would liberate Stem Cell Research.
When are the Democrats going to learn, in order to do the country's business the way the country wants it done they first have to impeach a man and his vice president whom facilitated his party to use the White House Staff under Rove to advance party directives in firing US Attorneys?
What effect does genetic research have for women? Bush's priorities are mired in party rhetoric and electon strategies and not the best interest of the citizens of the USA.
Genes control chemotherapy impact
Scientists have identified key genes which appear to control the impact of chemotherapy on cancer cells.
Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre systematically blocked the function of individual genes to test their effect.
The Nature study found in 87 cases blocking the gene seemed to boost the impact of chemotherapy.
This could be useful to allow lower chemotherapy doses to be used to reduce side effects for patients.
The researchers used small molecules, called small interfering RNAs, to block the activity of individual genes.
RNA plays a crucial role in converting the genetic DNA code into proteins - but interfering sabotages the process.
After each gene was blocked the researchers tested the survival rate of cancer cells cultured with the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel.
Genome-wide screen
The advantage of the technique is that huge numbers of genes can be tested quickly, as no prior knowledge of the genes involved is required.
