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Death, Division Or Cancer? Newly Discovered Checkpoint Process Holds The Line In Cell Division (Science Daily)

Each day, a staggering number of cells perform a feat that still amazes researchers with its complexity: they divide to produce perfect replicas of each other. The process is called mitosis, and an inability to control it is one of the hallmarks of cancer. Researchers have discovered a novel biochemical activity involved in controlling cell division, which they've called the mitotic checkpoint ...

Discovery Of Gene Mechanism Could Bring About New Ways To Treat Metastatic Cancer (Science Daily)

The molecular and biochemical mechanism of action of unique cytokine gene found to induce potent bystander antitumor effects in animal models and in Phase I clinical trials has been identified. Researchers have uncovered how a gene, melanoma differentiation associated gene-7/interleukin-24 (mda-7/IL-24), induces a bystander effect that kills cancer cells not directly receiving mda-7/IL-24 ...

Nation to write off $2.2 million for BCDS cost (The Gallup Independent)

WINDOW ROCK — Write it off now, pray it’s recouped later. That’s basically the strategy the Navajo Nation is going to take on the $2.2 million loan to Biochemical Decontamination Systems, or BCDS Manufacturing Inc. in Shiprock.

G8 summit: Breathtaking venue with no protesters to spoil the view (Mail and Guardian)

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From the cradle to the grave across generations (The Herald)

Dr John Robertson told his son, Robbie, never to become a GP, but he ignored him. In turn, Dr Robbie Robertson warned his daughter, Fiona, the job was tough and stressful, yet she, too, followed him into practice.