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Date: September 1st, 2006

Gene therapy for cancer successfully deployed in humans

1 September, 2006 (08:35) | Human Interest, Science | By: ricjames

This, ladies and gentlemen, is huge. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that they have successfully treated melanoma with a gene therapy. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute have performed the first successful use of gene therapy as a cancer treatment, in a study of 17 patients [...]

British BDS carriers to televise their favorite fantasy

1 September, 2006 (06:27) | Uncategorized | By: ricjames

In checking in with the news, I happened to tune in just as a report was airing on a British studio’s plan to broadcast a fictional account of President Bush being shot to death in Chicago. The program is going to use actors and, yes, digital manipulation to give a real, fake-but-accurate vision of President [...]