Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Bhopal legacy: reworking corporate liability | Down To Earth

The Bhopal legacy: reworking corporate liability | Down To Earth: "Days after President Barack Obama lashed out at British Petroleum (BP) saying he would not let them ‘nickel and dime’ his people in the oil spill case, a sessions court in Bhopal did precisely that with the victims of the world’s worst industrial disaster."

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Study shows how radiation causes breast cancer

Study shows how radiation causes breast cancer: "'Our work shows that radiation can change the microenvironment of breast cells, and this in turn can allow the growth of abnormal cells with a long-lived phenotype that have a much greater potential to be cancerous,' Paul Yaswen, a cell biologist and breast cancer research specialist with Berkeley Lab's Life Sciences Division, said in a statement to the press."

Monday, June 7, 2010

Stem cells turn into seek-and-destroy cancer missiles - life - 04 June 2010 - New Scientist

Stem cells turn into seek-and-destroy cancer missiles - life - 04 June 2010 - New Scientist: "GENETICALLY modified stem cells are to be injected into the brains of cancer patients, where they will convert an inactive cancer drug into a potent and targeted tumor-killing agent."

AOLI - Aids Out Life In

AOLI - Aids Out Life In