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Trump administration moves to ease damage from lack of payments to potent lobby

Fujifilm revealed a new lens designed to deliver on the GFX system's promise of adventure-ready medium-format photography. The GF 100-200mm F5.6 R is a weather resistant, relatively lightweight, 2x telephoto with impressive stabilization.

Can the FBI investigate the president? In a word: Yes. Here is the back story.

Relief isn't expected until the weekend, with the fire danger rating set for "severe" for Friday.

For those interested in evidence – or the lack of it – regarding collusion between Russia and the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, we can thank the usual Russia-gate promoters at The New York Times and CNN for inadvertently filling in some gaps in recent days. Stooping to a new low, Friday’s Times headline screamed: … Continue reading "Russia-gate Evidence, Please"

This week on Unorthodox, we’re setting it up.

Our Jewish guest this week is longtime matchmaker Tova Weinberg, who founded the Jewish dating website Saw You at Sinai. In an interview recorded at our Hanukkah live show in Pittsburgh, she tells the hosts about ditching dentistry to become a matchmaker (she estimates she’s made 350 matches over the past 40 years), and her opinion on what it is that men and women really want. She also helps out a listener with some first-date tips. Special... Читать дальше...

The Apple CEO is calling on Congress to give Americans more control over their data.

NOTE: The following articles originally ran in January 1920 editions of the Albany Daily Democrat.

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a potentially deadly infection in the large intestine most common in people who need to take antibiotics for a long period of time, particularly in Australia's ageing population. But when doses of a new antibiotic called Ramizol were given to hamsters infected with a lethal dose of the bacteria, a significant proportion of hamsters survived the infection.

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) The University of Colorado Center for Pharmaceutical Value (PValue) has been established with a Value Assessment Center of Excellence Award from the PhRMA Foundation. The foundation grant of $500,000 was awarded to Jonathan Campbell, Ph.D., R. Brett McQueen, Ph.D., and Melanie Whittington, Ph.D., who have primary faculty appointments in the field of Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research with the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences on the Anschutz Medical Campus.

Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) researchers used knockout mouse models created by gene editing to reveal that the miRNA miR-146b, like miR-146a, is involved in the development of cancers, with them having similar but not identical effects. The knockout mice showed high rates of B-cell lymphoma and acute myeloid leukemia, which was associated with the absence of miRNA causing NF-κB overactivation. These insights should help in the fight against cancers involving miRNA dysregulation.

University of Otago research to better understand how bacteria and their viruses interact and evolve will enable future studies to exploit the use of bacteria and their viruses for potential biotechnology and health applications.