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Nanobubbles to treat cancer
Tiny bubbles injected in mice delivered potent cancer drugs to tumors without harming surrounding tissue, a US researcher said on Tuesday, in a finding that may lead to new targeted cancer therapies. The technique uses ultrasound imaging to track the drug in the body and release it with a pop once it has reached its target. "Imagine soap bubbles," said Natalya Rapoport of the University of Utah's Department of Bioengineering. "Now imagine a drug in the soap bubbles." These tiny bubbles loaded with the drug seek out cancer tumors and congregate. "When these bubbles accumulate, I give strong ultrasound radiation to the tumor to blow them up. Then the drug gets [to] the tumor site."
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Body lodged on car
A drunk man drove home with a man's body lodged on his windshield and left it sitting there for six hours, police said on Tuesday. Police did not say whether the man had died on impact or after the driver parked in his garage in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Nor did they say what the driver was doing between the time he struck two people on Sunday evening and called police on Monday morning. The 41-year-old woman he had been walking with around midnight had been discovered and taken to a hospital. Steven Warrichaiet, 41, was arrested on charges of hiding a corpse, hit and run causing death and drunk driving.
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Woman sues over porn name
A Houston woman is suing a former high school classmate who took her name and starred in pornographic movies. Kristen Syvette Wimberly, 25, is asking that Lara Madden and film distributor Vivid Entertainment Group stop using or publicizing her name, which Madden took as a stage name. The two met in ninth grade at Kingwood High School. According to the lawsuit, they "were friends but eventually that friendship ended due to conflict." Madden, 25, began her adult-film career in 2004 and has appeared in about a dozen adult films using the name Syvette Wimberly.
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Woman to row the Pacific
A woman who rowed alone across the Atlantic Ocean last year is planning to take off this week on her next big voyage: a solo row across the Pacific to raise awareness about marine conservation efforts. Roz Savage, 39, a former management consultant, plans to take off from San Francisco on the first leg of her endurance journey which will take her to Hawaii, Tuvalu and Australia. Her vessel is a 24-foot long rowboat named Brocade after her corporate sponsor, San Jose-based Brocade Communications Systems, which makes computer networking gear.
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