Apr
10
2008
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- @Table4Five Apparently not. It hasn’t occurred to people that she can’t act either. #
- Applied for another fanlisting. *blushes* Couldn’t resist applying for Ichigo & Toushirou! #
- @kissmykitty I haven’t gotten any Twitter-spam…? #
- Shiny new Ps CS3 to play with on laptop. *smiles* #
- @patrickd88 $50? That’s not too bad actually. Most places seem to charge upwards of $200 minimum for a WP theme. #
- electricity just barely came back on. gah. I hate it when the weather is bad - buh bye electricity. #
- And now the power is back on *again* may it stay on this time #
Apr
09
2008
- @mskat You too huh? #
- Still can’t believe it takes 4000+ ec to advertise on Scuttlebutt Pipeline now. AND it’s not considered "too expensive" either. o.O #
- Eating a mustad and cheese sandwich. yum. #
- stupid bologna has mold spots and we just bought it not three days ago! #
- @kissmykitty word. #
- @blm03 mustard is good. start from there. #
- @blm03 *GASP* #
Apr
08
2008
- @whitterness BUAWHAHAHA!! Teh Whitters has come to Twitter and she be a Twittering Away! #
- @Table4Five manor blogging decisions? #
- @Table4Five Yeah I remember that. I would be agonizing over it too if I were you. I’ve had some people who don’t visit as frequently…. #
- @Table4Five but nothing near what you went through.
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- @Table4Five Except, I don’t think you should have to justify yourself like that. =/ I know some do and their readers are fine with it though #
Apr
07
2008
- @whitterness you can also use twitter off your phone too. Say, the Twitterfox for FF. Then you can twitter like mad. XD #
- @blm03 hp? Harry Potter?! Harry Potter has come to Twitter. #
- @blm03 I figured, just had to mess with ya. =P #
- @Table4Five no comments are coming in for me today much either. I had one reader catch up on some missed posts. Thaz it.
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Apr
07
2008
A big step in the ever ongoing battle against breast cancer was recently announced. How is it that the cancerous cells can spread to attack the lungs? This was something that was never understood, and thus, fighting it proved exceptionally difficult. That’s no longer the case. The cancer sends out a signal or “relay” to the tissue that it plans to target, the lungs. This relay molecularly weakens the targeted tissue thus allowing the breast cancer cells to pass through the capillary walls and penetrate the lung.
Key to this study is a signaling molecule called TGF-beta. Early in cancer progression, TGF-beta acts as a tumor suppressor, inhibiting cancer growth. Later, it actually stimulates cancer progression and metastasis. Massague was interested in how tumors trigger this molecular dichotomy.
His team began by identifying a molecular signature, a pattern of gene expression of 153 genes that identifies tumors that are both expressing and responding to TGF-beta. They then applied that signature to hundreds of primary breast tumors. (source).
This might seem like such a small step forward to some, but this progress has been long sought after and I for one am glad to see that we are gaining ground in this fight at long last. After all, understanding the enemy and finding its weak points are the first steps in defeating it.
