Scientists at Cornell University have discovered a way to “trick” aggressive and fairly common lymphoma cells into starving themselves, which could prove a breakthrough for those with blood cancers, a new study reports.
“We are excited to consider the translational potential of this finding in treating lymphoma,” Hening Lin told Jim Scnabel for the Cornell Chronicle.
A look back at Operation OVERT, the successful multi-national operation that stopped a 2006 al-Qaeda terrorist attack that was to have crashed multiple passenger flights from the U.K. to the U.S.
Aki Peritz discusses how and why the operation was so important in Politico Magazine.
Former mayor de Blasio has changed long-standing policy — now the elderly spouses of those city workers killed in the line of duty must either pay for medical insurance or be forced onto a new Medicare plan.
In the past, free health care was guaranteed for life for widows and widowers of those killed in the line of duty.
The people affected by the new rules have not been told what kind of coverage the Medicare plan includes, leaving them unsure what to do, reports Chris Sommerfeldt for the New York Daily News.
