Archives - Saturday 15 November 2008
Miami Book Fair: Nikki Giovanni
Published on Saturday 15 November 2008 - 23:00 - http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/Nikki Giovanni was once known as the princess of black poetry, but nowadays she shares the queendom with the likes of Maya Angelou. Bold, forthright and sharp, Giovanni has paved the way for new...
Africa: Cervical Cancer Strikes Poor Women Hardest
Published on Saturday 15 November 2008 - 22:44 - http://allafrica.com/Of the 490,000 women worldwide who are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, 80 percent live in the developing world. Every year, 55,000 women in sub-Saharan Africa alone develop this disease,...
Rev. Abraham Woods remembered as one with tenacity
Published on Saturday 15 November 2008 - 22:32 - http://blog.al.com/Bishop Calvin Woods said his brother had tenacity and "struggled hard so that all men might be free."'A carriage pulled by a single white horse carried the body of the Rev. Abraham Woods today from...
Blogospherics: Recommended reads [Greg Laden's Blog]
Published on Saturday 15 November 2008 - 21:56 - http://www.scienceblogs.com/Contrasting approaches to brain death and religion:''Pharyngula: A tragic tale, made worse by dogma''Twelve year old Motl Brody has died. A tumor destroyed his brain, and the consequences are...
Castles for Cancer
Published on Saturday 15 November 2008 - 21:38 - http://www.cbs12.com/Today, friends, families and community members will come together for an emotionally rewarding and uplifting beachside event to raise money for pediatric cancer research.
Presidential Election Spurs Hundreds Of Race Threats, Crimes
Published on Saturday 15 November 2008 - 21:32 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars.''Incidents around the country referring to President-elect...
$3.8 Million Award From US Department Of Defense To Further Cancer Research
Published on Saturday 15 November 2008 - 21:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/A $3.8 million Innovator Award, from the Department of Defense, is being granted over five years to an internationally renowned cancer researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara....
Protein compels ovarian cancer cells to cannibalise themselves
Published on Saturday 15 November 2008 - 20:48 - http://www.sciencecentric.com/A protein known to inhibit the growth of ovarian cancer works in part by forcing cancer cells to eat themselves until they die, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Centre...
Scientists find cell pathway driving a deadly sub-type of breast cancer
Published on Saturday 15 November 2008 - 20:48 - http://www.sciencecentric.com/An intra cellular pathway not previously linked to breast cancer is driving a sub-type of the disease that is highly lethal and disproportionately over-represented in African American women...
Volunteers rock around the clock for cancer research
Published on Saturday 15 November 2008 - 20:42 - http://www.rrstar.com/Scott Combs, 17, had to sit idly by while his grandmother fought breast cancer and endured the pain of chemotherapy.
