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Erbitux Works Well for Two-Thirds of Colon Cancer Patients (Science/Technology, 10 articles)
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p (06-01) 04:00 PDT Chicago A drug to prevent bone loss during breast cancer treatment also substantially cut the risk that the cancer would return, results that left doctors excited about a possible new way to fight the disease. Some two-thirds of colon cancer patients have the normal, or "wild-type" form of the gene, according to the new study. A six-month study of 212 current or heavy smokers found a reduction in a specific type of precancerous change in lung cells in people who took a high dose of Celebrex compared with those who took a placebo. A major study, released today, found that a drug commonly known to treat brittle bones also showed promise in dealing with early-stage breast cancer and could change the way many breast cancer patients are treated. After five years, researchers found that the hormone therapy, when used with Zometa, reduced the risk of breast cancer recurrence by 35 percent compared to patients who received hormone therapy alone. The Austrian researchers also found that women who took Zometa (zoledronic acid) had a 30 percent lower risk of the cancer spreading to the bone, with other benefits as well.
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Roast chicken to crow about (Science/Technology, 4 articles)
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By JUSTIN MILLER and JASMIN K. WILLIAMS May 5, 2008 Today, Chef Justin combines two of our favorite comfort foods: chicken soup and mashed potatoes. Our ancestors used hot water for cooking, but boilinghot water was not used until the invention of heatproof containers, about 5,000 years ago. Boiling allowed our ancestors to use animal and plant products fully by extracting nutrients in a way that other methods of cooking did not.
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Photos boost belief Mars lander has bared ice (Science/Technology, 5 articles)
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PHOENIX - Sharp new images received Saturday from the Phoenix lander largely convinced scientists that the spacecraft's thrusters had uncovered a large patch of ice just below the Martian surface, team members said. That bodes well for the mission's main goal of digging for ice that can be tested for evidence of organic compounds that are the chemical building blocks of life. Team members had said Friday that photos showing the ground beneath the lander suggested the vehicle was resting on splotches of ice.
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ABC News: Shuttle Looks Clean in Initial Check (Science/Technology, 7 articles)
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THE Democratic Party dealt a severe blow to Hillary Clinton's fading White House hopes today, restoring renegade states Michigan and Florida to its presidential convention, but with halved voting power. Discovery is catching up with the International Space Station on its mission to install the billion dollar Japanese Kibo module and yes, bring parts to fix the toilet on the space station. NASA manager LeRoy Cain says analysis shows five pieces of foam came off the tank, and two pieces hit the shuttle during launch, but initial images and data from Discovery indicate the impacts were not serious.
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