Collateral Damage: Atomic Testing
in the Marshall Islands
Between 1946 and 1958, the U.S. detonated
67 nuclear devices in and around the Marshall Islands. The impact of these tests on the
Marshallese people was profound - in terms of both actual radioactive exposure and the
displacement of people from their home islands due to contamination and to accommodate the
U.S. military.
The Water We Eat - Exploring the
role of water in the production of food
Stealthy Nanoparticles Attack
Cancer Cells
By Emily Singer - Wednesday, November 04,
2009 Jeff Hrkach and Greg Troiano of BIND Biosciences explain how they make
drug-delivering nanoparticles.
HRT Risks, What Are They If The
Woman Has Breast Cancer?
Dr. Heward shares what HRT risks there are
for a woman who has breast cancer.
Most people have adrenal fatigue yet dont
even know it over-training and stress are big causes ! We overdo everything in life that
way we keep using up cortisol which is a stress hormone. Our bodies can only take so much
until it shuts down and we get all sorts of problems. We need to learn to listen to our
bodies if you are stressed and tired dont train, take time out But if you have to train
then train smart. Feed your anerobic system by doing intervals no longer than 15 minutes,
anything after 20/30 minutes will start using cortisol which is what you dont want!
Documentary film about the affects of truck
idling in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx
Fortified Food Reality
Registered Dietitian Keri Glassman explains
the reality of fortified foods versus claims by some products for boosting immunity.
The Great Global Warming Swindle
A documentary, by British television
producer Martin Durkin, that argues against the virtually unchallenged consensus that
global warming is man-made. A statement from the makers of this film assert that the
scientific theory of anthropogenic global warming could very well be "the biggest
scam of modern times." Originally broadcasted March 8, 2007 on British Channel 4. A
must see for truth-seekers everywhere.
Een dodelijke schimmelziekte rukt op en
heeft onder andere in het Groningse Schildwolde twee paarden het leven gekost.
Paardeneigenaren doen er goed aan om hun dieren de komende tijd extra in de gaten te
houden, zegt dierenarts Bert van Ittersum van Arts en Dier in Klijndijk. Het gaat om een
spieraandoening, atypische myopathie genaamd. De oorzaak is onbekend, maar de aandoening
is zeker niet nieuw. Deze werd in 1940 voor het eerst in Engeland beschreven. Het is een
niet- besmettelijke spierziekte die alleen toeslaat bij paarden die dag en nacht in een
wei staan en dan vooral in de late herfst. Een ogenschijnlijk kerngezond paard kan binnen
24 uur plots sterven. De paarden worden suf en stijf en zakken na enkele uren door de
benen. De besmette dieren hebben last van spiertrillingen en buikpijnklachten. Verder zijn
de paarden en pony's sloom en kunnen rode urine hebben. De precieze oorzaak is niet bekend
bij dierenartsen. Ook de wetenschap heeft geen sluitende verklaring. Diverse
universiteiten doen onderzoek.
Killing Tumor Cells with the Bee
Venom component - Melittin!
When bees sting, they pump poison into
their victims. Now the toxin in bee venom has been harnessed to kill tumor cells by
researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers
attached the major component of bee venom to nano-sized spheres that they call nanobees.
In mice, nanobees delivered the bee toxin melittin to tumors while protecting other
tissues from the toxin's destructive power. The mice's tumors stopped growing or shrank.
The nanobees' effectiveness against cancer in the mice is reported in advance online
publication Aug. 10 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. "The nanobees fly in,
land on the surface of cells and deposit their cargo of melittin which rapidly merges with
the target cells," says co-author Samuel Wickline, M.D., who heads the Siteman Center
of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence at Washington University. "We've shown that the
bee toxin gets taken into the cells where it pokes holes in their internal
structures." Melittin is a small protein, or peptide, that is strongly attracted to
cell membranes, where it can form pores that break up cells and kill them. "Melittin
has been of interest to researchers because in high enough concentration it can destroy
any cell it comes into contact with, making it an effective antibacterial and antifungal
agent and potentially an anticancer agent," says co-author Paul Schlesinger, M.D.,
Ph.D., associate professor of cell biology and physiology. "Cancer cells can adapt
and develop resistance to many anticancer agents that alter gene function or target a
cell's DNA, but it's hard for cells to find a way around the mechanism that melittin uses
to kill."
