With Demi Moore out of Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles, more information on what exactly landed her there in the first place may come out tomorrow.
The 911 call placed on behalf of the actress this week will be made available on Friday, but with a major catch: following a review by the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, numerous references from the call will be redacted because they refer to medical conditions and could violate privacy laws.
All we know at the moment is that a witness described Moore as appearing to suffer a “seizure” on Tuesday night and she was therefore transported to the hospital to seek “professional assistance.”
The most reliable information so far states that Moore actually inhaled a dangerous amount of nitrous oxide, leading to an adverse reaction and a panicked call from a friend. What was the actress doing with a substance typically reserved for teenagers in their parents’ basement?
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Tumor-targeted bioluminescent bacteria have been shown for the first time to provide accurate 3D images of tumors in mice, further advancing the potential for targeted cancer drug delivery, according to a study published in the Jan. 25 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.
The specially engineered probiotic bacteria, like those found in many yoghurts, were intravenously injected into mice with tumors, after which the researchers took full body bioluminescent images. The 3D images revealed information about the number and location of the bacteria, to the level of precisely revealing where within the tumour the bacteria were living, providing much more information on the interaction of bacteria and tumors than was previously available using similar two-dimensional imaging methods.
According to the authors, led by Mark Tangney of University College Cork in Ireland, “before now, researchers used luminescence to provide an approximation of where a test organism was within the body, and would then follow up with multiple further experiments using different techniques to try to find a precise location”. This new research suggests that such bacteria can be engineered to contain diagnostic or therapeutic agents that would be produced specifically within the tumor for targeted treatment.
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Citation: Cronin M, Akin AR, Collins SA, Meganck J, Kim J-B, et al. (2012) High Resolution In Vivo Bioluminescent Imaging for the Study of Bacterial Tumour Targeting. PLoS ONE 7(1): e30940. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030940
Financial Disclosure: The authors wish to acknowledge support relevant to this manuscript from the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme (PIOF-GA-2009-255466) and the Irish Health Research Board (HRA_POR/2010/138). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Contact: Yael Franco yfranco@plos.org 415-568-3169 Public Library of Science
Tumor-targeted bioluminescent bacteria have been shown for the first time to provide accurate 3D images of tumors in mice, further advancing the potential for targeted cancer drug delivery, according to a study published in the Jan. 25 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.
The specially engineered probiotic bacteria, like those found in many yoghurts, were intravenously injected into mice with tumors, after which the researchers took full body bioluminescent images. The 3D images revealed information about the number and location of the bacteria, to the level of precisely revealing where within the tumour the bacteria were living, providing much more information on the interaction of bacteria and tumors than was previously available using similar two-dimensional imaging methods.
According to the authors, led by Mark Tangney of University College Cork in Ireland, “before now, researchers used luminescence to provide an approximation of where a test organism was within the body, and would then follow up with multiple further experiments using different techniques to try to find a precise location”. This new research suggests that such bacteria can be engineered to contain diagnostic or therapeutic agents that would be produced specifically within the tumor for targeted treatment.
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Citation: Cronin M, Akin AR, Collins SA, Meganck J, Kim J-B, et al. (2012) High Resolution In Vivo Bioluminescent Imaging for the Study of Bacterial Tumour Targeting. PLoS ONE 7(1): e30940. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030940
Financial Disclosure: The authors wish to acknowledge support relevant to this manuscript from the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme (PIOF-GA-2009-255466) and the Irish Health Research Board (HRA_POR/2010/138). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing Interest Statement: AA, JM, J-BK, NZ and KF are employees of Caliper Life Sciences. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Disclaimer: This press release refers to upcoming articles in PLoS ONE. The releases have been provided by the article authors and/or journal staff. Any opinions expressed in these are the personal views of the contributors, and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of PLoS. PLoS expressly disclaims any and all warranties and liability in connection with the information found in the release and article and your use of such information.
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All works published in PLoS ONE are Open Access. Everything is immediately availableto read, download, redistribute, include in databases and otherwise usewithout cost to anyone, anywhere, subject only to the condition that the original authors and source are properly attributed. For more information about PLoS ONE relevant to journalists, bloggers and press officers, including details of our press release process and our embargo policy, see the everyONE blog at http://everyone.plos.org/media.
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SEOUL (Reuters) ? Few national leaders die these days with no one outside their country knowing about it. For more than 48 hours. Not even a mention on Twitter.
Yet apparently no one, including South Korean intelligence services, was aware that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had died early on Saturday – until his passing was tearfully announced on state television on Monday.
That medium itself appears antiquated in South Korea, frequently cited as the most wired country on the planet, where news is increasingly delivered and dissected via smartphone and social networking services.
A night-time image of the Korean peninsula taken by an intelligence satellite in 2002 shows North Korea as a pool of darkness, in stark contrast to the blazing sea of light that is its prosperous southern neighbor on the other side of the world’s most heavily militarized border.
A decade later, little has changed.
Kim’s death appears to have been kept a close secret within a tight coterie at the top of the reclusive North. There was no stream of Facebook or Twitter posts from the Internet-deprived country to spread the news as with the “Arab Spring.”
South Korea’s Internet users, accustomed to a near-instantaneous flow of information, were nearly as struck by the delay in the announcement as the news itself.
“The depth of information that South Korean intelligence sources have (on the North) is shallower than that of Twitter,” posted user Links_Arc, referring to the popular microblogging service. “It’s very regrettable that the government only found out about Kim’s death two days later.”
“The current government’s hostile policy toward the North has resulted in a shutdown of communication channels with the North, and China raising its influence over Pyongyang,” chimed in user EuiQKIM.
FEW PHONES, BUT GROWING
The North Korean regime’s chokehold on information is made relatively easy by the country’s limited communications infrastructure, making an Arab Spring-type scenario almost impossible, analysts say.
According to International Telecommunications Union data, North Korea had fewer than two mobile phone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants last year. South Korea had 105.
While 83 percent of South Koreans have regular Internet access, it remains unavailable in the North outside a handful of government ministries, hotels and diplomatic enclaves in Pyongyang.
North Koreans with mobile phone and Internet access are “pro-government, pro-regime. They have nothing to gain from trying to organize an uprising. So, in that sense, it’s hardly a useful anti-regime tool,” said Cho Min, an expert at the Korea Institute for National Unification.
South Korean bloggers’ responses to Kim’s death illustrated the ease with which potentially seditious messages can now be broadcast to a mass audience, something North Korean authorities have taken pains to prohibit.
Many Twitter users posted messages of sympathy and even praise for Kim, despite rhetoric perceived as pro-North possibly running foul South Korea’s national security regulations.
“I pray for the bliss of the deceased Kim Jong-il,” wrote user “helliumgas.”
Agencies with contacts in Pyongyang said Kim’s death was likely to prompt the authorities to tighten their grip on communications even further.
“We’re expecting some form of lockdown on communications and travel in the immediate period as North Korean authorities move to stabilize the situation and prepare for mourning,” said Geoffrey See, managing director at Chosun Exchange, a Singapore-based non-profit group that promotes academic exchanges with North Korea.
There are some signs, however, that the regime’s control on communications may be slipping. Mobiles are now increasingly commonplace among Pyongyang residents, and not just among the regime elite, said Simon Cockerell of Beijing-based Koryo Tours, which operates trips to North Korea.
In the last couple of years, mobile phone use has “just exploded,” he said, with people often using mid-range, China-made handsets to trade SMS messages, play games and browse weather reports.
North Korea is this year expected to register the 1 millionth user of its new 3G mobile network, built in partnership with Egypt’s Orascom.
The North’s mobile communications industry “has crossed the Rubicon, and the government can no longer roll it back without paying a severe political price,” the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability said in a report last month.
(Additional Reporting by Jack Kim, Miyoung Kim and Iktae Park; Editing by Ian Geoghegan)
I am hoping to teach abroad starting next fall in the Czech Republic. My best friend is getting married in October so I will need to return to the US for a weekend. If I am on an employment visa is this going to mess it up somehow? I checked the website about visa information but it didn?t have any information about leaving the country and returning while maintaining a work visa. Thanks for any help.
Health and Fitness ? Urban Legends exposed for Truth
Imagine your frustration if you discovered you?d been performing your exercises wrong for years. Or, think about the person who incorrectly performs some type of exercise, and that person becomes injured due to incorrect information and execution. People go through these real situations all the time. This is why it is so important to make sure your information is coming from experts or credible sources. Your health depends it and bad information is rampant. Health and fitness are no exception, and that is why we?re offering the following solid information for you.
We have all heard that swimming is a great way to lose weight. We are here to burst that bubble, it?s not the truth. Losing weight is not a benefit you will gain from swimming although there are many other benefits you will gain. The buoyancy of the water supporting your body is the reason this is true, your body isn?t working hard enough to benefit weight loss. If you believe the myth that you can?t get a good workout if you aren?t feeling the burn you?re mistaken. The effects of a hard workout are not always apparent, it can take a day or two before you feel the effects of your work. What we are describing is the experience of millions who get revved-up after years of inactivity and hit it hard. So it can be dangerous if you have been relatively sedentary and decide to get in shape. Don?t rush into it, get a checkup and go slow for a better longer lasting experience.
One myth we?ve all used at one time or another is the ?I don?t have the extra time in my schedule for a workout?. Really, you only need to take about 15 minutes a couple times a week. Then, a thirty minute workout can be fit in on the weekend, perhaps. That minimal amount is vastly better than nothing at all. Can you squeeze in a walk at work or with your children? Try taking a power walk on your lunch hour or jumping a rope in the comfort of your living room while dinners cooking. Everyone has ten minutes, three times a week.
You will hear many lies and some truths in the world where fitness is concerned. Believing anything you hear can be tricky so be careful. Always try to find a way to confirm the information you so read on the net ? including in this article! Careful here, you?ll want to avoid information that can cause you harm if it turns out to be incorrect. Take time and be responsible for researching what you hear.
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New York ? With the financial credibility of our nation at stake, and both parties facing massive political risks, lawmakers might agree to a grand bargain after all This president wasn’t elected to abet the dismantling of the New Deal and the Great Society. That’s change we can’t believe in. But if a stalemate on [...]
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