Washington, November 19 : Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have devised a cost-effective screen test that can speed up the rate of discovering cancer-related genes and validating their function in living animals.
The novel test resulting from a combination of five research groups’ expertise has been found to succeed in uncovering 13 new tumour suppressors, genes that inhibit the activity of cancer genes, in a preliminary study.
Given that cancer sufferers, specifically people with liver cancer, usually lack tumour suppressors, these discoveries “are a huge step forward in understanding the genetics of cancer and open up a host of new strategies to improve its diagnosis and treatment,” according to the authors.
Washington, Nov 19 : Pop diva Britney Spears called her marriage to Kevin Federline a mistake, insisting that she tied the knot for all the “wrong reasons”.
The ‘Toxic’ singer spoke out about her marriage with K-Fed in a candid new documentary.
"I think I married for the wrong reasons,” Contactmusic quoted her, as saying.
"Instead of following my heart and doing what made me really happy, I just did it for the sake of the idea of everything," she added.
Washington, Nov 19 : Hannah Montana actress Miley Cyrus says model Justin Gatson is ‘a nice and cute guy’.
While in an interview with Ellen DeGenres on her show, the ‘7 Things’ hitmaker, who is waiting for her 16th birthday, revealed that she confides in her parents and really likes Gatson.
Also she added that she’s learning to keep her guard up.
"I think you have to be really careful about the people you trust. There [are] very few, two or three people that I would actually go to with anything and know that it would never leave the room," People quoted her, as saying on the show.
With the future at stake, letting bygones be bygones, it was a forgiving day all around in the world's clubbiest legislative body - the American Senate, when Senate Republicans unanimously re-elected their leadership and the Democrats refrained from turning cannibal on Joe Lieberman.
The most recognizable fictional character, Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse appears for the first time on public stage in Steamboat Willie, the first synchronized sound cartoon, a seven-minute classic that made him an instant superstar.