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document.write('\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022friendfeed\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022header\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022inner\u0022\u003e\n\u003ca href=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/sciphu\u0022 target=\u0022_top\u0022\u003e\u003cimg class=\u0022logo\u0022 src=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/static/images/logo-mini.png?v=7406ad76b2df59ff2532588ee3cb6aeb\u0022 alt=\u0022FriendFeed\u0022/\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class=\u0022message\u0022 id=\u0022__friendfeed_message\u0022\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022feed\u0022\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022entry\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003e\n\u003ca href=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/sciphu?service=internal\u0022\u003e\u003cimg src=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/static/images/icons/internal.png?v=e471e9afdf04ae568dcbddb5584fc6c0\u0022 alt=\u0022FriendFeed\u0022 class=\u0022icon\u0022/\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022body\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022summary\u0022\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022link\u0022\u003e\u003ca rel=\u0022nofollow\u0022 href=\u0022http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2012/02/fasting-versus-cancer.php#\u0022 class=\u0022main\u0022\u003eFasting Versus Cancer\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022info\u0022\u003eFebruary 9 at 7:11 am\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022comments\u0022\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022comment\u0022\u003e\u0026quot;A way to beat cancer cells may not be to try to find drugs that kill them specifically but to confuse them by generating extreme environments, such as fasting that only normal cells can quickly respond to.\u0026quot;\u0026quot; - \u003ca href=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/sciphu\u0022 uid=\u00222fc6d510289511dd89cd003048343a40\u0022 class=\u0022l_person\u0022\u003eNils Reinton\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022entry\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003e\n\u003ca href=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/sciphu?service=internal\u0022\u003e\u003cimg src=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/static/images/icons/internal.png?v=e471e9afdf04ae568dcbddb5584fc6c0\u0022 alt=\u0022FriendFeed\u0022 class=\u0022icon\u0022/\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022body\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022summary\u0022\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022link\u0022\u003e\u003ca rel=\u0022nofollow\u0022 href=\u0022http://www.nature.com/news/one-genome-from-many-1.9969\u0022 class=\u0022main\u0022\u003eOne genome from many : Nature News \u0026amp; Comment\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022media\u0022 style=\u0022position: relative; height: 183px; overflow: hidden\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\u0022position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 190px\u0022\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\u0022thumbnail\u0022\u003e\u003ca href=\u0022http://www.nature.com/news/one-genome-from-many-1.9969\u0022\u003e\u003cimg src=\u0022http://m.friendfeed-media.com/9e9ca79c27123fd824ee967d5c8be33292bcc8b1\u0022 width=\u0022172\u0022 height=\u0022175\u0022 alt=\u0022One genome from many : Nature News \u0026amp; Comment\u0022/\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022info\u0022\u003eFebruary 3 at 4:24 am\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022comments\u0022\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022comment\u0022\u003e\u0026quot;To extract individual genomes, Armbrust’s PhD student Vaughn Iverson exploited skills that had he gained as a computer scientist designing video compression technology at Intel in Portland, Oregon. He developed a computational method to break the stitched metagenome into chunks that could be separated into different types of organisms. He was then able to assemble the complete genome of Euryarchaeota, even though it was rare within the sample. He plans to release the software over the next six months.\u0026quot; - \u003ca href=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/sciphu\u0022 uid=\u00222fc6d510289511dd89cd003048343a40\u0022 class=\u0022l_person\u0022\u003eNils Reinton\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022entry\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003e\n\u003ca href=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/sciphu?service=internal\u0022\u003e\u003cimg src=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/static/images/icons/internal.png?v=e471e9afdf04ae568dcbddb5584fc6c0\u0022 alt=\u0022FriendFeed\u0022 class=\u0022icon\u0022/\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022body\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022summary\u0022\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022link\u0022\u003e\u003ca rel=\u0022nofollow\u0022 href=\u0022http://www.nature.com/news/norway-to-bring-cancer-gene-tests-to-the-clinic-1.9949#\u0022 class=\u0022main\u0022\u003eNorway to bring cancer-gene tests to the clinic : Nature News \u0026amp; Comment\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022media\u0022 style=\u0022position: relative; height: 183px; overflow: hidden\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\u0022position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 251px\u0022\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\u0022thumbnail\u0022\u003e\u003ca href=\u0022http://www.nature.com/news/norway-to-bring-cancer-gene-tests-to-the-clinic-1.9949#\u0022\u003e\u003cimg src=\u0022http://m.friendfeed-media.com/c1c416149819a9a78a6ef8ac22f06caa901ac27f\u0022 width=\u0022233\u0022 height=\u0022175\u0022 alt=\u0022Norway to bring cancer-gene tests to the clinic : Nature News \u0026amp; Comment\u0022/\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022info\u0022\u003eFebruary 3 at 4:20 am\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022comments\u0022\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022comment\u0022\u003e\u0026quot;In its three-year pilot phase, the Norwegian Cancer Genomics Consortium will sequence the tumour genomes of 1,000 patients in the hope of influencing their treatments\u0026quot; - \u003ca href=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/sciphu\u0022 uid=\u00222fc6d510289511dd89cd003048343a40\u0022 class=\u0022l_person\u0022\u003eNils Reinton\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022entry\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003e\n\u003ca href=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/sciphu?service=internal\u0022\u003e\u003cimg src=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/static/images/icons/internal.png?v=e471e9afdf04ae568dcbddb5584fc6c0\u0022 alt=\u0022FriendFeed\u0022 class=\u0022icon\u0022/\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022body\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022summary\u0022\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022link\u0022\u003e\u003ca rel=\u0022nofollow\u0022 href=\u0022http://news.yahoo.com/experimental-drugs-battle-against-advanced-prostate-cancer-001015349.html\u0022 class=\u0022main\u0022\u003eExperimental Drugs Do Battle Against Advanced Prostate Cancer - Yahoo! News\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022info\u0022\u003eFebruary 1 at 6:43 am\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022comments\u0022\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022comment\u0022\u003e\u0026quot;The real gold may be in combining the two therapies, the experts theorized. \u0026quot;These drugs are going to be used in sequence and we would expect the survival to be fairly dramatically pushed forward,\u0026quot; according to Scher. \u0026quot;There will be a major bump up in the overall survival of this group of patients in the next two to three years.\u0026quot;\u0026quot; - \u003ca href=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/sciphu\u0022 uid=\u00222fc6d510289511dd89cd003048343a40\u0022 class=\u0022l_person\u0022\u003eNils Reinton\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022entry\u0022 style=\u0022margin-bottom: 0\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003e\n\u003ca href=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/sciphu?service=internal\u0022\u003e\u003cimg src=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/static/images/icons/internal.png?v=e471e9afdf04ae568dcbddb5584fc6c0\u0022 alt=\u0022FriendFeed\u0022 class=\u0022icon\u0022/\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022body\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022summary\u0022\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022link\u0022\u003e\u003ca rel=\u0022nofollow\u0022 href=\u0022http://thednaexchange.com/2012/01/26/the-myth-of-the-designer-baby/#\u0022 class=\u0022main\u0022\u003eThe Myth of the Designer Baby | The DNA Exchange\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022media\u0022 style=\u0022position: relative; height: 158px; overflow: hidden\u0022\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\u0022position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 234px\u0022\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\u0022thumbnail\u0022\u003e\u003ca href=\u0022http://thednaexchange.com/2012/01/26/the-myth-of-the-designer-baby/#\u0022\u003e\u003cimg src=\u0022http://m.friendfeed-media.com/fc7c4a1132f944f850f6b44db00238592190685f\u0022 width=\u0022216\u0022 height=\u0022150\u0022 alt=\u0022The Myth of the Designer Baby | The DNA Exchange\u0022/\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022info\u0022\u003eJanuary 31 at 6:11 am\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022comments\u0022\u003e\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\u0022comment\u0022\u003e\u0026quot;I’m pretty confident that we will not see a day when parents routinely use reproductive technologies to select for cosmetic traits, or even against multifactorial diseases. The complexity of the genome is too great, and the gene-gene, gene-environment, epigenetic interactions too numerous and minute to control. But, maybe I’m just blinded by my  personal opinions on the matter.\u0026quot; - \u003ca href=\u0022http://friendfeed.com/sciphu\u0022 uid=\u00222fc6d510289511dd89cd003048343a40\u0022 class=\u0022l_person\u0022\u003eNils Reinton\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n')