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Sneaking Medicine into the Brain – Video

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Sneaking Medicine into the Brain The blood-brain barrier protects the brain from infection, but also prevents medicines from entering. Genentech scientists developed a method for sneaking medicines past the barrier by exploiting the transferrin pathway. Animation by Janet Iwasa, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School.From:GenentechViews:1 0ratingsTime:01:43More inScience Technology Continue reading →

Falkland Islands will vote on political status

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By Mariano Castillo, CNN updated 11:33 AM EDT, Tue June 12, 2012 Locator map of the Falkland Islands. STORY HIGHLIGHTS (CNN) — The Falkland Islands government announced Tuesday that the British territory will hold a referendum on its political status. The vote is intended to affirm islanders’ desire to remain a self-governing territory of the United Kingdom and to reject claims of ownership by nearby Argentina. Continue reading →

Authorities Ban Swimming in 188 beaches due to Pollution

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2012/06/10 (Last modification: 2012/06/10 22:00) Ministry of Tourism prevented this season swimming in 188 Beaches in 14 wilayas, due to contamination and danger on citizens, at a time Echorouk sources said, the government rejected a request made by the Minister of Tourism, for conversion of managing and exploiting the beaches from the municipalities to the Ministry of Tourism, although the law is clear and gives the right of exploiting the beaches to the municipalities. Jijel (east of Algeria) ranks top of the wilayas where the largest map of beaches banned from swimming is identified, and where authorities banned swimming across 29 beaches out of 50 beaches because of the lack of security, while Algiers ranked second in terms of beaches banned from swimming (16 beaches) because of pollution and the non validity of their waters. Continue reading →