Geneva, Switzerland. A report in the journal Nature provides a framework for understanding of the impact of genetic variations in cellular interactions.

This approach has important implications for the understanding of human disorders and wide implications for human health. It is well known that DNA variants affecting gene activity may be responsible for disease susceptibility, primarily to common pathologies such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and asthma. Understanding of how such subtle differences modulate gene expression is bound to accelerate the understanding of all cellular mechanisms, enabling faster and more focused developme

Fairfax, VA, USA. I sing the body electric, the miracle of consciousness that resides in seven million human individuals on this planet and numerous other species we prefer to ignore. Others may write of the great unwashed umbrella of gender theory, the Chicks with Dicks hookers, the performance of Drag Queens, the political agendas of Transgender Activists, the public theater of youthful genderfuckers, and the purity and excess of transvestite purpose.

I sing of the quiet, hardworking

Washington, DC, USA. Anyone who is following the 2010 midterm elections knows that tea party activists are angry, motivated and determined to create a low-spending, low-taxing Congress. It’s anybody’s guess just how successful they will be. But an equally compelling question is just what impact the movement will have on gubernatorial and other state elections this fall.

Dale Robertson, president of Tea party.org, admits that his movement is thinking more about Washington right now

Troy, NJ, USA. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute discovered a new method for predicting the fate of stem cells with up to 99 percent accuracy. Using advanced computer vision technology to detect subtle cell movements that are impossible to discern with the human eye, Professor Badri Roysam and his former student Andrew Cohen can successfully forecast how a stem cell will split and key characteristics the daughter cells.

By allowing the isolation of cells with specific capab

Western Sydney, NSW, AUS. Our heroes have always been flawed. Heathcliff was a vengeful misanthrope with necrophiliac tendencies. Mr Knightley was an annoying elitist who belittled his heroine. Mr Darcy was essentially a bad tempered snob. And let’s not get into Mr Rochester and his poor mad wife in the attic. Yet despite their vices, at least in the past we could count on our heroes to at least be human. Today it seems that every protagonist of note has fangs and a healthy appetite for