- Cancer-like gene expression may occur in airway epithelium cells of healthy smokers
- A new pathway may lead to therapy for a lethal brain cancer
- The FDA approved glucarpidase to break down toxic levels of chemotherapy in the blood
- Epigenetic changes help form a strategy for retinoblastoma treatment
- Vismodegib was approved to treat advanced basal cell carcinoma patients
- Diindolylmethane enhances the effects of cisplatin in ovarian cancer cells
Resource Highlights: Science Photo Library
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Blog Buzz: January 21 – January 27
Some topics getting buzz this week:
The debate on Avastin and breast cancer may have been rekindled by new studies.
The NY Times ArtsBeat covered a great example of innovation and the public use of digital library collections, which resulted in New York Public Library’s Stereogranimator, do-it-yourself 3D historical images!
Google’s announcement that it is putting 60 of its services under a single privacy policy and sharing data between them generated some buzz. This Washington Post/Bloomberg piece covers what is happening and how to close your account, while over at Scholarly Kitchen there is an interesting post asking The End of the Salad Days-Where is Google Headed Next?
Talk of the Research Works Act continues…an item by Jennifer Howard in the Chronicle of Higher Education discusses Who gets to see published research?, and the Modern Language Association (both a publisher and membership organization) released this letter.
ARL Policy Notes posted why the Association of Research Libraries’ new Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries is different from all the other recommendations out there.