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New Avastin tests add to confusion over use in breast cancer
In November, following an emotional public hearing some months earlier, the Food and Drug Administration withdrew approval for the cancer drug Avastin for patients with metastatic breast cancer — the late-stage, incurable form of the disease. The...Tags: Medical Specialization, High Blood Pressure, Diseases and Illnesses, Mastectomy, Bevacizumab (drug)
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Virginia researcher works to save Atlantic sturgeon
L.A. UnleashedHOPEWELL, Va. â Researcher Matt Balazik wears his passion for saving the Atlantic sturgeon on his right arm -- a tattoo of the ancient fish -- and lives it by counting the bottom-feeding giants in the James River. The 30-year-old...... -
UCLA basketball: Bruins can't escape New York with a victory
The Fabulous ForumReeves Nelson got a chance to put all that extra long-range shooting he did in the off-season to the test. But the UCLA power forward couldn't connect on a three-pointer that would have pulled the Bruins into a tie with...... -
UCLA basketball: Bruins trail Virginia Commonwealth at halftime
The Fabulous ForumUCLA has fallen behind again, and it couldn't get back up. The Bruins spotted Virginia Commonwealth the first eight points of their NIT Season Tip-Off consolation game, just as they had Villanova two nights earlier. And it could have been...... -
John B. Fenn dies at 93; shared Nobel Prize in chemistry
Chemist John B. Fenn, who shared the 2002 Nobel Prize in chemistry for work that made possible the rapid analysis of the structure of proteins and other biomolecules through mass spectrometry, died Friday in Richmond, Va. He was 93 and died of...Tags: Justice System, Awards and Prizes, Career and Workplace, Applied Physics, Princeton University
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Joe Goode's dance troupe has a puppet who can partner
It seemed like an ordinary shopping expedition: two gay men wandering the aisles of a San Francisco Baby Gap in search of a neo-preppy look for their tousle-haired tyke. An adorable attention-grabber, the little fella with the thin neck and long arms...Tags: Sam Shepard, University of California, University of California, Berkeley, Gays and Lesbians, Christopher Isherwood
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West capsules
1. KANSAS LOCATION: Lawrence. ENROLLMENT: 29,624 HOW THEY GOT HERE: Won Big 12 tournament. RECORD: 30-4. RPI: 11th. RECORD VS. FIELD: 5-3. NCAA HISTORY: This is 36th appearance, and 18th in a row. The Jayhawks won it all in 1952 and 1988; they also...Tags: Duke Blue Devils, NCAA Final Four, FAMU, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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Reviews: Stephen Vitiello's installation art at MC
Special to The TimesWhat more can you ask of a work of art than that it alter your breath -- that it first make you aware of your own breathing and then slow it, shape it, sculpt it? Stephen Vitiello's show at MC is revelatory in that most visceral way. It doesn't just...Tags: Doug Henry, Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture, Arts, Education
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ETC: Graduates! The CEO of GM has some wisdom to share
Autoblog.comFiled under: Etc., GM Universities are right now trotting out Grade-A commencement speakers to motivate this year's graduating class of collegiates to change the world, or at least vacate their parents' property before the age of 30. Some of the most... -
SPLIT OVER MARSH PLAN
Richmond Times-DispatchThe owners of Curles Neck Farm say they want to preserve that sprawling property on the James River, home to nesting eagles and other wildlife.??? --???"That farm is not going to be developed in our lifetime," said Tommy Pruitt, a developer who owns...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Water, Farms, Henrico County
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WJC Schools hires new chief financial officer
WILLIAMSBURG - A new chief financial officer will join the WJC Schools administration before the school year ends. Terry Stone was named the school division's new chief financial officer in a special called meeting Tuesday night following the School...
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Farlow wins top local public relations award
Richmond Times-DispatchUniversity of North Carolina graduate Kimberlie Farlow decided in 1983 to leave her hometown and college town of Chapel Hill, N.C., and pursue a career in marketing and public relations in Richmond. Her friends, she said, gave her some cautionary...Tags: Human Interest, Altria Group, Inc., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ceremonies, Colleges and Universities
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