| Hoping to Escape Alcohol Addiction, Canadian Man Heads to Cuba for ...
Seeking to escape a long-time addiction to alcohol that is tearing him and his family apart, a Canadian man will arrive in Cuba late Sunday (Sept. 30) to participate in a renowned treatment program. Arranged by Choice Medical Services, a leading medical tourism firm, his treatment will be at the Villa El Cocal/El Quinqu oceanside rehab center in eastern Cuba, where he will stay for the three-month long program designed to make him better again. .
Science News in Brief
Scientists at Harvard have dramatically expanded the list of potential drug targets for AIDS with an announcement yesterday of the discovery of 273 proteins required for survival of the AIDS virus in humans.
Prior to the study, researchers had identified only a few dozen molecules needed by the virus to infect human cells. Because AIDS progression hinges on their presence, targeting them could slow infection.
The authors found the proteins by using an emerging research method called RNA interference that eliminates individual proteins and elucidates their role by measuring the effect of their absence.
The eight Harvard researchers urged use of the technique for other human pathogens as well, writing that their experiment had demonstrated the “power" of RNA interference to find new forms of treatment.
Irrigation Dept told to review
When the journalist refused to supply the CD which contained footage of the incident, a false FIR was registered against them under Section 306 of the IPC. The complainants stated before the Commission that the SSP, Mukstsar, had threatened them as they had refused to hand over the CD which showed the inhuman act of the police. One of the scribes, Mr Harjit Singh, who moved the Commission, stated that after arresting the girl and the boys, the police took them to the Gidderwaha Police Station and produced them before the Station House Officer Balkar Singh. The police tried to snatch the video camera of the scribes when the footage was being recorded. On July 29, 2006, the complainants were called to the office of the SSP, Mr Nageswar Rao, who asked them to hand over the CD to him.
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