| New Clinical Trial Results Show How Personalized Medicine Will Alter ...
ScienceDaily (Jan. 2, 2008) One of the nation's pre-eminent genetic researchers, Eric Hoffman, PhD, of Children's Research Institute at Children's National Medical Center, predicts that in relatively short order, medicine's next innovation--individualized molecular therapies--will have the unprecedented ability to treat muscular dystrophies, and other disorders. .
Ex-reliever Beck, 38, found dead
Rod Beck, a relief pitcher who wore a bushy mustache while earning 286 career saves, was found dead Saturday. He was 38.
Beck was found by police officers responding to a call to his home in suburban Phoenix, according to police department spokesman Andy Hill. Foul play is not suspected, though the cause of death might not be known for several days.
With long hair framing a menacing stare and an aggressive arm swing before delivering a pitch, the outgoing right-hander was a memorable baseball personality and a three-time All-Star who twice led the NL in saves. He spent the first seven of his 13 major league seasons with the San Francisco Giants.
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Club news
Delta KappaEpsilon Sigma AlphaDelta Kappa Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha will meet 7 p.m. today at the Chamber of Commerce.Delta Kappa meets on the first and third Monday of the month. For more information on becoming a member or forming a chapter, contact Vivian Gibson at 364-0484.Eta ChapterDelta Kappa GammaThe Eta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma will meet 6 p.m. Tuesday at Eisenhower Elementary, 1415 Fairlawn Dr. Deputy Kim Lopez with the Cleveland County Sheriff's department will present a program on personal safety and identity theft. Dinner of soup and dessert will be served with donations for the soup going to the chapter scholarship fund. For more information contact Lorraine Provine at lorraineprovine@cox.net or Ann Goff at 364-4429.Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium SocietyThe Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society's annual membership drive is 7:30 p.m.
Indictments include drug busts, child pornography
A Johnson County grand jury handed up indictments last week for charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child, stalking, burglary, evading arrest, possession of controlled substances and child pornography.Robert Walter Bonner and Amanda Dawn Bonner were reindicted on possession of marijuana in a drug-free zone between five and 50 pounds. On May 8, the Burleson Police Department seized more than 500 marijuana plants in the Bonners' home, which was 1,000 feet from Kerr Middle School. The couple's two children were placed in foster care. Robert Walter Bonner was also charged with possession of child pornography. The task force found the images on a computer seized from Bonner's home during the arrest.Chistopher Warren Bone of Mineral Wells was indicted on a charge of stalking. Bone, 42, was arrested by the Cleburne Police Department on Sept.
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