Briefs – July 22
Phone number correction The phone number for Math & ACT Prep Classes to be held July 26-30 was published incorrectly. The correct contact and phone number is Ren Adams at 542-5841.

IP Update
The invention, the patent’s abstract states, “relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid for inhibiting the expression of a mutant gene, comprising a complementary RNA strand having a complementary region that is substantially complementary to a portion of the mutant gene, and which is partially complementary to the corresponding wild-type gene.

FDA Issues Hold On Debated Avandia Study
Federal health officials are barring new patients from enrolling in a safety study of GlaxoSmithKline’s controversial diabetes pill Avandia, a week after a panel of experts ruled that the drug increases heart risks.

Ask Dr. Hallberg: Screening for Alzheimer’s disease
New proposed screening guidelines for Alzheimer’s are aimed at detecting the disease earlier in patients concerned about memory loss. But would you want to know if you have the disease if there isn’t much you can do to prevent its onset?

Study: Longer you sit, the shorter your life
The more Americans engage in one of their favorite pastimes — sitting around — the shorter their average life span, a new study suggests.

Radient Pharmaceuticals Showcasing Its Onko-Sure In Vitro Diagnostic Cancer Test at Prestigious AACC Annual Meeting …
TUSTIN, CA–(Marketwire – 07/22/10) – Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation (RPC) (AMEX: RPC – News ) announced today it will present at the 2010 American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center July 25-29. The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) is an international society of clinical laboratory …

I’m writing a story about a teen with diabetes. He carries an insulin pump. Now I know a lot about diabetes itself like the fact the body cannot produce insulin and When you get a hypo you feel tired dizzy and moody and to get yourself on track you eat something thats high on carbs without covering it with insulin, but I don’t know all the parts of the pump. I also need to know… Do you still prick your fingers if you have a pump, and why and how many times a day?

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Nation Briefs
CHICAGO (AP) – Rod Blagojevich’s surprise decision not to testify after all at his corruption trial is a high-risk gamble that spared the ousted Illinois governor from a possible ordeal on the witness stand but could backfire with the jury.

Lilly CEO sizes up challenges, lessons learned
Brand-name drug makers are facing unprecedented challenges: legal challenges from pharmacies alleging price fixing, generic drugs eating into company profits and government regulation threatening to crimp operations.