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Canadian Doctors Breach the Blood-Brain Barrier

World First: Scientists break blood-brain barrier with focused ultrasound treatment

Sunnybrook researchers made history this week as they used focused ultrasound to non-invasively breach the blood-brain barrier and more effectively deliver chemotherapy into the brain tumour of a patient. Each person has a protective barrier that normally restricts the passage of substances from the bloodstream into the brain protecting it from toxic chemicals. “The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been a …

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Toyota to build SUVs in Cambridge starting in 2019

Toyota to build SUVs in Cambridge starting in 2019

Southwestern Ontario has become a hub for the hottest-­selling vehicles in North America. Toyota’s announcement Tuesday that its Cambridge plant will make the RAV4 after the Corolla is phased out solidifies Ontario as a centre for crossover utility ­vehicle (CUV) production, industry observers say.

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Researchers find mysterious ‘anomalies’ while thermal scanning Egypt pyramids, Report

Researchers find mysterious 'anomalies' while thermal scanning Egypt pyramids

Anomalies have been found in Egypt’s Khufu pyramid two weeks into a thermal scanning project aimed at discovering the famed pharaonic monument secrets, officials said. In a statement released on Monday, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced that “among the various identified thermal anomalies, the team has observed a particularly impressive one located on the eastern side of the Khufu …

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Melissa Click: Missouri professor who blocked media at protest apologizes

Melissa Click: Missouri professor who blocked media at protest apologizes

Who Is Melissa Click? University of Missouri communications professor has landed at the center of a media firestorm after a widely-circulated video showed her trying to blockade a student reporter from the site of an on-campus protest on Monday — at one point calling for “muscle” to forcibly remove him. Students and faculty gathered in support of the activist group …

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Grilled, Barbecued Meat Linked to Cancer Risk, new study says

BBQ red meat may increase risk of kidney cancer, new study

Pan-fried, grilled or barbecued meat, cooked at high temperatures or over an open flame, may increase the risk of kidney cancer, a new study has claimed. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study illustrates how diet and genetics may interact to impact cancer risk.

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Allen Toussaint: New Orleans pianist dies aged 77

Allen Toussaint: New Orleans pianist dies aged 77

Allen Toussaint, the versatile producer, songwriter, pianist and singer who was a fixture of New Orleans R&B, died Monday after appearing in concert in Madrid. He was 77. In the 1960s, he wrote and produced a series of hits for New Orleans artists, such as Ernie K-Doe, Irma Thomas and the Neville Brothers, among many others. Many of his hits …

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Vancouver crews prepare for King Tides, Report

Vancouver crews prepare for King Tides, Report

Crews with the City of Vancouver have lined a 200-metre stretch of Locarno Beach with tens of thousands of sandbags to prevent low-lying homes from being flooded by record high king tides beginning this week. Vancouverites can expect king tides to arrive as early as next week, according to the city. Also known as perigean spring tides, king tides happen …

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Wealthy more likely to get organ transplants, according to new study

Wealthy more likely to get organ transplants, according to new study

Being wealthy increases a person’s chances of securing an organ transplant, a new study has found. Individuals living in higher income neighborhoods are more likely to register with multiple transplant centers and have increased access to organ transplants, Columbia University Medical Center researchers report. The new study was presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2015.

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