Gene Variant For Biological Ageing In Humans Discovered

Gene Variant For Biological Ageing In Humans Discovered

08 February 2010

Featured Article Main Category: Seniors / Aging Also Included In: Genetics ;   Cancer / Oncology ;   Cardiovascular / Cardiology Article Date: 08 Feb 2010 - 11:00 PST email to a friend   printer friendly   view / write opinions Scientists from the UK and The Netherlands have identified for the first time a variant of a gene that is linked to biological ageing in humans and suggest the discovery will help us better understand cancer and diseases of ageing. The findings of the study by researchers based at the University of Leicester and King's College London, UK, and also at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, were reported online in Nature Genetics on 7 February

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CURRENCIES: Dollar Edges Off 7-month High With Europe In Focus

08 February 2010

Dollar's decline limited as Europe's problems persist, analysts say The dollar declined slightly on Monday as investors reconsidered the impact of fiscal problems in some of Europe's smaller economies, or a possible rescue effort from their stronger neighbors, that drove the greenback to a seven-month high versus major rivals last week. The decline was limited as fears of a sovereign default in southern Europe have shown the U.S

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CURRENCIES: Dollar Edges Off 7-month High With Europe In Focus

08 February 2010

Dollar's decline limited as Europe's problems persist, analysts say The dollar declined slightly on Monday as investors reconsidered the impact of fiscal problems in some of Europe's smaller economies, or a possible rescue effort from their stronger neighbors, that drove the greenback to a seven-month high versus major rivals last week. The decline was limited as fears of a sovereign default in southern Europe have shown the U.S

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Mexico's Finance Minister Says Government To Revise '10 GDP Forecast

08 February 2010

MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexican Finance Minister Ernesto Cordero said Monday the government is likely to raise its 3% economic growth estimate for 2010. The Finance Ministry has so far stuck to its conservative estimate for gross-domestic-product growth this year, following what is expected to have been a 6.8% contraction for all of 2009.

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Mexico's Finance Minister Says Government To Revise '10 GDP Forecast

08 February 2010

MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexican Finance Minister Ernesto Cordero said Monday the government is likely to raise its 3% economic growth estimate for 2010. The Finance Ministry has so far stuck to its conservative estimate for gross-domestic-product growth this year, following what is expected to have been a 6.8% contraction for all of 2009.

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Hartford Reports Quarterly Net Profit Of $557 Mln

08 February 2010

SAN FRANCISCO -- Hartford Financial Services said late Monday that fourth-quarter net income came in at $557 million, or $1.19 a share, compared to a net loss of $806 million, or $2.71 a share, in the same period a year earlier. Core earnings, which exclude net realized investment gains and losses, were $689 million, or $1.51 a share, in the latest period.

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CIT To Repay $750 Million Of Debt

08 February 2010

SAN FRANCISCO -- CIT Group said Monday that plans to repay $750 million of "high cost" debt.

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CIT To Repay $750 Million Of Debt

08 February 2010

SAN FRANCISCO -- CIT Group said Monday that plans to repay $750 million of "high cost" debt. CIT's Board of Directors authorized the voluntary prepayment of $750 million on CIT's $7.5 billion first lien credit facility.

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Cell Therapeutics Lymphoma Drug Faces FDA Questioning

08 February 2010

Lymphoma drug pixantrone, made by Cell Therapeutics ( CTIC ), is facing tough questions from the Food and Drug Administration.

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Transporting Obese Patients a Super-Size Problem

08 February 2010

Paramedics and firefighters don’t need to read recent studies of obesity on the rise in America, the subject weighs heavy on their shoulders every day, the Washington Post reported. Hospital calls for patients weighing 350 pounds or more come on a daily basis in the D.C.

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