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Nov 19, 2009 - Geron Corporation today announced the presentation of interim data from its ongoing trial of imetelstat , a telomerase inhibitor drug, in patients with refractory, advanced solid cancers at the 2009 AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Boston.

It was unfortunate timing. Suzanne Thorin, dean of libraries at Syracuse University, was asked to play the devil's advocate at EDUCAUSE and went on record as saying "the library, as a place, is dead," earning herself " Bookless Libraries? " as a headline in Inside Higher Ed .

Two Chicago nonprofits, together with the University of Chicago, unveiled a counseling and sports program Wednesday aimed at stemming chronic youth violence in Chicago's public schools.

The problem is long-standing, but it received international attention in September when Derrion Albert, a Chicago Public School (CPS) junior, was killed when he was caught in a brawl as he walked home from school. The incident was captured on videotape. Since September of 1997, more than 500 CPS students have been shot.

Crocodiles were superbad even among dinosaurs CHICAGO - Crocodiles may have a nasty reputation among most people, but the leathery, snappish critters have been around so long that they probably gave most dinosaurs a fright, too.

Slate magazine is just one of the countless media outlets convulsing with Saint Vitus' dance over that demonic succubus Sarah Palin.

Purchasing prescription drugs in a three-month supply rather than a one-month supply has long been regarded as a way to reduce the cost of drugs for patients and third-party payers.

Environmental selectivity during three of the 'Big Five' mass extinction events focus of two paleontologists' latest research.

Part of Chicago's failed bid for the 2016 Olympics is getting a new life as part of a youth anti-violence initiative.

A 20-foot-long crocodile with three sets of fangs - like wild boar tusks - roamed parts of northern Africa millions of years ago, researchers reported Thursday.

Sometime into his long detention by China's feared state security agents, American geologist Xue Feng had something to show U.S. consular officials on their monthly visit.

Two new studies add to growing evidence that morphine and other opiate-based painkillers may promote the growth and spread of cancer cells.

The University of Chicago Crime Lab is partnering with two community organizations to expand an anti-violence initiative at Chicago Public Schools.

Almost anyone who values unique photographs and finely hand-crafted furniture, fabrics, pottery and silver pieces as stand-outs against electronic and computer-guided products, should appreciate the Art Institute of Chicago's new show: Apostles of Beauty - Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago.

In a highly controversial move, an influential government-sponsored organization is recommending against routine annual mammograms for healthy women in their 40s.

Share + Nov 12, 2009 4:36 pm US/Central Reporting Vince Gerasole 1 of 1 A community garden grown on land owned by the University of Chicago isn't expected to be around next year, due to a construction project.

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky addressing the UJC General Assembly Monday, Nov.

Correspondence: Dr A King, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience , University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA, Tel: +773 702 6181, Fax: +773 702 6454, E-mail: aking@bsdad.uchicago.edu Received 25 June 2009; Revised 18 September 2009; Accepted 19 September 2009; Published online 11 November 2009.

In 1944, as Congress contemplated legislation to provide millions of returning World War II veterans with the opportunity for free college educations or vocational training, the University of Chicago's president, Robert Maynard Hutchins, worried that it would bring pressure on institutions of higher learning to accept huge numbers of unqualified ...

The Black Youth Project announced today the launch of its new website - blackyouthproject.com - to provide a place on the web where young black people can speak for themselves.

WE hope that one day William Cottrell can get back to his physicist roots. Meanwhile, it's heartening to see that while in prison, the convicted conspirator involved in the firebombing of area car dealerships is helping teach other inmates not only physics but Spanish, Japanese and Chinese.