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Monday, June 20, 2011

Steven R. Berryman The Tentacle: Promised to No Man

June 20, 2011

Promised to No Man
Steven R. Berryman  http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4468
My family and I have been living in an “altered state of awareness” since the recent motor scooter accident involving a 19-year-old close family friend, Alex Bodroghy, of Discovery in Walkersville.

He’s one of those children who hangs out with my eldest son and seems to just be another appendage to our clan. He’s been in the ICU of R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center of The University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore for almost two weeks now, and receives 24/7 care to stay alive. He suffered a massive brain injury.

His prognosis is uncertain, and he’s still not always stable.

There’s hope, but everyone involved knows that it will be a very long road to even get him fully stabilized, let alone allow for a semblance of normalcy.

Last Friday The Frederick News-Post ran in my regular Friday column space “In an instant,” which covered the crash and aftermath of the head-on collision, linked here in my blog: In an instant [traumatic brain injury] ...

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See www.CaringBridge.com/visit/AlexBodroghy to follow the story.

To contribute to the family’s massive needs there is a site set up now: “Support Big Al Bodroghy” P.O. Box 103, Walkersville, MD, 21793


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Juneteenth Independence Day and Slavery's History in Carroll County and More from Eldersburg Patch


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Local Father Reflects on "Being Dad"

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imageJim Robinson, co-founder of Kneebouncers based in Sykesville, shares his experiences and brushes with "daddium."

Juneteenth Independence Day and Slavery's History in Carroll County

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imageThe holiday dates back to the end of the Civil War and celebrates freedom for more than 250,000 slaves.

Two Face 13 Charges after Alleged Night of Drinking and Destruction

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imageTimothy Cook of Manchester and passenger William Lentzner of Westminster were taken into custody early Thursday.

Five Things You Need to Know Today: June 19

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Camp Liberty, all-day summer camp for kids!

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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Novel nanoparticles communicate to target tumors more efficiently June 19, 2011 by Anne Trafton

Novel nanoparticles communicate to target tumors more efficiently June 19, 2011 by Anne Trafton



(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, researchers have been working to develop nanoparticles that deliver cancer drugs directly to tumors, minimizing the toxic side effects of chemotherapy. However, even with the best of these nanoparticles, only about 1 percent of the drug typically reaches its intended target.


Now, a team of researchers from MIT, the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, and the University of California at San Diego have designed a new type of delivery system in which a first wave of nanoparticles homes in on the tumor, then calls in a much larger second wave that dispenses the cancer drug. This communication between nanoparticles, enabled by the body's own biochemistry, boosted  to tumors by over 40-fold in a mouse study.
This new strategy could enhance the effectiveness of many drugs for cancer and other diseases, says Geoffrey von Maltzahn, a former MIT doctoral student now at Cambridge-based Flagship VentureLabs, and lead author of a paper describing the system in the June 19 online edition of .
"What we've demonstrated is that nanoparticles can be engineered to do things like communicate with each other in the body, and that these capabilities can improve the efficiency with which they find and treat diseases like cancer," says von Maltzahn.
Senior author of the paper is Sangeeta Bhatia, the John and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and a member of MIT's David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research... http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-nanoparticles-tumors-efficiently.html#share

Novel nanoparticles communicate to target tumors more efficiently June 19, 2011 by Anne Trafton 

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Don’t know much about history - The Boston Globe

Don’t know much about history - The Boston Globe

By Jeff Jacoby
Globe Columnist / June 19, 2011

WHEN THE Department of Education last week released the results of the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress — “the Nation’s Report Card’’ — the bottom line was depressingly predictable: Not even a quarter of American students is proficient in US history, and the percentage declines as students grow older. Only 20 percent of 6th graders, 17 percent of 8th graders, and 12 percent of high school seniors demonstrate a solid grasp on their nation’s history. In fact, American kids are weaker in history than in any of the other subjects tested by the NAEP — math, reading, science, writing, civics, geography, and economics... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/06/19/dont_know_much_about_history/


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