Taiwan smartphone maker HTC reports profit jump

(AP) ? Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp. says its third quarter earnings grew 68 percent from the same period last year, with shipments reaching 13 million handsets.

The company said Monday net profit for the July-September quarter amounted to New Taiwan dollars 18.7 billion ($620 million) on revenue of NT$136 billion, with Asia, particularly China, a key to growth.

HTC has grown on the strength of the design of its handsets, based on Google Inc.'s Android operating system. It says its profile has been raised with the launch of two "Sensation" models equipped with high-end Beats headphones by U.S. maker Dr. Dre.

HTC expects fourth quarter shipments to be between 12 and 13 million. That would represent a 30 percent revenue increase on the same period in 2010.

Associated Press

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Does Adele Have Throat Cancer?


Adele rumors spiraled out of control this weekend after the British soul singer announced the cancellation of all her remaining 2011 concerts and appearances.

On Twitter, fans speculated that the chart-topping "Rumor Has It" singer, who has been plagued by health issues, was actually diagnosed with throat cancer.

Not the case, says the 23-year-old via her rep:

Adele Live

"We would like to reiterate that Adele is to undergo surgery for a hemorrhaged vocal cord. All reports regarding any other condition are 100 percent false."

Adele has battled throat problems throughout the year as her beloved album 21 soared the charts worldwide, and will undergo surgery for the matter soon.

Her return date is unknown, but "a full recovery is expected" as she rests and fully recuperates before looking to schedule any new work commitments.

We're already looking forward to when that day comes.

[Photo: WENN.com]

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2011/10/does-adele-have-throat-cancer/

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Bette Midler 'Loved' The Twitter Feud With Lady Gaga

Bette MidlerBette Midler has laughed off her Twitter "feud" with Lady Gaga after the veteran entertainer accused the hitmaker of copying her mermaid in a wheelchair performance during a recent concert.
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Gaga took the stage at a show in Australia in July wearing a mermaid tail while sitting in a wheelchair, but the move appeared to infuriate Midler, who logged onto her social networking blog to remind fans that she came up with the gimmick first - way back in 1980.
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She tweeted, "I'm not sure Lady Gaga knows that I've performed my mermaid in a wheelchair for millions of people - and many of them are still alive... Dear Lady Gaga if you think a mermaid in a wheelchair seems familiar - it's because it is! You can see it on youtube 24/7 - with ME performing it... Dear Lady Gaga I've been doing singing mermaid in a wheelchair since 1980 - You can keep the meat dress and the firecracker t**s - mermaid's mine."
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Gaga insisted she had "no idea" Midler was the originator of the stunt, but the Hollywood star has since dismissed their war of words as a fun and harmless feud, and she's adamant there's no hard feelings.
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Midler tells entertainment news show Extra, "We had a feud, which I loved.
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"I'm not a good tweeter. I said a couple of things. I opened a can of worms. I wasn't irked at all! I thought it was hilarious. I was actually very flattered, and then we sort of put it to rest."

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Rio de Janeiro to have public bike rental program (AP)

RIO DE JANEIRO ? The Brazilian city of Rio De Janeiro is implementing a public bike rental program, following in the footsteps of Paris, Washington, Mexico City and San Francisco.

The system was inaugurated Friday with 11 bike rental stations in the beach-side neighborhood of Copacabana.

The mayor's office says 60 secure docking stations will be installed across the city by Dec. 13, making 600 bicycles available to the public. The bikes can be returned at any station, giving riders freedom to hop on and off where needed.

Users have to register online and buy a daily pass for $3 or monthly pass for $6.

Rio's system is modeled after the bike-sharing program implemented in Paris in 2007 and reproduced by many cities around the world.

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Iowa up for grabs 2 months before GOP caucuses (AP)

WILTON, Iowa ? Iowa's presidential caucuses are any Republican candidate's to win.

Just two months before the GOP nomination voting begins, Iowa Republicans aren't surging toward former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney even though he's essentially been running for president since losing in the state in 2008.

This time, none of his opponents has emerged as the consensus candidate of conservatives to become his main rival, as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee did four years ago.

As Tamara Scott, an undecided social conservative leader who backed Huckabee in that race, says: "It's anybody's game right now."

That could change soon.

Sensing an opening, Romney is stepping up his Iowa campaign and talking about winning the state after months of taking a more low-key approach. He probably will return to Iowa in November and hold a conference call with thousands of Iowa GOP caucus-goers.

"I'd love to win Iowa, any of us would. I will be here again and again, campaigning here," Romney said recently in Sioux City.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is casting himself as the more conservative option, is starting to confront Romney. With $15 million in the bank, Perry started running a TV ad last week that, without mentioning Romney challenges Romney's efforts to portray himself as the strongest candidate on the economy.

"I'll create at least 2 1/2 million new jobs, and I know something about that," Perry says in the ad that highlights Texas job creation.

Businessman Herman Cain, a political outsider enjoying a burst of momentum, is starting to focus more on Iowa, adding campaign staff and visiting the state recently for the first time in 10 weeks. But he trails both Romney and Perry in fundraising by the millions.

For now at least, the race in Iowa is wide open.

Saturday evening's results of a Des Moines Register poll showed Cain at the head of the pack, with the support of 23 percent of respondents. Romney came in just behind him at 22 percent.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul, a libertarian-leaning Republican, placed third at 12 percent, followed by Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann at 8 percent. Perry and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich polled 7 percent each, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum got 5 percent.

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a moderate on some issues that Iowa Republicans hold dear, was supported by only 1 percent of those participating in the poll.

The up-for-grabs nature of the Iowa race matters nationally because the outcome on Jan. 3 will shape what happens in the states that vote next ? New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida ? and beyond.

As it stands now, Iowa reflects the Republican Party's lack of clarity when it comes to the crowded GOP field and its increasingly urgent search for a candidate who can defeat Democratic President Barack Obama next fall.

"This is the first time I've waited this long to decide," said Linda Allison, an Iowan who recently attended a Perry event. "I am still waiting to be convinced."

Many factors are adding to the volatility.

Large numbers of Iowa Republicans are undecided and just starting to tune into the race in earnest. Fewer than 20 of Iowa's 76 Republican legislators have publicly declared their support for a candidate, and no single candidate has a clear edge among those who have picked sides. At this point four years ago, nearly all lawmakers had endorsed someone.

Consider state Rep. Jeff Kaufmann, for whom Perry raised money at a recent event in eastern Iowa.

"Perry may not be the best debater, but he can really work an audience like this," said Kaufmann, who endorsed former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson four months before the 2008 GOP caucuses. "And while Romney is well prepared, and campaigns well, I'd like to see him out in this area more."

Critical groups of activists also are waiting to rally behind a candidate, too.

Iowa's evangelical pastors, influential among a part of the GOP base, are divided. So are home-school advocates. Both groups pushed Huckabee to victory four years ago.

"None of these home-school families are calling me and asking me about the candidates," said Susan Geddes, a Des Moines-area Republican and top organizer for Huckabee in 2008. "Nobody's excited about them."

All this explains why many candidates are returning to Iowa in the week ahead for a series of events. Most of the 2012 candidate, but not Romney, courted Christian conservatives at a forum on values last weekend.

The all-out effort to court social conservative is partly why Romney is recalibrating his approach toward Iowa, where he's only made three visits this year.

He has been reached out quietly to past supporters and working to cast himself as the candidate with the strongest economic credentials. Unlike in 2008, he's not overtly competing for the love of social conservatives. These voters, a potent bloc in the caucuses, have had doubts about his Mormon faith and his reversals on several social issues.

So while he's stepping up his Iowa activity, he's also picking his spots.

He's the only major candidate who hasn't committed to appearing in Iowa at Tuesday's forum on manufacturing hosted by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad in Pella or the state GOP dinner Friday in Des Moines.

Perry plans to attend both.

He has little choice given that he's lagging in state polls, facing challenges from the right and fighting with rivals for the backing of social conservatives. The former Texas agriculture commissioner and Air Force officer is trying to broad his appeal, reaching out to veterans and farmers as he looks to cobble together a winning coalition and stop Romney.

Bachmann, whose support has cooled since her victory in the state GOP's August test vote, is popular with Christian conservatives and tea party activists. She has heavily sought the support of evangelical pastors and recently named a veteran GOP campaign operative to stabilize the campaign for the stretch run.

Santorum is working hard in Iowa and was expected to have stopped in all 99 counties by week's end, even though he has little money and manpower. He shows no sign of going away and recently began airing his first radio ads in Iowa.

Cain is a bit of a wild card.

He's popular for his business background and plain-spoken speaking style. But he's far behind in building an Iowa campaign and he's under attack by conservatives for referring recently to abortion as a choice. Still, tea party activists adore him and his campaign has recently begun conducting automated phone calls.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111030/ap_on_el_ge/us_iowa_up_for_grabs

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Solyndra scandal probe widens as White House orders new review (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Obama administration has ordered an independent review of loans made by the Energy Department to energy companies ? a clear response to the controversial and now-bankrupt Solyndra Inc. solar energy company.

It?s the latest step in the face of growing criticism over the $528 million government loan to Solyndra, which was part of the administration?s economic stimulus package meant to advance green energy. Last month, FBI agents and investigators from the Department of Energy's Office of Inspector General searched Solyndra headquarters in California for documents and other information.

Heading the review announced Friday is former Treasury official Herbert Allison, who oversaw the Troubled Asset Relief Program, part of the 2008 Wall Street bailout.

"Today we are directing that an independent analysis be conducted of the current state of the Department of Energy loan portfolio, focusing on future loan monitoring and management," White House chief of staff Bill Daley said Friday afternoon ? the traditional time for burying announcements. "While we continue to take steps to make sure the United States remains competitive in the 21st century energy economy, we must also ensure that we are strong stewards of taxpayer dollars."

Announcement of the internal review of procedures dealing with Solyndra was not enough to satisfy congressional critics.

Leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee subcommittee on oversight and investigations say they?ll meet this coming week to consider a resolution authorizing the issuance of a subpoena for internal White House communications relating to the Solyndra loan guarantee.

?Subpoenaing the White House is a serious step that, unfortunately, appears necessary in light of the Obama administration?s stonewall on Solyndra,? Fred Upton (R) of Michigan and Cliff Stearns (R) of Florida said in a statement. ?Since we launched the Solyndra investigation over eight months ago, the Obama administration has unfortunately fought us every step of the way, even forcing us to subpoena documents from [the White House Office of Management and Budget].?

Apparently, White House officials weren?t the only ones pushing special consideration for green energy.

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) of Utah, who has criticized the Obama administration?s backing of Energy Department loan guarantees to Solyndra, pushed for more than $20 million in government funding for a clean energy firm in his home state, reports USA Today.

?Hatch aides [said] earlier this month that the Republican lawmaker had never pushed for taxpayer money to be used for Raser Technologies, which operated a geothermal power plant in southern Utah and also developed hybrid plug-in vehicles,? the newspaper reported Friday. ?But on Friday, Hatch spokesman Matthew Harakal said that after an internal audit following publication of the USA Today story on Hatch's support for Raser, the Utah senator's office found that Hatch actually requested seven earmarks for more than $20 million from 2006 to 2008 to help fund research and development projects for the automotive wing of the company.?

None of the requests were funded, and Raser Technologies filed for bankruptcy in April.

Meanwhile, the Solyndra scandal ? if that?s what it is ? has indirectly touched at least one Republican presidential hopeful.

?Mitt Romney is facing scrutiny this week for associating himself with a lobbyist whose firm worked for failed California solar panel company Solyndra,? The Hill newspaper in Washington reported this week. ?Lobbyist Alex Mistri co-hosted a Romney fundraiser Wednesday that included a number of lobbyists and members of Congress, held at the American Trucking Association near Capitol Hill.?

Also attending the Romney fundraiser co-hosted by lobbyist Mistri was Rep. Darrell Issa (R) of California, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform investigating Solyndra.

Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20111029/ts_csm/418662

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State issues can be tricky for presidential field (AP)

CINCINNATI ? Mitt Romney gingerly distanced himself from a labor issue on the Ohio ballot one day. The next, he embraced the initiative "110 percent."

The reversal not only highlights his record of equivocations but also underscores the local political minefields national candidates often confront in their state-by-state path to the presidency.

Candidates visiting Nevada often wade into the debate about where nuclear waste should go. They're pressed in South Carolina to take a stand on an aircraft maker's labor dispute. In New Hampshire, they face questions about right-to-work issues. And then there are the perennials, such as ethanol subsidies in Iowa and the Confederate battle flag in South Carolina.

Such local issues aren't of concern to most voters across the nation, but these topics can matter greatly to voters wanting to hear the thoughts of candidates soliciting support ahead of presidential primaries. Candidates often work to strike a balance between addressing issues local voters care about without staking out hardline positions that could hurt them elsewhere.

"They've got to be careful about not weighing in on issues that are exclusively local. That could backfire," said Kevin Smith, a conservative activist and likely Republican gubernatorial candidate in New Hampshire. "It's something that could easily be blown up into something bigger than it ought to be."

As Romney proved this week, such local issues can trip up even the most cautious candidate, causing headaches for their national campaigns while hurting their standings in important states for both the primary and general elections.

"Fully support that," Romney said about the Ohio ballot initiative while visiting a local Republican Party office Wednesday in Fairfax, Va.

The former Massachusetts governor was trying to fix a problem he created a day earlier during a trip to Terrace Park near Cincinnati.

Romney visited a site where volunteers were making hundreds of phone calls to help Republicans defeat the Issue Two ballot effort to repeal Ohio Gov. John Kasich's restrictions on public sector employee bargaining.

Romney took a pass on supporting the measure just as a newly released Quinnipiac University poll indicated Ohio voters opposed the GOP-backed restrictions 57 percent to 32 percent.

But Romney already had weighed in, supporting Kasich's efforts in a June Facebook post.

Republican and Democratic critics alike were quick to point out Romney's waffling. His campaign rivals Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman fired off statements supporting the union restrictions, and Obama's Ohio state campaign director, Greg Schultz, sent out emails Tuesday night to supporters noting Romney's "sidestep."

Roughly 24 hours later, Romney clarified his support for Kasich.

Even so, Huntsman, the former Utah governor languishing in polls, sought to gain ground by arguing that the episode demonstrated Romney's failure to show leadership.

"This is a time when if you are going to be president of the United States, you show a little presidential leadership," he told ABC News. "That's by taking a position and leading out ? sometimes there is a risk associated with taking a position, but that's all part of leadership."

And some observers questioned whether Romney's response had less to do with the GOP primary, which Ohio will hold well after the early voting states, and more to do with the general election and the need to woo independent voters.

On the other hand, Romney may lose the party loyalists he needs to get the GOP nomination by waffling on the matter.

"The people who would be paying the most attention to this are probably the base of the Republican Party, and that's why it has the potential to be most damaging to him," said veteran Ohio political scientist Gene Beaupre of Xavier University.

At one time, presidential candidates visiting Iowa would stumble over that state's pet issue: support for subsidizing ethanol, the fuel additive the state leads in producing. But the issue has faded as a litmus test in the years since Bob Dole, a strong advocate, won the Iowa caucuses while opponent Phil Gramm of Texas finished a disappointing fifth.

That hasn't stopped Romney this year from noting his support for ? and Perry's opposition to ? the federal renewable fuel standard as Romney seeks Iowa agribusiness' support.

In South Carolina, candidates always are asked about flying the Confederate battle flag on Statehouse grounds. Supporters say it honors heritage and valiant native sons; opponents, led by the NAACP, say it is a divisive reminder of slavery. Republicans usually say the flag is a state matter, but Arizona Sen. John McCain said after losing the 2000 primary that he should have spoken out on the issue and admitted that he feared opposing the flag would scuttle his chances in the state.

This year, candidates campaigning in South Carolina have been all but forced to weigh in on Boeing's efforts to build a plant in the state.

And in South Carolina and Nevada, opening Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste depository is a sensitive issue.

South Carolina's congressional delegation wants the site in Nevada opened to relieve the Savannah River site, which has been storing nuclear weapons waste. That made recent debate pronouncements by Romney, Perry and Texas Rep. Ron Paul against using the Nevada site hard to swallow for some South Carolina Republicans.

"It's got to go somewhere, and we can't wait for them to figure out where it's going to go," Republican Gov. Nikki Haley said. Voters "are going to want to know what their answers are to that."

In New Hampshire, candidates have had to weigh in on a right-to-work drive aimed at unions.

Romney has already voiced support, saying in an August stop in Claremont, N.H., that "people should have the choice of deciding whether or not they want to join a union and have union dues."

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Associated Press writers Steve Peoples in Concord, N.H., Jim Davenport in Columbia, S.C., Tom Beaumont in Des Moines, Iowa, and Philip Elliott in Fairfax, Va., contributed to this report.

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Turkey rescuers look for survivors at 4 buildings (AP)

ERCIS, Turkey ? Turkish rescue teams on Saturday were digging through the remains of four collapsed buildings in what the deputy prime minister said would be the final day of the search for survivors of a devastating earthquake six days ago.

The death toll in the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that also rattled parts of Iran and Armenia, increased to 582, of whom 455 were in the eastern city of Ercis. Close to 4,000 were injured and some 230 were brought out of the ruins alive, authorities said.

On Saturday, rescuers pulled the body of a 27-year-old female teacher from a crumbled building and continued drilling through the wreckage in search of two other missing people.

Turkan Ormanoglu waited outside wailing for her son, another teacher, believed to be trapped beneath, as hopes of finding more survivors were dimming.

"We want to keep our hopes up, but I don't know," rescuer Yilmaz Ersoy told The Associated Press then paused pensively. "There is no indication that he is alive, but we are working as though he is."

Missing teacher Tahir Ormanoglu's family rushed to Ercis from the southern city of Adana as soon as they heard that the 27-year-old was trapped inside a building and have been waiting outside since. At least three people were brought alive from the block of apartments earlier, including a 2-week-old baby.

"My kid, my kid, my kid," the mother cried, clutching and kissing a photo of her son as she watched the rescue operation from inside of a fire engine.

Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said rescue work was under way at four sites in Ercis but he expected it to end later in the day.

Some survivors, meanwhile, expressed frustration over an uneven quake relief response, even after foreign assistance began pouring in and the government said an initial shortage of tents had now largely been overcome.

Ishak Kartal, 73, traveled to Ercis with a young relative in search of tents to take back to his village of Ulupamir, population 7,000.

"We have four dead people. Not enough help has arrived," Kartal said. "We came to find some tents."

Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin said the government was making plans to house the homeless in temporary, prefabricated homes or container-style housing units within two months.

Turkey canceled parades and other ceremonies marking the 88th anniversary of the founding of the republic in respect of the dead while survivors said they didn't even realize it was a holiday.

"It doesn't feel like a holiday to us," said Bayram Ala. "We're in an earthquake zone. There are aftershocks every night."

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Associated Press writer Suzan Fraser in Ankara contributed.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111029/ap_on_re_eu/eu_turkey_quake

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The story behind the world's first cancer vaccine

The story behind the world's first cancer vaccineThe world's first vaccine designed to prevent cancer was not developed by a pharmaceutical company. Instead, its development was funded by public institutions on two continents, including three universities, and the U.S. National Cancer Institute. The vaccine prevents human papillomavirus (HPV), an ailment that can lead to deadly cervical cancer. HPV is spread through sexual contact, and 80% of males and females become infected during their lifetimes. But, thanks the to HPV vaccine, it doesn't have to be that way anymore.

How the HPV vaccine works

The HPV vaccine relies on virus-like particles (VLPs). The VLPs in the HPV vaccine share the same outer protein coat (L1) as human papillomavirus, however, the VLPs do lack the genetic material in HPV necessary to infect a human. The outer protein coat is the key to how the vaccine works. Thanks to the protein coat, the VLPs can assemble in the same way as HPV, and this structural similarity allows the components of the vaccine to produce an immune response without subjecting the patient to the virus in any way. It's not a neutered or dead form of the virus as in the influenza vaccine - it's no virus at all.

The story behind the world's first cancer vaccine3 schools, 4 research groups, & (at least) 4 patents

The creation of the HPV vaccine was an effort two decades in the making. Researchers at Georgetown University are credited with the dominant patent for the the HPV vaccine due to their initial background research, however, the Georgetown team never worked with the virus-like particles. The Georgetown University group showed that the native conformation (the normal form) of L1 protein coat was needed to allow virus-like particles to form.

The U.S. Patent Office also recognizes patent claims from the U.S. National Cancer Institute, the University of Queensland, and the University of Rochester. Researchers at the University of Queensland published data with two different types of protein coats, L1 and L2, and noted that these coats allowed the assembly of virus like particles, but these virus like particles were small and not correctly assembled. This finding pre-dated the Georgetown University publication, and has spurred some controversy concerning the dominant patent.

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute, a branch of the NIH separate and apart from universities, were the first to produce an active virus-like particle that produced an immune response in animals. The NCI researchers also determined that other researchers had been using a mutant of the major HPV L1 capsid, causing slight changes in the manner in which the VLPs formed, thus refining the process.

The University of Rochester team was responsible for the first studies showing an immune response in humans. The University of Queensland research was pioneered by Dr. Ian Frazer in Australia, and sold partial patents to Merck and an Australian company CSL Limited to finance their research and clinical trials. The teams at Georgetown University and the University of Rochester were funded through grants from the National Cancer Institute.

These four groups may not have worked jointly, however, their work (and possible academic rivalry) combined with public funding allowed for quick and efficient discovery and optimization of the VLPs, as most of the major research findings paving the way for the HPV vaccine occurred between 1991 and 1993.

The story behind the world's first cancer vaccineTwo versions of the vaccine

Gardisil, the first HPV vaccine on the market, is manufactured by Merck and protects against four different strains of HPV. This protection covers HPV-16 and HPV-18, with these causing 70% of cervical cancer cases, cases which kill as many as 300,000 women annually. HPV-16 has also been linked to oropharyngeal cancer. Gardisil also protects against HPV-6 and HPV-11, guarding against 90% of genital warts. Protection against general warts and a recent FDA statement showing Gardisil to prevent anal and oropharyngeal cancer has increased demand amongst both males and females.

Cervarix, produced by GlaxosmithKline and approved for use in the United States in 2009 after several years of use in other areas of the world, protects only against HPV-16 and HPV-18, and thus lacks protection against genital warts. Despite this lack of protection against the physical attributes of sexually transmitted disease, one recent National Cancer Institute study showed that two of the mandated three shots of Cervarix may be sufficient for protection. This is quite the finding, as the third dose is taken six months after the initial injection, and likely to be skipped by the patient. Additionally, Cevarix has been shown to be effective over 7 years after administration.

Arguing against the HPV Vaccine

The suggestion that boys and young men receive the HPV vaccine has been met with controversy. Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, recently stated his support for administering the vaccine to boys and young men, emphasizing how far basic research has come:

This is cancer, for Pete's sake [?] A vaccine against cancer was the dream of our youth.

You might not like shots, but it's hard to argue against getting the HPV vaccine. There is no dead or neutered virus involved - there is no genetic material in the vaccine at all. The HPV vaccine a great example of public funding and several universities putting the parts together quickly and saving many lives in the process.

Images courtesy of the World Health Organization, Medscape, and GlaxoSmithKline. Sources linked within article.

Source: http://io9.com/5853342/the-story-behind-the-worlds-first-cancer-vaccine

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Private Stock Transactions Up 73 Percent This Year On SecondMarket

SecondMarket - BuyersDespite a couple big-name companies like Groupon and Zynga lining up for IPOs, the demand for private company stock on alternative exchanges keeps rising. Private stock transactions on SecondMarket in the first three quarters of 2011 totaled $435 million, a 73 percent increase over the same period last year. In the third quarter alone, there were $167 million worth of transactions on SecondMarket, up 49 percent from the second quarter. Who is buying all of these shares? SecondMarket breaks it out in its third quarter report. Wealthy "accredited individuals" made up the largest share of buyers (63 percent by dollar amount), followed by asset managers (22.3 percent of transactions), hedge funds (7.8 percent), and venture capital funds (5.1 percent). VC funds became much more active on SecondMarket in the quarter, accounting for 17.5 percent of the transactions by number. Last quarter, VCs made up less than 1 percent of transactions (and only 0.2 percent by dollar amount).

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