Apoptosis is regarded as the major mode of cell death in cancer and
should therefore be considered as a potential target when developing
new antineoplastic drugs. An increasing number of companies are doing
so, and we anticipate that this approach will pay substantial
dividends, both therapeutically and commercially.

Final criteria for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease -- for clinical
purposes and for recruiting trial participants -- have been issued by
the National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association,
tweaking draft versions released last summer.

Although the new guidelines are intended to update a previous set
developed 27 years ago, they are little changed when it comes to
diagnosing patients in routine practice.

Lyme disease cases increased 35 percent in 2010, and state health
officials are urging people to take precautions against tick bites as
warm spring weather triggers more “blacklegged” or “deer” tick activity.Infected blacklegged ticks can carry Lyme disease and other tick-borne
diseases including anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, and babesiosis.Lyme disease cases totaled 3,495 in 2010 compared with 2,587 cases in
2009, according to Dr. Henry Anderson, a state health officer.