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Jets quarterback Mike White opened his first NFL start by completing 11 straight passes, but two of the next two throws didn’t turn out as well. White’s pass bounced off Jamison Crowder‘s hands and Bengals safety Jessie Bates picked it off. He returned the ball to the Jets’ 1-yard-line and it looked like the Jets’ […]
The journal Oncotarget has published “Pim kinase inhibitor co-treatment decreases alternative non-homologous end-joining DNA repair and genomic instability induced by topoisomerase 2 inhibitors in cells with FLT3 internal tandem duplication” which reported that the serine/threonine kinase Pim-1 is upregulated downstream of FLT3-ITD, and inhibiting Pim increases topoisomerase 2 inhibitor chemotherapy drug induction of DNA DSBs […]
Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE)-owned Skoda Auto said on Monday it will make about a quarter of a million fewer cars than anticipated this year due to a shortage of semiconductor chips. It said it expected the chip shortage to stabilise this quarter and gradually ease in the second half of 2022. Carmakers globally have taken sharp output […]
As anticipation mounts for Valve’s Steam Deck, the company will be offering a better look at various aspects of the device next week. One area that will be focused on during an upcoming virtual conference is a closer inspection of the handheld gaming console’s AMD APU. Valve will host a free, one-day online event on […]
Firefighters in Michigan teamed up with water department workers and animal control officers to rescue a dog that fell to the bottom of a cement sewer basin. The Allen Park Fire Department said in a Facebook post that crews responded alongside personnel from the Allen Park Water and Sewer Department and animal control officers when […]
Jonathan Taylor is second in the NFL in rushing, well behind Derrick Henry, but Taylor is off to a good start today against Henry’s Titans. Taylor had a catch-and-run for 37 yards on the first play from scrimmage, getting Indianapolis off to a good start. He also had four carries for 24 yards in the […]
A new Health Affairs study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers raises questions about the long-term benefit and value of the so-called Medicare “Two-Midnight Rule” implemented in 2013 to reduce costly and potentially unnecessary inpatient hospital admissions. Led by Sabrina Poon, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, and Melinda Buntin, […]
changed its name last week to Meta Platforms Inc to signal its focus on the metaverse, which it thinks will be the successor to the mobile internet. The metaverse broadly refers to the idea of a shared virtual platform that people can access through different devices and where they can move through digital environments. Well […]
Yahoo was a pioneer of the early Internet, getting its start way back in 1994. By 2000, it had become the most popular website in the world but lost significant market share to Google by the late 2000s. The company attempted to reinvent itself multiple times but hasn’t been a major influencer in the field […]
Wildlife officers in Colorado rescued a deer found with its antlers entangled in a resident’s badminton net. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said officers were dispatched to an address in Evergreen, where two bucks were found with their antlers caught in the net. One of the bucks was able to free itself before officers arrived, but […]