New Treatment Boosts Cancer Vaccine

The first clinical trials of a new type of cancer treatment that releases the “brakes” on immune cells indicate that this approach enhances attacks on tumors while sparing the body's own tissue.

The results of the phase I clinical trials of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 blockade therapy were published online on April 1, 2003, in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . The researchers involved in the study included James Allison , a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at the University of California, Berkeley, Glenn Dranoff, Steven Hodi and colleagues from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

“The beauty of this treatment is that the antibodies by themselves are benign. After they clear from the system, immune regulation returns to normal.”
James P. Allison

"Well, the problem how strong our body is"

No.1 T.V. Earners

It may be the small screen, but these stars are making big bucks on TV. TV Guide released a list of the highest paid TV stars, broken down into categories -- among them television salaries overall, network prime-time per episode, daytime salaries and news anchors salaries. Check out who's cashing in on TV.

Oprah Winfrey ($260 million per year)

Mogul Oprah Winfrey is like the media Energizer bunny -- and her salary keeps going and going accordingly. With a self-titled magazine and talk show under her belt, one can only imagine that her own T.V. network wouldn't be far-off.
(Charles Rex Arbogast/ AP Photo )

Intel Eee PC Laptop $199-$299

Intel has joined hands with ASUSTek to introduce an array of low-cost portable, which includes a laptop that would be priced at $200, especially for use in developing countries.


The announcement of this revolutionary notebook dubbed ‘Eee PC’ was made at Computex 2007. This tiny full featured low-end laptop could well become part of the ‘OLPC’ Project.

To showcase the Eee PC, Jonney Shih, chairman and chief executive, ASUS, was invited to announce the low-cost laptop, which has been designed to help spread computing to poorer regions of the world.

In case you are wondering, the three Es in the Eee PC stand for Easy to Learn, work, play; Excellent Internet experience and Excellent mobile computing experience.

The new Eee PC laptop, which costs just $200 aims to provide access to knowledge and modern forms of education to people in developing countries. Thus, Intel has named it as a “World Ahead” initiative.

According to Sean Maloney, executive vice president at Intel and chief marketing and sales officer, “It will give people the chance to access the Internet and share in the 21st century opportunity.”

# Listed below are the features of the $200 Eee PC laptop: Display: 7-inches
# CPU & Chipset: Intel Mobile CPU and Chipset
# OS: Microsoft Windows XP/ Linux compatible
# Communication: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet; 56K modem
# WLAN: WiFi 802.11b/g
# Graphic: Intel UMA
# Memory: 512MB, DDR2-400
# Storage: 4/8/16GB Flash
# Webcam: 300K pixel video camera
# Audio: High-definition Audio CODECD; Built-in stereo speaker; Built-in microphone
# Battery Life: 3 hours (4 cells: 5200mAh, 2S2P)
# Dimension & Weight: 22.5 x 16.5 x 2.1-3.5cm, 0.89kg

The Eee PC Laptop will be available sometime later this year and the cost is expected to range from $199 to $299 depending on the feature set. Intel said it hoped to ship about 200,000 of the notebooks this year after production begins later this summer.

*Great news ^^ I want to get one as well.

Ebay's coming to Vietnam

That's a great news! From joining in WTO, Vietnam become an impressive aim of the world.

Unfortunately, The Vietnamese are still familiar with cash instead of credit card. Consequently, Paypal - the famous way to trade in the world - is a big block for those who want to do their businesses on Internet through Ebay.