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Scientists in Israel have come up with a way to target cancer without damaging healthy cells. Two researchers at Tel Aviv University developed a nano-vehicle that carries tiny particles of chemotherapy drugs through the body. The drugs are released when the nano-vehicle comes into direct contact with cancer cells. Dr. Dan Peer of Tel Aviv University's Department of Cell Research and Immunology and the Center for Nano Science and Nano Technology and Professor Rimona Margalit of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology invented the tumor-targeting device. "The vehicle is very similar to a cluster bomb," explains Peer. A sugar...

The discovery of an Iraqi artillery shell armed with nerve gas has the liberal community and mass media in a panic. The 155mm nerve gas shell was rigged to kill U.S. troops but it failed. U.S. Brig. General Mark Kimmitt confirmed the discovery during a news conference in Baghdad. Yet, the discovery of nerve gas was followed by a second revelation. A second shell, equipped with mustard gas was found two weeks ago. The mustard gas shell identified by the special WMD inspection team in Iraq appears to be one of 550 declared by Saddam to U.N. inspectors during the...