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CECs"></span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#396EB2'>CECs become misshapen (right) in the lead-up to a heart attack.<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![endif]></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=10 style='width:7.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:3.75pt'> <td colspan=2 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.75pt'></td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#396EB2'>Blood test could alert doctors to a looming heart attack</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#396EB2'> <br> <br> An experimental blood test developed by Scripps Research investigators could give people up to two weeks' notice if they are at serious risk for a heart attack. Heart disease kills nearly 600,000 people a year in the U.S., many of whom experienced chest pains in the weeks before their heart attack. <br> <br> <a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=cvKXKeNRIkIYJ8N1F&amp;s=eeKRIROsHdIDJMOrHmH&amp;m=fvKVKeOULkKWLjI" href_cetemp="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=cvKXKeNRIkIYJ8N1F&amp;s=eeKRIROsHdIDJMOrHmH&amp;m=fvKVKeOULkKWLjI"><b><span style='color:#396EB2'>If the test proves reliable, it may give doctors the ability to intervene, potentially preventing life-threatening heart attacks.</span></b></a> <br> <br> &quot;The ability to diagnose an imminent heart attack has long been considered the holy grail of cardiovascular medicine,&quot; said Eric <span class=SpellE>Topol</span>, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute. <br> <br> <a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=5eIJKTOpHdLKLOMAE&amp;s=eeKRIROsHdIDJMOrHmH&amp;m=fvKVKeOULkKWLjI" href_cetemp="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=5eIJKTOpHdLKLOMAE&amp;s=eeKRIROsHdIDJMOrHmH&amp;m=fvKVKeOULkKWLjI"><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#396EB2'>Read More »</span></strong></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; 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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#396EB2'>Milestones in Medical Science: </span></b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11;height:7.5pt'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:7.5pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right style='mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-table-lspace:2.25pt;mso-table-rspace:2.25pt;mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-table-left:right; mso-table-top:middle;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=10 style='width:7.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td> <td width=120 style='width:1.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=8rKPL2PBJgKQJYONG&amp;s=eeKRIROsHdIDJMOrHmH&amp;m=fvKVKeOULkKWLjI" href_cetemp="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=8rKPL2PBJgKQJYONG&amp;s=eeKRIROsHdIDJMOrHmH&amp;m=fvKVKeOULkKWLjI"><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-no-proof:yes; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=140 height=190 id="_x0000_i1034" src="http://www.kintera.org/atf/account106289/images/mayfordmark.jpg" alt="Description: Mark Mayford"></span></a><span style='font-size: 7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#396EB2'>Associate Professor Mark <span class=SpellE>Mayford</span></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:3.75pt'> <td colspan=2 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.75pt'></td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#396EB2'>Hints for rewiring memory</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#396EB2'><br> <br> Hollywood blockbusters like <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Inception</span></em>, <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</span></em>, <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Memento</span></em>, and even <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Men in Black</span></em>, in which people are able to tinker with memory, may be closer to reality than even their creators could have imagined. <br> <br> In a groundbreaking study by Scripps Research neuroscientist Mark <span class=SpellE>Mayford</span>, scientists were able to turn mice s memories partially on and off using a chemical. <br> <br> <a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=buLVIbMNLjJWL8N0E&amp;s=eeKRIROsHdIDJMOrHmH&amp;m=fvKVKeOULkKWLjI" href_cetemp="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=buLVIbMNLjJWL8N0E&amp;s=eeKRIROsHdIDJMOrHmH&amp;m=fvKVKeOULkKWLjI"><b><span style='color:#396EB2'>While the concept may sound sci-fi, its implications for people with conditions like schizophrenia or post-traumatic stress disorder are very real.</span></b></a> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=4nJHIQOlFcIIIOMzD&amp;s=eeKRIROsHdIDJMOrHmH&amp;m=fvKVKeOULkKWLjI" href_cetemp="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=4nJHIQOlFcIIIOMzD&amp;s=eeKRIROsHdIDJMOrHmH&amp;m=fvKVKeOULkKWLjI"><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#396EB2'>Read More »</span></strong></a></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13;height:7.5pt'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:7.5pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; 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color:#396EB2'>Modulating the body's internal clock to prompt weight loss</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#396EB2'> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=atITK8MJKiKUI8OZE&amp;s=eeKRIROsHdIDJMOrHmH&amp;m=fvKVKeOULkKWLjI" href_cetemp="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=atITK8MJKiKUI8OZE&amp;s=eeKRIROsHdIDJMOrHmH&amp;m=fvKVKeOULkKWLjI"><b><span style='color:#396EB2'>Drugs that tinker with the brain's biological clock could not only help fight jet lag, but also address obesity, diabetes, and high cholesterol, new research from Scripps Florida suggests.</span></b></a> <br> <br> Scientists have developed a compound that affects the circadian rhythms of mice in a way that causes them to lose weight, even when eating a high-fat, high-sugar diet. <br> <br> &quot;The idea behind this research is that our circadian rhythms are coupled with metabolic processes and that you can modulate them pharmacologically,&quot; 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