Send questions about the office, money, careers, beard oil and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, even if you want them withheld. Letters may be edited. Just for Men Every winter, many of the men in my office grow beards. One of my direct reports has been doing so for the seven…
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To its hungry patrons, the business of Luke’s Lobster looks uncomplicated: Seating in its restaurants, called shacks, consists of a handful of reclaimed-wood tables, and the menu features little more than seafood rolls, chowders and chips. Yet Luke’s involves a vast and vertically integrated crustacean operation. Based in Brooklyn and Saco, Maine, the company buys…
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Image Starfish, an opossum, has nearly a quarter-million followers on Facebook and Instagram.CreditGray Chapman Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. The reporter Gray Chapman was already endeared to opossums when she first spotted the pointy-faced, small-handed marsupials in her social media…
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Spring is not that far away anymore and although it is still freezing cold in some parts of the country, things will begin to warm up in a few weeks’ time, as spring slowly begins to make its way into the Northern Hemisphere. As a cooking enthusiast, we should all be ready to welcome the…
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— Scientists looked for early detection method for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) — Plasma proteins of NAFLD patients were analyzed by mass spectrometry — Six proteins were detected in the blood associated with the early stages of NAFLD — Protein PIGR identified as candidate biomarker for liver damage tests One in four people in…
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The European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) registry has been qualified by EMA as a suitable platform for the collection of data for post-authorisation safety surveillance studies. The registry is now considered suitable to perform pharmacoepidemiological studies for regulatory purposes, concerning Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy used in the treatment of haematological…
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Bristol, February 28th 2019 — New research* suggests that toxicants of notable public health interest are substantially reduced in the aerosol from our heated tobacco product (HTP) prototype, compared to smoke from a standard reference cigarette. HTPs generate a nicotine-containing aerosol with a tobacco taste through the heating of tobacco via an electrical device. The…
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IMAGE: Control of the activity of individual worm neurons through two-photon stimulation. In the image, a neuron in the tail of the worm (enlarged square region) is stimulated with pulses of… view more Credit: Montserrat Porta, Aida Garrido. Having absolute control of the activity of a molecule in an organism. Deciding when, where and how a…
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IMAGE: Rice University graduate student Joseph Massey sets up an experiment to study the WNT signaling pathway in developing cell lines. The pathway plays a central role in cell differentiation as… view more Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON — (March 1, 2019) — How cells in developing embryos communicate depends a great deal on context, according…
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ANN ARBOR, Michigan — Chemotherapy drugs are lifesaving to cancer patients, but these toxic drugs are hazardous to the health care workers who come into contact with them. Despite the risks, many health care workers do not use recommended personal protective equipment such as gloves or gowns when handling chemotherapy. A study from the University…
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