Charity News from Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004New way to lock DNA-slicing enzyme onto chromosomes could lead to novel anti-cancer drugsSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC) | Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered a new way that an enzyme crucial to the cell's ability to decode genes and duplicate chromosomes can be turned into a poison inside cancer cells. St. Jude study finds direct link between CBP gene and lymphoma St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC) | Inactivation of the gene CBP in certain immature white blood cells of mice causes lymphoma, a type of cancer also found in humans. The cancer is accompanied by changes in the expression of specific genes associated with development of the disease. New Study Shows Need For Quick Alzheimer Test Alzheimer's Association | A new study in the journal Neurology highlights ongoing efforts to find a quick, easy-to-administer test for Alzheimer's disease, and the need for added physician emphasis on early detection and diagnosis, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Hunger Awareness Day Leaders Plan Strategy America's Second Harvest | Planning for the third annual National Hunger Awareness Day on June 3, 2004 is underway. As the scope and breadth of the hunger-relief movement has grown, the need for a national planning structure became increasingly important.
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