sábado, 26 de marzo de 2011

En este día...


ON THIS DAY

March 26

On March 26, 1979, the Camp David peace treaty was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the White House.
On March 26, 1874, Robert Frost, the American writer who received three Pulitzer Prizes for his poetry, was born. Following his death on Jan. 29, 1963, his obituary appeared in The Times.

On This Date

1827Composer Ludwig van Beethoven died in Vienna, Austria, at age 56.
1874Poet Robert Frost was born in San Francisco.
1885The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co. of Rochester, N.Y., manufactured the first commercial motion picture film.
1892Poet Walt Whitman died at age 72.
1911Playwright Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Miss.
1917The Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. team to win the Stanley Cup as they defeated the Montreal Canadiens.
1964The musical "Funny Girl," starring Barbra Streisand, opened on Broadway.
1971East Pakistan proclaimed its independence, taking the name Bangladesh.
1992A judge in Indianapolis sentenced former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson to six years in prison for raping a Miss Black America contestant.
1997The bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate techno-religious cult who had committed suicide were found inside a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
1999Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder for giving a lethal injection to an ailing man whose death was shown on "60 Minutes."
2000Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia.
2002Arthur Andersen chief executive Joseph Berardino resigned, bowing to mounting pressure as a result of the accounting firm's role in the Enron scandal.
2003Former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., died at age 76.

Current Birthdays

Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., turns 71 years old today.
AP Photo/Harry Hamburg
James Caan, Actor
Actor James Caan turns 71 years old today.
AP Photo/Dan Steinberg
1925Pierre Boulez, Conductor, composer, turns 86
1930Sandra Day O'Connor, Former Supreme Court justice, turns 81
1931Leonard Nimoy, Actor ("Star Trek"), turns 80
1934Alan Arkin, Actor, turns 77
1942Erica Jong, Author, turns 69
1943Bob Woodward, Journalist, turns 68
1944Diana Ross, Singer, turns 67
1948Steven Tyler, Rock singer (Aerosmith), turns 63
1949Vicki Lawrence, Singer, actress, turns 62
1950Martin Short, Actor, comedian, turns 61
1953Lincoln Chafee, Former U.S. senator, R-R.I., turns 58
1953Elaine Chao, Former secretary of labor, turns 58
1957Leeza Gibbons, TV personality, turns 54
1960Marcus Allen, Football Hall of Famer, turns 51
1960Jennifer Grey, Actress ("Dirty Dancing"), turns 51
1960Jon Huntsman Jr., Governor of Utah, turns 51
1962John Stockton, Basketball player, turns 49
1966Michael Imperioli, Actor ("The Sopranos"), turns 45
1968Kenny Chesney, Country singer, turns 43
1976Amy Smart, Actress, turns 35
1985Keira Knightley, Actress, turns 26

Historic Birthdays

88Herman Haupt 3/26/1817 - 12/14/1905
American civil engineer and inventor
48Edward Bellamy 3/26/1850 - 5/22/1898
American writer
77A. E. Housman 3/26/1859 - 4/30/1936
English scholar and poet
90Syngman Rhee 3/26/1875 - 7/19/1965
First president of the Republic of Korea (South Korea)
86Othmar Ammann 3/26/1879 - 9/22/1965
Swiss-born American engineer and designer of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
71Palmiro Togliatti 3/26/1893 - 8/21/1964
Italian politician who led the Italian Communist Party for nearly40 years
84James Conant 3/26/1893 - 2/11/1978
American educator and scientist
83Joseph Campbell 3/26/1904 - 10/31/1987
American editor and author of many works on mythology
71Tennessee Williams 3/26/1911 - 2/25/1983
American dramatist and author

La FDA aprueba la primera droga para extender la vida de los pacientes con melanoma


La FDA aprueba la primera droga para extender la vida de los pacientes con melanoma

La agencia estadounidense para el control de medicamentos aprobó una droga inyectable para combatir uno de las formas más letales del cáncer

por AP - 26/03/2011 - 16:21
Una revolución es lo que promete la comercialización en Estados Unidos del medicamento Yervoy, que será parte del tratamiento para prologar la vida de los enfermos con cáncer de piel avanzado. 

El producto, creado por el laboratorio Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., ha sido aprobado por la FDA a 13 años de la aparición del último de los dos tratamientos disponibles para tratar el melanoma avanzado. Ninguno de ellos había demostrado extender significativamente la vida de estos pacientes.

Conocida químicamente como Ipilimumab, la droga sólo ha funcionado en un pequeño segmento de pacientes estudiados, quienes llegaron a vivir 10 meses más que aquellos que habían recibido las medicinas disponibles hasta ahora. Pero a pesar de estos resultados, los expertos señalan que este adelanto es un hito en el tratamiento del melanoma, que suele no responder a la terapia.

La Ipilimumab es parte de un grupo de medicinas dirigidas al tratamiento del cáncer, que hace que el sistema inmune combata el cáncer en vez de tratar de contrarrestar la enfermedad con químicos externos, como los que usa la quimioterapia. La droga funciona bloqueando una molécula ligada al melanoma, llamada CTLA-4, que interfiere con la actividad protectora de los glóbulos blancos. Cuando la molécula está bloqueada, las células se comportan normalmente y ayudan a luchar contra el cáncer.

El precio del medicamento, según el mismo laboratorio, será revelado próximamente.

Travel


A Paris Farewell

The Seine divides Paris into left and right banks.
Julien Goldstein for The New York Times
The Seine divides Paris into left and right banks.
Guidebooks divide Paris into the Left Bank and the Right Bank. But living there revealed a city split along a new axis: the edgy east and the refined west.
PRACTICAL TRAVELER

Plane Tickets: Buy Early or Wait?

When airfares rise, should you buy now or wait and take your chances? It depends on when and where you’re going, fare-watchers say.
36 HOURS
From left The conservatory in Volunteer Park; the Center for Wooden Boats, where you can rent a rowboat or sailboat; at Sitka & Spruce, the chef and owner, Matthew Dillon.

36 Hours in Seattle

Seemingly overnight, whole swaths of downtown and nearby neighborhoods — notably South Lake Union and the Pike-Pine Corridor — have transformed themselves into enclaves of restaurants, bars and galleries.
 The dig at Ashkelon, Israel.

In Israel, Treasures for Those Willing to Dig

An archeological site in Israel is unusually forthcoming with artifacts, for those willing to hunt for them.
Launching a balsawood plane from the Astoria Column, which has bas-relief pictorials illustrating Astoria's history as a former fishing and shipping center.

Astoria, Oregon, Discovers a Waterfront Chic

Two hours from Portland, this Columbia River town is celebrating its bicentennial year, along with its history as a former fishing center.
Daily life goes on in Panajachel, near Lake Atitlán.

Guatemala, Trekking in the Highlands

Seventeen years after his first visit to Guatemala, a writer returns to explore the still-untrodden Maya highlands.
Visitors watching a sunset from the enclosed observation area of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.

In Dubai, a View From the Burj Khalifa

Braving the wind — and soaking up the views — from the top of the world’s tallest building.
The Media One’s blue mosaic pool.

Hotel Review: Media One Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

With its cool contemporary décor and smorgasbord of amenities, Media One Hotel offers one of the most comfortable and complete hotel experiences in Dubai for its moderate price range.

SLIDE SHOW: Hidden Design In Stockholm

The best places for original wares in Sweden’s capital are located along the broad boulevards north of the city center in Vasastan.

Restaurant Review: The Inn at Dos Brisas, Washington, Tex.

Craig Shelton takes over this acclaimed restaurant an hour from Houston, combining classical French cooking with cutting-edge culinary techniques.