March 2009

An enzyme behind cancer spread found

| | Science

This is interesting. If blocking this single enzyme does stop cancer metastasis then it’ll be a real breakthrough. AS long as the cancer is found early before it can spread of course. Which is why you need to get anything suspicious checked out as early as possible. False alarms and wasted trips to the doctor are better than the alternative.

Institute of Cancer Research scientists have found that an enzyme called LOX is crucial in promoting metastasis, Cancer Cell journal reports.
Drugs to block this enzyme’s action could keep cancer at bay, they hope.

More info at: BBC NEWS | Health | Enzyme behind cancer spread found

More good music from Sweden

| | General

I don’t know why, but there are lots of bands and lots of music from Sweden that I really like. For example: The Knife, The Concretes, Taken By Trees, Nina Kinert, Jenny Wilson, Jose Gonsalez, The Cardigans, and probably others I can’t recall at the minute.

Two new albums dropped recently from a couple of them. Jenny Wilson released a new solo album. Her 2nd. It’s called Hardships! It’s not as easily accessible as her first album. I haven’t listened to the new one as much as I would have done if there hadn’t also been a new solo release from Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife. It’s called Fever Ray and is released under that band name as well. It’s brilliant. If you like The Knife you’ll love Fever Ray.

The tracks Seven, Now is the Only Time I Know, Triangle Walks and Keep The Streets Empty For Me are especially good.

[Edited on 8th April 2024 to use Songwhip links and also remove embedded Vimeo videos.]

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