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Two patients with inoperable prostate cancer have made dramatic recoveries after receiving one dose of an experimental drug that is creating excitement among cancer specialists. The results were so startling that researchers decided to release details of the two cases before the drug trial - in which the patients took part - was complete. Doctors said their progress had exceeded all expectations. The men were treated at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota in the US, one of the top medical centres in the world. Dr Eugene Kwon, the urologist who was in charge of their treatment, compared the results to the first pilot breaking the sound barrier. "This is one of the Holy Grails of prostate cancer research. We have been looking for this for years," he said. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men - 34,000 new cases and more than 10,000 deaths are reported each year in Britain, where rates of its occurrence have tripled in the past 30 years, mainly due to improved detection. The US has the highest incidence of the disease.
Two patients with inoperable prostate cancer have made dramatic recoveries after receiving one dose of an experimental drug that is creating excitement among cancer specialists.
The results were so startling that researchers decided to release details of the two cases before the drug trial - in which the patients took part - was complete. Doctors said their progress had exceeded all expectations. The men were treated at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota in the US, one of the top medical centres in the world.
Dr Eugene Kwon, the urologist who was in charge of their treatment, compared the results to the first pilot breaking the sound barrier.
"This is one of the Holy Grails of prostate cancer research. We have been looking for this for years," he said.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men - 34,000 new cases and more than 10,000 deaths are reported each year in Britain, where rates of its occurrence have tripled in the past 30 years, mainly due to improved detection. The US has the highest incidence of the disease.
All it does is raise false hopes cos even with an accelerated research programme this won't hit the shelves for a decade. keep to the Fen Causeway
The long-awaited Acropolis Museum in Athens has been opened.The modern glass and concrete building, at the foot of the ancient Acropolis, houses sculptures from the golden age of Athenian democracy. The £110m ($182m; 130m euros) structure also offers panoramic views of the stone citadel where they came from. Culture minister Antonis Samaras said he hoped it would be the "catalyst" for the return of the Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum. Some of the sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, originally decorated the Parthenon temple and have been in London since they were sold to the museum in 1817.
The long-awaited Acropolis Museum in Athens has been opened.
The modern glass and concrete building, at the foot of the ancient Acropolis, houses sculptures from the golden age of Athenian democracy.
The £110m ($182m; 130m euros) structure also offers panoramic views of the stone citadel where they came from.
Culture minister Antonis Samaras said he hoped it would be the "catalyst" for the return of the Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum.
Some of the sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, originally decorated the Parthenon temple and have been in London since they were sold to the museum in 1817.
But it's not in my gift. keep to the Fen Causeway
Three centuries after Peter the Great, the Russians are coming to Amsterdam again. On the east bank of the Amstel river, to which Amsterdam owes its name, a dependency of the famous St. Petersburg Hermitage opens this Friday. The 17th century nursing home Amstelhof has been converted into a modern, light 9000-square-metres museum in the space of two years; it will soon house permanent exhibitions from Russia. The Amsterdam Hermitage can loan anything from the St. Petersburg motherhouse, as long as its shows do not compete with the collections of museums already established in Amsterdam. That means no Rembrandts or other Dutch Masters owned by the Russian state museum will be on display at the Amsterdam Hermitage. "When the idea started to take shape, I visited my colleagues at the Rijksmuseum, the Stedelijk [museum for modern art], the Amsterdam Historic museum, the Van Gogh and the maritime museum to explain that we would only host exhibitions that are complementary to what the Dutch museums own," says Ernst Veen, the director of the Hermitage on the Amstel. "But the Hermitage has three million art objects, so there will be plenty to show."
The 17th century nursing home Amstelhof has been converted into a modern, light 9000-square-metres museum in the space of two years; it will soon house permanent exhibitions from Russia. The Amsterdam Hermitage can loan anything from the St. Petersburg motherhouse, as long as its shows do not compete with the collections of museums already established in Amsterdam. That means no Rembrandts or other Dutch Masters owned by the Russian state museum will be on display at the Amsterdam Hermitage.
"When the idea started to take shape, I visited my colleagues at the Rijksmuseum, the Stedelijk [museum for modern art], the Amsterdam Historic museum, the Van Gogh and the maritime museum to explain that we would only host exhibitions that are complementary to what the Dutch museums own," says Ernst Veen, the director of the Hermitage on the Amstel. "But the Hermitage has three million art objects, so there will be plenty to show."
There are many ways to get a Turkish man to show his love for his wife. You can force him to stand in Istanbul's Taksim Square with a sign saying: "I cheated and I'm sorry." You can make him declare his love for his wife through a megaphone, on a boat, in front of a packed yacht harbour. Or you can simply make him get on his knees and say: "Honey, I love you." All three cases were recorded by four TV cameras and broadcast to millions of Turkish viewers, enabling them to witness at first hand what a good Turkish husband looks like.
There are many ways to get a Turkish man to show his love for his wife.
You can force him to stand in Istanbul's Taksim Square with a sign saying: "I cheated and I'm sorry." You can make him declare his love for his wife through a megaphone, on a boat, in front of a packed yacht harbour. Or you can simply make him get on his knees and say: "Honey, I love you."
All three cases were recorded by four TV cameras and broadcast to millions of Turkish viewers, enabling them to witness at first hand what a good Turkish husband looks like.
