http://matzav.com Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:29:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en U.S. researchers have developed tiny nanoparticle robots that can travel through a patient’s blood and into tumors where they deliver a therapy that turns off an important cancer gene. The finding, reported in the journal Nature today, offers early proof that a new treatment approach called RNA interference or RNAi might work in people. RNA stands for [...]]]> http://matzav.com/researchers-make-robots-that-travel-in-blood-treat-cancer Iran’s supreme leader sharply denounced the United States today, accusing it of plotting to overthrow its clerical leadership, in a chilly response to an overture by President Barack Obama for better cultural ties with Iran.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei did not outright reject Obama’s offer, saying Iran would keep an eye on Washington’s intentions. But the supreme [...]]]> http://matzav.com/khamenei-us-trying-to-overthrow-iranian-government President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet Tuesday in a bid to quell a diplomatic row that has left the U.S.-Israeli relationship at its lowest point in decades.Mr. Netanyahu paved the way for the White House visit, said U.S. and Israeli officials, by offering Washington a series of concessions aimed at [...]]]> http://matzav.com/obama-netanyahu-to-meet-in-washington-tuesday By Dan Perrin According to the strongest pro-life lobby, Right to Life: “a vote for the Senate-passed health bill (H.R. 3590) is a vote for the most expansively pro-abortion legislation ever to come before the House of Representatives” - since Roe v. Wade. However, Right to Life is allowing Representatives to make their Yes or No decision about [...]]]> http://matzav.com/obamacare-will-kill-millions-of-babies The Israeli government passed at least 21 bills aimed at discriminating against the country’s Arab citizens making the current Knesset as being the most racist Israeli parliament since the country’s founding, according to a report released today by civil rights groups. The Coalition Against Racism and the Mossawa Center, which works to promote equality, claimed that [...]]]> http://matzav.com/civil-rights-groups-current-knesset-is-the-most-racist-in-israeli-history By Dan Balz As the final round of the battle over health-care reform begins today, President Obama and the Democrats are in reach of a historic legislative achievement that has eluded presidents dating back a century. The question is at what cost. By almost any measure, enactment of comprehensive health-care legislation would rank as one of the [...]]]> http://matzav.com/analysis-historic-win-or-not-democrats-could-pay-a-price NBC New York reports: Defense attorneys say an alleged plot to bomb New York synagogues was hatched and directed by a federal informant. Lawyers for four men from Newburgh have filed a motion to dismiss the terror indictment against them. They said the informant badgered the defendants until they got involved in the plot. They said the informant [...]]]> http://matzav.com/ny-shul-bomb-suspects-the-feds-put-us-up-to-it After a long struggle and widespread opposition, Israeli Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman construction plans for a relocated, fortified emergency room at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon were approved.   The plan, whose price tag is notably higher than originally planned and will take longer to carry out, was passed by a slim majority of 11 [...]]]> http://matzav.com/as-per-rav-elyashivs-psak-litzman-has-ashkelon-emergency-room-relocated New York City drivers are now getting a little bit of grace. A new law is now in effect that gives drivers a five-minute grace period in some parking zones. The new law started today. The City Council passed the law last year over the veto of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It gives a five-minute grace period in [...]]]> http://matzav.com/5-min-parking-grace-period-goes-into-effect-in-nyc It’s perfectly simple - the heavier the smoker, the lower his IQ - a straightforward Israeli study finds that it’s the people with lower IQs who tend to smoke.We generally think that people who smoke despite numerous health warnings and the increased risk of cancer do so because of social and economic reasons. Perhaps it’s [...]]]> http://matzav.com/smoking-linked-to-lower-iq