The Suburbanettes are atop the baton twirling world again. The Chelmsford-based club clinched the Twirl Mania International Championship, winning eight first places, in Walt Disney World in Florida.
Cancer, caused by abnormal overgrowth of cells, is the second-leading cause of death in the world. Researchers from the Salk Institute have zeroed in on specific mechanisms that activate oncogenes, which are altered genes that can cause normal cells to become cancer cells.