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Eco-roofs growing into urban role in Portland
The Vanport Building at Portland State University has an eco-roof and solar panels. These features often compete for rooftop space. (courtesy of Mayer/Reed)
As green roofs proliferate atop new buildings in Portland, landscape architects are learning lessons about what works and what doesn’t.
In July 2020, the
Portland City Council adopted the
Central City 2035 plan. Among sweeping changes to the zoning code, new rules require eco-roofs atop buildings of 20,000 square feet or more in commercial zones within the Central City.
Eco-roofs aren’t exactly new, but their widespread adoption is. The city required its own large-scale buildings to have eco-roofs beginning in 2015.
Cancer researchers say they have established a new, life-extending treatment option for men with prostate cancer that has spread and become resistant to hormone therapy.
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A new blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer in a single blood draw is now available in the United States with a prescription.
And it’s all thanks to a biotech firm with strong ties to the Triangle.
The test, called Galleri, is developed by the California-based biotech firm GRAIL, which is building a manufacturing facility in Research Triangle Park.
With a list price of $949, it’s being hailed as “groundbreaking.”
“Finding cancer early, when treatment is more likely to be successful, is one of the most significant opportunities we have to reduce the burden of cancer,” said Joshua Ofman, M.D., chief medical officer and head of external affairs at GRAIL.
A new kind of prostate cancer treatment tested at Oregon Health & Science University combines a targeting compound with a radioactive isotope to irradiate and kill cancer cells, sparing most normal tissues.