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Submission + - SPAM: Is a $72.5m opening weekend enough for Star Trek? 1

brumgrunt writes: "At first glance, JJ Abrams' Star Trek has won over audiences as well as critics as it stormed to a $72.5m US opening weekend. However, Den Of Geek sounds a note of caution. Can it hold an audience for a second week? How do its numbers stack up? And as Wolverine looks like its struggling to reach $200m off an $85m opening weekend, is Star Trek yet the huge hit blockbuster that some of the headlines are suggesting? [spam URL stripped]"
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Medicine

Submission + - New study finds the flu virus 'paralyzes' immune s (examiner.com) 1

mmmscience writes: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-1242-Science-News-Examiner~y2009m5d5-New-study-finds-the-flu-virus-paralyzes-immune-system A study coming out of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has found that the influenza virus manages to dysregulate the immune system, allowing other infections to thrive in the body. This discovery, coming at an opportune time as the world battles the new H1N1 flu outbreak, may be the first step in understanding why the flu can cause such high mortality rates in normally healthy individuals.

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