Suu Kyi party launches Myanmar political comeback

NAYPYIDAW, 26, Nov, AFP

Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition took its first step towards a return to mainstream Myanmar politics Friday, days before a historic visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The National League for Democracy (NLD) applied to officially re-register as a political party — after boycotting last year’s much-criticised parliamentary election — amid signs of reform in a country long dominated by the military.

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Girls feel more anger, sadness than boys when friends offend

26, Nov. ScienceDaily

Girls may be sugar and spice, but “everything nice” takes a back seat when friends let them down. In a Duke University study out November 22, researchers found that pre-teen girls may not be any better at friendships than boys, despite previous research suggesting otherwise.

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Hope for muscle wasting disease

26, Nov. ScienceDaily

A health supplement used by bodybuilders could be the key to treating a life-threatening muscular dystrophy affecting hundreds of Australian children, new research shows. The amino acid L-tyrosine had a “rapid and dramatic impact” on Nemaline Myopathy (NM) in laboratory tests on mice, significantly improving symptoms of the muscle wasting disease, medical researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) found.

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