dissabte, 20 de desembre del 2008

dimecres, 10 de desembre del 2008

(NEW).

HOPES RAISED ON HIV IMMUNE BOOST.

Scientists believe successful tests in monkeys could prove a new type of drug to combat HIV.

The journal Nature reports infected animals survived almost twice as long after a single treatment to raise immune response to the virus. An independent expert said multiple doses were possible, and might eliminate the virus. Current antiretroviral drugs must be taken for life, giving HIV the opportunity to build up resistance. Although millions of people without HIV can't currently receive them, modern antiretroviral drugs have transformed the life expectancy of people with the infection. However, scientists are constantly looking for alternative ways to keep the virus in check. One option is being tested in the US on macaque monkeys infected with "simian immunodeficiency virus" - their equivalent of HIV. One of the features of HIV is its ability to impede the body's own methods for clearing viral infections.In particular, it manages to activate a signalling system in the body's immune cells - which then actually stop the body's immune response.The latest treatment works by blocking that signalling system, which has the effect of boosting the function of "killer" immune cells.


In this new I have learned the meaning of:

- Currently: actuality.

- Features: charactheristics.

- Boost: an increase.


BBC.


DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON.

MR BEAN!

He is a famous actor. He has made two films and he has had a programme on TV called Mr Bean. He is comic and and laughes about himself. Is for this that he can do a very funny programme. I admire him because he can make laugh people without saying a word.

He is unattractive, ugly, short and he has big ears. Also Mr Bean has dark brown hair. His eyebrows are very thick and his skin is little stained. He has got small and sad eyes. His hair is reciding and it's rough. His lips are thin. Finally, the outstanding charactheristic phisically is the mold in the left part of his face.
He usually dresses old fashioned. With him, there is always a Teddy bear, which is part of his made up. His suit is not his size and for this, the brown trousers are short. Depending on the time he dresses for the ocasion and he doesn't match the colours he's wearing. Sometimes he wears a dicky bow or a tie. And he always wears a belt and black shoes.

In his TV programme and in his films, he's absent minded, stupid, friendly, pretends to be shy, he has the knack to always make things worse, stubborn, within his stupidity is clever and he is a disaster as a person, but he's likeable.
In real life he's very intelligent, serious, pleasant, a good listener, polite and a genial person but his really ugly like in his programme.

dilluns, 1 de desembre del 2008

Summary of the film.

JUNO.
Juno, a girl who is sexteen yerars old, discovers she is pregnant with a child fathered by her friend and longtime admirer, Paulie Bleeker. While at first she intends to have an abortion, she changes her mind and decides to make a plan for the child's adoption.

With the help of her friend Leah , Juno searches the ads and finds a couple. Along with her father, Mac , Juno meets the couple, Mark and Vanessa Loring , in their expensive home and expresses a desire for a closed adoption. However, Juno and Leah happen to see Vanessa in a shopping mall being completely at ease with a child, and Juno encourages Vanessa to talk to Juno's baby in the womb, where it obligingly kicks for her. On the other hand, Juno more easily forms a friendship with Mark. Both like a punk rock and horror films.Mark, who has set aside his rock band youth , works at home composing commercial jingles. Juno hangs out with Mark a few times, ignoring a warning from her stepmother Bren that she shouldn't spend time alone with a married man. Juno struggles with the emotions she feels for her baby's father, Paulie, who is clearly in love with Juno. She maintains an outwardly indifferent attitude toward Paulie, but when she knows that he has asked to another girl to the prom, she is hurt and angrily confronts him.Not long before her baby is due, Juno is again visiting with Mark when their interaction becomes strongly emotional. Mark then tells her that he will be leaving Vanessa. Vanessa arrives home, and, to her shock, Mark tells her he does not feel ready to be a father. Juno makes a decision.

After a discussion with Mac, Juno accepts that she loves Paulie. He goes to the hospital to stay with Juno in her childbirth. Vanessa comes to the hospital where she joyfully claims the newborn boy as a single adoptive mother. On the wall in the baby's new nursery, Vanessa has framed Juno's note—addressed only to her—which reads "Vanessa: If you're still in, I'm still in. —Juno."
The film ends in the summertime with Juno and Paulie playing guitar and singing together, followed by a kiss.

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