In a recent Article published in the December 15th ASCO POST,  Lina Baumbach-Reardon, PhD discussing Triple Negative Breast cancer reported differences of gene expression in 2 small cohorts of patients, one from Kenya and one from African Americans in the United States.   Given the size of the cohorts reported, no conclusion can really be drawn, but I agree that it is a teaser!

It also brings back to the surface many questions about where the African American population was pulled from originally and what kind of brassage or mix has occurred since then.  Recognition that patterns of Breast cancer mortality observed in African Americans  is similar to that of "Hispanic" populations, raises questions.  The Breast Cancer "incidence-Mortality paradox " is true for both populations.
Suffice is to say that there is more to find out.  Coming from the Congo, the CRBCM would push for this kind of studies if funds were allowed in the future. This brings up this: (from yahoo)
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   Congo-Kinshasa: African Union Holds Talks on 'Neutral Force' Wed, 09 Jan, 2013 02:27 AM PST
[African Union]Addis Ababa -As a follow-up to the recommendations of the consultative meeting on the operationalization of the security arrangements agreed to in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), held in Addis Ababa, on 27 and 28 December 2012, a ministerial meeting of the countries of the region and international partners took place at the African Union (AU) Headquarters, in Addis ...
UN Seeks Surveillance Drones for Eastern Congo
Wed, 09 Jan, 2013 02:12 AM PST
United Nations peacekeepers are asking the Security Council to support the use of surveillance drones in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous appealed to the council in a closed-door session Tuesday, seeking the drones to help the more than 17,000 peacekeepers in the country. Rebels briefly took control of the eastern city of Goma late last year after ... Rwanda opposes use of drones by the UN in eastern Congo
reuters.com Wed, 09 Jan, 2013 01:02 AM PST
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Rwanda on Tuesday opposed the use of surveillance drones in eastern Congo as proposed by the United Nations until there is a full assessment of their use, saying it did not want Africa to become a laboratory for foreign intelligence devices. Envoys said U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous told the Security Council during a closed-door session that the U.N mission in ...

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AND THE FIGHT GOES ON!

 

Reminder as needs still huge: Border Women Strike for Visibility

By Ambreen Ali Nov. 16, 2010 – 10:46 a.m.

The Obamas had visitors waiting for them when they returned from their Asia trip this week.
Eight women from El Paso, Texas, have been holding daily vigils outside the White House since Nov. 8 in an effort to get government funding for their community.
They have also been on a hunger strike since that date, relying on water and a mixture of water, sugar and salt to restore electrolytes.
It’s a drastic step for what they say is a desperate situation — unemployment and poverty levels that are among the highest in the country.

“We’re basically invisible,” Lorena Andrade, one of the activists. “We had to come here to make ourselves visible.”
The group called La Mujer Obrera, or The Working Woman, wants Congress and the White House to fund a commission that would direct development funds to the border community.
One model could be the Appalachian Regional Commission, set up by President John F. Kennedy in 1964. The women hope President Barack Obama or the first lady will consider a trip to the region such as the one that inspired Kennedy to create the panel.
They delivered a letter to Michelle Obama on Monday, appealing to her woman to woman.
“We are not victims,” they wrote. “We are rebuilding our communities with dignified courage. As women, we know we have and are exercising, the right to determine our own destiny.”
El Paso’s Rep. Silvestre Reyes, a Democrat, helped set up a government commission for the region’s development, but it remains unfunded.
La Mujer Obrera has three demands: for the government to organize a summit of federal agencies to discuss border needs, set aside money for the border commission, and promise to include local women in the decision making.
They have already laid out those demands in meetings with the Departments of Agriculture, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development. They expect to meet with the State Department later this week.
The women say they want to be home for Thanksgiving, but they are willing to stay if their demands are not met.
“We get a lot of support and acknowledgment but we want something in writing,” Rubi Orozco, a spokeswoman for the group, said. “We have left before with that kind of pat on the head, and it doesn’t materialize into anything.”
Orozco said there was an irony in border residents having such few resources when so much money is spent on border security.
“The region gets loads of money but it goes to the fence and security,” she said, adding that the jobs for those projects rarely go to locals.
Many of the women active with the group are former garment workers who lost their jobs when the factories in their area moved to Mexico.
Today, they have refurbished those factories into day care centers and shops to sell imported artisan handiwork from Mexico.
“This is another definition to border security,” Cindy Alford, also with the group, said. “Genuine border security has to include sustainable communities.”http://www.congress.org/news/border-women-strike-for-visibility/

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