By: centraljersey.com
Princeton Future will be examining the possibilities for the Witherspoon North neighborhood at their meeting on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. in the community room at the Princeton Public Library.
This meeting is the fourth in the "designing your town" series and will focus on the balance between the needs of public agencies and the use of public lands in the Witherspoon corridor "primarily the Township Complex and the Valley Road area", said Sheldon Sturges, managing director and co-founder of Princeton Future.
The discussion will be led by Allan Kehrt, a Princeton Future council member and an architect with KSS.
J. Robert Hillier, principal of J. Robert Hillier, an architecture firm on Witherspoon Street, will also be sitting on the panel.
Mr. Hillier purchased eight buildings on three blocks between 114 Witherspoon St. and 188 Witherspoon St. late last year. The properties, mostly residential, are between Green and Lytle streets and includes the building that houses the La Mexicana Grocery.
PHCS to host Web chat on heart health
Dr. John D. Passalaris will discuss heart and vascular health with a live Internet audience when Princeton HealthCare System (PHCS) hosts its next Web chat, giving consumers access to healthcare experts in their own homes.
The free event will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb.8, on PHCS’ UStream channel: www.ustream.tv/channel/princetonhealth.
Dr. Passalaris, the chief of cardiology at University Medical Center at Princeton, will take questions from audience members following his presentation. His Web chat has been scheduled for February to highlight American Heart Month.
To participate in the Web chat, users will need a PC or MAC with a broadband Internet connection and Adobe Flash Player installed. Download the latest Adobe Flash Player at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Participants will be required to log in or create a new account at the site to ask questions. To pre-register, call 609-897-8980 or visit www.princetonhcs.org/calendar. Those who register will be entered in a drawing immediately after the Web chat for one of several $25 gift cards.
The event with Dr. Passalaris will be the fourth hosted on PHCS’ UStream channel. Previous Web chats featured Dr. Heather van Raalte, a fellowship-trained urogynecologist, discussing pelvic floor disorders; Dr. Wai-Yip Chau, a specialist in the LAP-BAND procedure, outlining options for weight-loss surgery; and Anthony Dissen, R.D., offering advice on sustainable weight loss. The previous Web chats can be viewed at www.ustream.tv/channel/princetonhealth.
Road closings during Saturday road race
The third annual Cupid’s Chase 5K Run will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Princeton Shopping Center.
The fund-raiser is organized by Community Options, a national nonprofit developing community based homes and employment support for people with disabilities since 1989. Registration begins at 8 a.m.
During the race, Bunn Drive and the northbound side of North Harrison Street and will be closed. Terhune Road will be closed at North Harrison. A detour route will be in place and police will be directing cars. Traffic wishing to access Bunn Drive should use McComb Road. Motorists should expect delays. The shopping center will remain open during the event.
For more information about registration, call Angelique Rajski at 609-951-9900 or to donate, visit http://www.comop.org/cupidschase/
Sexually transmitted disease clinic
Sexually transmitted disease clinical services and HIV testing services are available to adult Princeton Borough/Princeton Township residents At The Hamilton Township Health Department, 2100 Greenwood Ave., in Hamilton on Mondays and Thursdays from 1 to 4 p.m.
Call 609-890-3647 for more information.
Free tax assistance available
The Princeton Senior Resource Center will again sponsor free tax assistance for low- and moderate-income people, with special attention to those 60 and older in the wider Princeton area who are filing uncomplicated personal returns. Trained volunteers from AARP will be available to prepare New Jersey state and federal returns. Returns may be filed electronically. Volunteer preparers are particularly familiar with tax regulations and rebate programs that affect seniors.
Assistance is available by appointment at the following times and locations starting Feb. 4:
– Princeton Senior Resource Center, Fridays 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Suzanne Patterson Building, 45 Stockton St, behind Borough Hall. Call PSRC at 924-7108 for an appointment.
– Spruce Circle residents may make an appointment at their location for Mondays, Feb. 14, March 28 or April 4, 12:30 to 4 p.m., by calling 252-2362.
– Nassau Presbyterian Church, Saturdays 9-1. Walk-in, no appointment needed. Spanish spoken.
Participants must bring copies of their 2009 federal and New Jersey tax returns, as well as all necessary 2009 tax information, including W-2 and 1099 income forms, unemployment statements, SSA-1099 Social Security forms, forms indicating federal tax paid, property tax bill, dependent care provider information, and receipts for itemized deductions such as medical bills and charitable contributions.
Scientists discover breast cancer mechanism
Unraveling a mystery about how breast cancer tumors take root could lead to a new treatment when the cancer that has spread to the bone.
A Princeton University research team has uncovered the mechanism that lets the traveling tumor cells disrupt normal bone growth.
Cancer cells often travel throughout the body and cause new tumors in individuals with advanced breast cancer – a process called metastasis – commonly resulting in malignant bone tumors. By zeroing in on the molecules involved, and particularly a protein called "Jagged1" that sends destructive signals to cells, the research team has opened the door to drug therapies that could block this disruptive process. Doctors at other medical centers who have reviewed the research have found it promising.
"Right now we don’t have many treatments to offer these patients," said Yibin Kang, an associate professor of molecular biology at Princeton who led the research team. "Doctors can manage the symptoms of this bone cancer, but they can’t do much more. Our findings suggest there could be a new way of treatment," one that could slow or halt these bone tumors.

