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Poisoning diagnosis 'rock solid'

(CNN) -- The doctor who has overseen the treatment in Vienna of Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko says the diagnosis of dioxin poisoning is "rock solid," but says more information must be obtained before medical authorities can determine the candidate's prognosis.

Dr. Michael Zimpfer told CNN Sunday that he based his conclusion on a physical examination of the patient and "various blood tests" carried out at Vienna's Rudolfinerhaus Clinic and elsewhere.

Zimpfer told reporters over the weekend that the concentration of dioxin in Yushchenko's body was "1,000 times above the normal levels" and that he suspected "third-party involvement."

The revelation prompted Ukraine's prosecutor-general to reopen a probe into the opposition leader's illness.

"We have sent samples to a lab within Europe and also to labs across the Atlantic Ocean that claim to have vast experience, and they came up with the results," Zimpfer told CNN late Sunday.

Yushchenko has "a tremendous amount of dioxin in the blood," Zimpfer said, so much that "it's beyond the scale."

Yushchenko has accused Ukrainian authorities of having tried to poison him in the run-up to November's fraudulent presidential election.

Ukraine's Supreme Court voided the outcome after Yushchenko lost to Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, and a rerun of the contest is slated to be held on December 26.

The 50-year-old, then-telegenic campaigner was taken to the Vienna hospital in September, when he first fell ill. He resumed campaigning later in the month but with a pockmarked and badly disfigured face.

Given what little medical information has been released publicly, Yushchenko could have been exposed to any of about 20 dioxins or dioxin-like chemicals, said Dr. Arnold Schecter, professor of medicine at the University Texas School of Public Health at Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

 

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The U.S. space agency had planned to use astronauts for the repair, but canceled the idea after the shuttle Columbia disaster in February 2003 that killed seven astronauts.
Other studies suggest supermassive black holes have not grown so significantly or rapidly in the recent past.
"The cavities and shock will dissipate, leaving behind very little trace of their existence," Nulsen said.
Each bubble is many times bigger than those seen in previous studies.
The explosion is not likely the biggest in the universe, but it is the biggest so far measured. Any larger explosions are probably further back in time, thus farther away and harder to detect and study.
Each bubble is many times bigger than those seen in previous studies.
A shock wave something like a sonic boom surrounds both of the bubbles. It forms because the cavities expand so rapidly that the gas has to move very quickly to get out of their way. The properties of the shock helped the researchers determine the energy of the outburst.
"It might come from a merging galaxy, either gas and stars, or even another black hole falling into an existing black hole," Nulsen told SPACE.com. "It might also be a large amount of the hot X-ray emitting gas that cooled to low temperature. Either way, it would represent the tail end of galaxy formation."
"It might come from a merging galaxy, either gas and stars, or even another black hole falling into an existing black hole," Nulsen told SPACE.com. "It might also be a large amount of the hot X-ray emitting gas that cooled to low temperature. Either way, it would represent the tail end of galaxy formation."
The explosion is not likely the biggest in the universe, but it is the biggest so far measured. Any larger explosions are probably further back in time, thus farther away and harder to detect and study.
A shock wave something like a sonic boom surrounds both of the bubbles. It forms because the cavities expand so rapidly that the gas has to move very quickly to get out of their way. The properties of the shock helped the researchers determine the energy of the outburst.
The eruption is 2.6 billion light-years away, compared to more than 12 billion light-years for the most distant known galaxies. A light-year -- the distance light travels in one year -- is a measure of time, too, so the galaxy is more modern than many, seen as it existed well after the bulk of galaxy formation had taken place throughout the cosmos.
The results are detailed in the January 6 issue of the journal Nature.