Todd wore the same clothes every day for the first three weeks of school. He was laughed at because of this. But there was little Todd could do. His mother simply couldn’t afford to buy him new clothes. Two of the kids laughing at Todd were Garrett and Graham, a pair of football players. But over time, they realized that their disparaging words seemed to be slowly destroying Todd’s spirit.

“I felt like I needed to do something,” Graham told CBS News. So he and Garrett created a plan. They went home and hunted through their own drawers and closets. The next day at school, they met Todd at their third-period class and asked him to come into the hall. Todd was understandably worried about being called out by the larger boys.

“He wasn’t smiling or anything, and I was like, ‘I think this is going to make you smile,’” Graham says. “I told him, ‘We’re in the same third period, and I apologize for laughing at you, and I want to give something to you to make it up’” He then handed Todd a large bag. Inside were clean shirts and shorts, as well as a brand-new pair of sneakers.

Todd was wild with joy. “I was very happy,” he told CBS News. “Shocked, completely.” And Todd got much more than some new clothes. He no longer sits alone at lunch. Now he cats with his new friends, Garrett and Graham.

Garrett and Graham say they just want to inspire others to help those in need.

DNA testing is one of modern medicine’s most significant breakthroughs. Today, anyone can receive personalized information about their genes (基因) and ancestry with just a little saliva (唾液). Now, a Seattle-based company is working to bring equally deep analysis to the trillions of proteins within our bodies.

Nautilus Biotechnology, a company founded in 2016 by Seattle’s Sujal Patel and the San Francisco Bay Area’s Parag Mallick, is developing a device to identify and count 95% of the different types of proteins in a biological sample.

Human cells can contain roughly 20,000 different types of proteins, with crucial functions ranging from digestion to disease protection. Each cell has a varying amount of each protein. The company wants to measure the key machinery (机制) inside cells with a level of detail that has never been done before. Existing tools, it says. can only measure up to 8% of the different types of proteins in blood samples.

So why count proteins at all? Research shows healthy cells and diseased cells have differing amounts and forms of each protein. For example, cancer cells may have more of Protein A than Protein B. Knowing that might help in two ways: First, doctors could look for higher Protein A levels to detect cancer early. Second, researchers could better design drugs to target Protein A.

Nautilus says such protein measurements, which are unique to every person and change throughout people’s lives, will not only help doctors identify more specific forms of disease but also help pharmaceutical (制药) companies find more precise drugs with fewer side effects.

While other companies also are building new protein analysis machines, experts and prospective customers have expressed excitement over Nautilus’s approach. Mallick, chief scientist of Nautilus and the brain behind its technology, is confident: “It’s not every day when you get…to work on something. That’s the opportunity to change all of biology.”

BUENOS AIRES-Tributes (悼念) have been pouring in for Argentinian soccer legend Diego Maradona, who has died at the age of 60. Maradona, who is regarded as one of the game's greatest players of all time- died of a heart attack at his home in Buenos Aires. He captained Argentina's 1986 World Cup-winning team, memorably scoring two goals in the quarter-final win over England, including the infamous “Hand of God” goal. Maradona also had a glittering club career, playing for clubs such as Barcelona and Napoli. His death conies just weeks after he underwent surgery for a subdural haematoma (硬脑膜下的血肿).

The sporting world has been paying tribute. Brazil legend Pele said he had “lost a dear friend” adding that “one day, I hope we can play ball together in the sky.”

In a statement, FC Barcelona expressed “its deepest condolences regarding the death of Diego Armando Maradona, a player for our club and an icon of world football. Rest in peace Diego.” Barcelona's fierce rival Real Madrid also paid tribute saying the club was “deeply saddened on the passing of a true legend of world football”. “Real Madrid extends its condolences to his family and friends, his former clubs and football fans worldwide, particularly those in Argentina.”

Former England striker Gary Lineker, who played in the 1986 game. said Maradona was “by some distance, the best player of my generation and arguably the greatest of all time”.

Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez described Maradona as “the greatest of them all”. “You took us to the top of the world. You made us immensely happy. You were the greatest of them all,”he wrote on social media. “Thank you for having existed, Diego. We are going to miss you all our lives. ”The Argentine Football Association said on Twitter :“The Argentine Football Association, through its president Claudio Tapia, expresses its deepest sorrow for the death of our legend, Diego Armando Maradona. You will always be in our hearts.”