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...Bangkok was chosen as the firm's base because of its good medical facilities and relatively permissive policies governing medical procedures.) Using these cells carries several advantages. In contrast to stem cells taken from a human embryo, they're ethically uncontroversial. And because they're derived from blood, they appear better suited to forming heart and artery tissue. What's more, there's no risk of rejection by the immune system, according to University of Pittsburgh cardiologist Amit Patel, who has collaborated with TheraVitae to treat patients...
...batch of several million stem cells is returned to Bangkok. These are inserted by surgeons into the patient's arteries or heart, using procedures that Patel helped to develop in the U.S. Patel says that when the cells are released into coronary arteries using an angioplasty catheter, they appear to form new vessels and improve blood flow; when injected directly into the heart with a syringe, they seem to grow into new tissue and improve pumping efficiency. He believes the lab-grown stem cells used by TheraVitae are as safe as ones taken directly from the patient's bone marrow...
...Good As It Gets,” this film happens upon him at the height of his powers. “The Passenger” came out in 1975, “Chinatown” had come out the year before, and later that year he would appear in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” for which he would receive an Academy Award. Here, in the role of journalist David Locke, his sheer charisma in the role enthralls and sucks in the audience. His shark’s grin...
...Health officials expressed satisfaction at the fact that governments appear to have heeded dire warnings of the consequences of failing to prepare: Over the past month alone, the number of governments that have put in place pandemic response plans has risen from 20 percent to 60 percent. "We've reached a greater consensus and clarity on what has to be done to control the spread of the H5N1 virus," Dr. David Nabarro, United Nations Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza told TIME. "If we continue to make inroads, we'll end up with a smaller and less virulent pandemic that...
...That requirement does not appear in last week’s report...