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...cells - building blocks of the body that have the potential to become new cell types - will someday provide cures for debilitating diseases and disorders, including Alzheimer's disease and arthritis. No single study is expected to establish that definitively, but Mathur's is an important step in a multipronged approach encompassing basic science research and clinical trials, including work on human embryonic stem cells. Europe has become an increasingly important base for that cutting-edge research, particularly as American and Asian efforts endure setbacks. The Bush Administration's limit on the use of federal money for human embryonic stem-cell...
...neutral (by cutting energy use and offsetting carbon emissions by purchasing credits or even planting trees) says that it is comparing its underwriting and investment portfolios, hoping to maximize profits from both sectors and minimize the company's overall risk. Is there enough momentum to sustain this change in approach? Perhaps. Before last week, any climate-change action was likely to have been driven by a few innovative companies. Since the publication of the Stern report, however, the insurance industry along with the rest of the business community understand that the British government has gotten very serious about the issue...
...stock index, which increased by 8.6 percent during the 2006 fiscal year. But Yale’s remarkable 22.9 percent return rate—and Harvard’s comparatively-modest 16.7 percent mark—suggest that Yale’s “external management” approach to its endowment is paying dividends...
That more relaxed approach to travel grew out of Italy's slow food movement, which emphasizes home-cooked, authentic cuisine to counter the proliferation of fast-food restaurants. Slow travelers, says Kenny, prefer a "concentric circle" approach to tourism: go out the front door and explore the neighborhood and nearby towns, get to know the locals instead of slavishly following guidebook itineraries. Kenny and her husband Steve Cohen, 59, were in a Munich art gallery filled with Rubenses when it struck her that seeing all the standard tourist highlights was exhausting and there must be a better...
...Tribune Co. of Chicago, which bought the L.A. Times six years ago, has been asking that question and answering it with demands for cuts in budget and staff. One might ask what the point of the Tribune approach is as well. The Tribune paid a premium for a premium paper and seems intent on dragging it down into mediocrity. That may improve margins in the short run, but it does nothing to address the fundamental crisis of newspapers. Two weeks ago the Times's editor and publisher publicly refused to chop any further, which doesn't address the crisis either...