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...understand better what all the excitement is about, it helps to know a little about the basic immunological response, a cascade of events triggered whenever the body is subjected to trauma or injury. As soon as that splinter slices into your finger, for example, specialized sentinel cells prestationed throughout the body alert the immune system to the presence of any bacteria that might have come along for the ride. Some of those cells, called mast cells, release a chemical called histamine that makes nearby capillaries leaky. This allows small amounts of plasma to pour out, slowing down invading bacteria...
...growth factors released by the body as inflammation gives way to healing. Millennium Pharmaceuticals is testing a different kind of drug, called Velcade, which has already been approved for treating multiple myeloma, against lung cancer and other malignancies. But there is a sense that much more basic research into the nature of inflammation needs to be done before scientists understand how best to limit the damage in chronic diseases...
...scientists' basic strategy was the same as in most post-Dolly cloning experiments: remove the nucleus of the egg, with its single set of chromosomes, and replace it with the nucleus of a mature cell, containing two sets (in this case, the mature nuclei came from cumulus cells, which surround eggs during development). With a quantity of eggs that a commentary in Science calls "whopping," the scientists were able to experiment with different techniques to find which worked best--varying the time between inserting the new nucleus and zapping it with electricity to trigger cell division, for example, or testing...
...wrong. As a veterinarian, I firmly believe that the benefits of pet ownership far outweigh the risks. But if you're going to keep animals, you need to use common sense and follow some basic rules of hygiene...
...interesting question," the President said, having been asked on Meet the Press whether Iraq was a war of choice or of necessity. "Please elaborate on that a little bit. A war of choice or necessity?" It was as if George W. Bush had never considered this most basic of questions. He seemed befuddled, then slowly found his legs. "I mean, it's a war of necessity. In my judgment, we had no choice when we look at the intelligence I looked at that says the man was a threat...