Word: breakthroughs
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...itself, this breakthrough won't lead directly to pig transplants. For one thing, pigs carry two copies of the gene, called GGTA1; the scientists knocked out only one. Researchers expect to create "double-knockout" pigs within a year, but until they do, rejection will remain an insurmountable problem. And even if they do eliminate the most problematic form of inter-species rejection, others exist, and they will have to be dealt with...
...precedent, and no one involved is famous, so comparisons to the O.J. Simpson murder trial fall a bit flat. Are we fascinated by Junta because we enjoy trials in general, because of the voyeuristic thrill we get from watching another person's fate hang in the balance? Certainly the breakthrough success of Court TV - and the coverage granted to other legal proceedings - indicates there is an audience for even the least exciting trials...
...recommendations are a breakthrough for the University...
...breakthrough, investigators tell TIME, came a week after the Nov. 26 arrests of 16 men in France and Belgium suspected of providing logistical support for extremist Islamic organizations. One of the suspects held in France, a Tunisian named Adel Tebourski, told investigators he recognized Dahman, a fellow Tunisian who lived in Belgium, from news coverage that included photos of Massoud's killers. "These two were close, and they go back a long way," a French justice official said. Tebourski told police both he and Dahman were members of a radical group that played a major role in sending new recruits...
...rulebook that would turn the treaty into law, and agree on sanctions for non-compliance. Although the agreement at Marrakech has reduced the ambitions of the treaty to a 2 percent cut on 1990 emissions levels, Kyoto optimists argue that even such a largely symbolic cut heralds a breakthrough moment in international collective action to counter global warming...