Word: breakthroughs
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INDICTED. Hwang Woo Suk, 53, South Korean scientist who said he had created the world's first cloned human embryos and extracted stem cells from them, a claim, published in 2004 and '05, that raised hopes for breakthrough treatments of debilitating diseases from cancer to Alzheimer's; on charges of fraud, embezzlement and bioethics violations; after investigators found key data had been faked; in Seoul. Hwang, who apologized publicly in January, continues to insist he was misled by other researchers...
...half later, Hannah sits with her tutor at a small computer desk in her suburban home outside New York City. Facilitated communication is controversial (critics complain that it's often the facilitator who is really communicating), but it has clearly turned Hannah's life around. Since her breakthrough, she no longer spends much of her day watching Sesame Street and Blue's Clues. Instead, she is working her way through high school biology, algebra and ancient history. "It became obvious fairly quickly that she already knew a lot besides how to read," says her tutor, Tonette Jacob...
...against this gloomy backdrop that Kiernan and a fellow neurologist from Sydney's Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute last week announced a breakthrough. Among the many gaps in the MND puzzle has been a definitive test: clinicians are able to diagnose the condition only after months of observing symptoms and excluding other disorders. Kiernan, an associate professor at the University of New South Wales, and Ph.D. student Steve Vucic say they've developed a better way. Described in the American journal Muscle & Nerve, it involves 40-year-old technology called transcranial magnetic stimulation, which the pair have tailored...
...BREAKTHROUGH King founded Humanscale in 1983, but it wasn't until 1999, after partnering with designer Niels Diffrient, that he introduced his first chair. Today Humanscale accounts for approximately 20% of the market for high-performance seating...
Iran's announcement that it has mastered the art of enriching uranium was greeted with a predictable chorus of alarm. But despite expressions of grave concern from Washington and London to Moscow and Beijing, Tehran's nuclear "breakthrough" doesn't necessarily diminish chances for a diplomatic solution. On the contrary, Tehran has long insisted it wants a compromise that both addresses Western concerns and upholds what it says is its "right" to enrich uranium, particularly in a research setting. The latest announcement may well give the Iranians room to show greater flexibility at the bargaining table without appearing to back...