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...entire social groups.” The tendency towards extension is particularly significant, according to Olson, because it may be key to understanding certain stubborn social inequities and their possible roots in the perceptions of the young. “We’re actually interested in a broader question of how prejudicing and stereotyping and things like that start,” she said. “It’s most helpful to study kids, because it helps you to focus on how and when things like this come on line.” Olson?...
...million that has been raised by the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, a charity based in nearby Waltham. The fund’s leaders believe that targeted research, particularly in the area of genetic mapping, will be more effective in finding a cure than more traditional, broader types of research. Genetic mapping is the process by which researchers determine which genes are responsible for putting people at risk for a disease. Tanzi, who identified the first Alzheimer’s disease gene in 1987, is a member of the fund’s Research Consortium. The money that Tanzi...
...society’s senior associate editor, Ondine E. LeBlanc. This is the first time the historical society has embarked on such a large-scale digitization project, and the benefits, LeBlanc said, will be “huge.” The project aims to allow a broader group to access the venerable Massachusetts families’ effects. “Once we’re done with this, you won’t have to go any farther than your computer,” LeBlanc said. “Hopefully, a lot of high school teachers will...
...demand as well, said Craig. Yet the center is increasing the resources available to both demographics. The co-chair of the center’s undergraduate board, Pilar A. Ochi ’08, said that the initiative “gives you an ability to relate to a broader range of people and this skill is applicable to so many components of life.” Last year, the center funded 23 research projects and 22 internships, according to the student programs coordinator, Christy Colburn. Through the generous support of an anonymous donor, the center now has the ability...
Moreover, this argument has much broader potential consequences, because, according to the Guttmacher Institute’s studies of worldwide abortion rates, only a small fraction of abortions occur despite consistent birth control use (i.e. the pregnancies come as a complete surprise to the women involved). Thus, only these abortions cannot be prevented by morally acceptable methods such as steady contraception or, in emergency cases, implantation-preventing medication. And, as reproductive science continues to improve, both in the detection and control of fertilization, these remaining ethical concerns surrounding unwanted pregnancy may soon cease to exist altogether...