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...transplanting OEG cells to just below the cortex of the brain and in the spine, Huang claims to have slowed the progress of the disease in "several" of his 40 patients, and offers video evidence of one who regained the ability to walk. Another patient, Chicago-based playwright Ben Byer, was diagnosed with ALS in 2002 and underwent surgery by Huang on July 20. Byer says the operation strengthened his weak voice and revived some hand dexterity. "Even minimal improvement is a major gain," he says...
...after the election, sources told the Jersalem Post. Hebron is the last West Bank city under Israeli control, and the only place in theWest Bank where Jews and Arabs live in such close proximity. About 450 Jewish settlers live in six enclaves in the city of 94,000 Palestinians. Byer notes that Peres is feeling pressure on Hebron from all sides: "He has competing pulls on this. He is nervous to get out because it could lead to a disastrously violent situation. On the other hand, he wants to get out to show Israelis the peace process is moving ahead...
...addition, the Office of Naval Research has lowered Stanford's rate by four points during the investigation. According to Robert L. Byer, dean of research at Stanford, each percentage point drop in the indirect cost rate translates into a $750,000 loss for the school each year...
Stanford's Byer says that through "very cost-effective" means, the university can claim the indirect costs of research it is entitled and still retain competitiveness for grants. The school received more than $97 million in reimbursements for overhead expenses in fiscal 1990, according to Stanford Comptroller Franklin G. Riddle...
...style, committing to memory her 1805 farmhouse, its 19th century English and American antiques, almost six acres of gardens with 15 varieties of lettuce, and barn with Araucana chickens that lay blue eggs. Heady stuff, but Stewart makes her guests feel at home in it. Says Michigan housewife Lynda Byer: "I worried that she'd be a little, you know, snobby. But she's just so down to earth...