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...Xeno Chronicles” leaves the reader with little clue of what the future of xenotransplantion will hold, and whether xenotransplantation or stem cell-generated organs will win the race to supply our species with replacement organs. (The scientific community generally believes that at least one technique will be successful over the long haul.) The cliffhanger is warranted, since a snapshot of scientific research, as Miller provides, will generally give a murky picture of the future, especially, as in Sachs’ case, when funding is running perilously...
...around perhaps the most important question raised in an examination of biotechnology research. In a society with limited resources for medical research, should we primarily fund treatments and short-term cures, such as xenotransplantation, or should we fund research for preventive measures and long-term cures, such as stem cell technology? This question is at the center of today’s debate on biomedical budgeting, and Miller gives it short thrift. Still, Miller makes us ponder several sticky questions that face all of medical research, and learning them through xenotransplantation is at least an interesting path...
...Center for Molecular Imaging Research at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Robert Langer, an Institute Professor in MIT’s Department of Chemical Engineering, will head the new center. “We’re hoping to use new nanotechnology—things that have been developed for cell phones and computers—for medical applications, especially in the use of cancer prevention. In particular, we’d like to use the technology for the earlier detection, more efficient treatment, and more advanced monitoring of cancer or cancer patients,” Weissleder said. The CCNEs...
...prohibitions on torture are inapplicable, and Hasan can be subjected to coercive violence if need be. Hasan is tortured, repeatedly. He finds his only solace in friendship to Khalid (Charles Daniel Sandoval), a fellow detainee, who offers him food, water, and, most significantly, membership in a terrorist cell. Hasan initially refuses, but when the film cuts three years into the future Hasan and Khalid are in the final stages of planning for a multi-phase bombing in New York City. At this juncture the film threatens to become a conventional revenge narrative: with Hasan avenging himself of his torture...
Initiative is a beautiful thing, and apparently Cabot House resident Allegra J. S. Lichauco ’08—who started the petition for Cingular to improve cell phone service in the Quad—isn’t the only one who can claim it. It turns out that the folks over at Cingular Wireless have a great deal of initiative themselves—so much so that, according to their Northeast Region Public Relations Representative, Alexa G. Kaufman, they approached Harvard University nearly a year ago about improving cellular reception. “We?...