Word: celling
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...every day that scientists uncover an unexpected new role for an old, familiar body part. That's why a paper published in the current issue of Cell is generating so much buzz. A team led by Dr. Gerard Karsenty, chairman of the department of genetics and development at Columbia University Medical Center, found that the skeleton plays a powerful role in the regulation of blood sugar and fat deposits. The discovery, made through an elegant series of experiments in mice, could have important implications for treating and preventing type 2 diabetes and obesity - two conditions that are exploding around...
Wednesday's raid in Sadr City targeting a so-called "secret cell" of Moqtada Sadr's Mahdi Army was a reminder that even as they press their campaign against al-Qaeda aligned Sunni militants, U.S. forces are ramping up operations against what they see as a more serious long-term threat: Shi'ite militias supported by Iran. The attack killed, by the U.S. military's count, 30 men allegedly involved in receiving weapons and training from Iran. Attacks of that scale in the militia's stronghold are not unheard of, but they are rare. Since the two sides declared...
...proposal would provide for $500 million in bond funding that would be earmarked for capital projects, including a stem cell bank and gene research center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School...
While awaiting the debate on the bill, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) Executive Director Brock C. Reeve said that all three aspects of Patrick’s proposal could potentially aid the mission of the institute and of the “greater Harvard network...
Though Reeve said he doesn’t want to be overconfident about the effect this proposal could have on the activities of the Institute—which has to date created more stem cell lines than any other facility in the world—he said that he hopes it will speed up the process of getting cutting-edge research to the people who can most benefit from...