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...cloning vote landed right in the middle of the Summer of Science, in which politicians, reporters and a President have all gone back to school for a refresher course in cellular biology. This was political science at its most scientific--and its most political. It is no accident that the vote came just as George W. Bush is poised to announce his decision on whether to allow federal funding of embryonic-stem-cell research. A majority of Americans and members of Congress favor such research, which holds great promise in curing such diseases as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and diabetes...
Thursday evening, when President Bush announces whether he will support federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, he will end months of private contemplation and public debate. The path to this decision has meandered through the esoteric world of cellular and genetic research and has focused unprecedented attention on the tantalizing, controversial (and, as yet, largely theoretical) possibilities for treatments, even cures, for our most dreaded diseases. For the President, this is not an easy call. Whatever decision he makes, Bush is likely to suffer harsh criticism...
...told you the stem-cell scientists were cloning monsters," the pro-research folks seemed to be answering that government regulation is the only way to keep the monsters from taking over the research. "The nation's best scientists work on [federal] funding," says Douglas Melton, chair of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard. "The work will be driven behind closed doors, completely unregulated. And because these are [private] companies, they have to consider the market value rather than the therapeutic promise...
...Beyond the political debate swirling around stem cells, there remains a great deal of scientific skepticism. Will stem cells help us understand the course of cellular development and differentiation? Could we develop stem cells for transplant that did not set off an autoimmune attack from their new host? Some day in the future, could scientists use stem cells to eliminate the need for human subjects in drug tests...
...cardiac surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. Lymph is the body's dirty dishwater; a network of lymphatic vessels and storage sacs crisscross the entire body, in parallel with the blood supply, carrying a fluid composed of infection-fighting white blood cells and the waste products of cellular activity. Exercise in general activates the flow of lymph through the body, speeding up the filtering process; but yoga in particular promotes the draining of the lymph. Certain yoga poses stretch muscles that from animal studies are known to stimulate the lymph system. Researchers have documented the increased lymph flow...