Word: cheng
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hall that will tomorrow host China foreign minister Qian Qichen at a meeting to pick Hong Kong's first leader under Chinese rule, which begins July 1. "Qian needs to listen to Hong Kong people's views, not only the views of people who support China," said legislator Andrew Cheng of the Democrats, Hong Kong's biggest political party. So today, with apt timing, China dispensed a summary reminder to Hong Kong--and to the world--that it is neither responsive nor repentant. A heavily guarded Beijing court took just 10 minutes to reject the appeal of Wang...
...member David Cheng '97 puts it: "WellBridge is just nicer...
...Grace Cheng...
Using nerves from the rat's chest muscles for the bridge, Cheng carefully connected the insulated white matter on one side of the spinal cord to uninsulated gray matter on the other. That way, the nerves in the gray matter would grow toward the white and, he hoped, re-establish contact. The investigators used a natural adhesive called fibrin to anchor the bridge in place...
Much remains to be done before paraplegics can think about rising out of their wheelchair. Most spinal injuries in people occur when the cord is crushed, not severed, so it's not yet clear how this advance could be applied to them. What is important, however, is that Dr. Cheng and his colleagues have demonstrated that there are no fundamental biological barriers to repairing damaged spinal cords. And that's a big step forward...