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...generation that had grown up learning to quilt and sew. Since taking her business home, Chanin has helped boost the local economy. About 200 contract employees now make each piece by hand. "One dress took 16 women three weeks to make," says Chanin, 43. "We might make one coat only 20 times. That means there are only 20 in the world, and each garment is handmade by someone different." That rarefied notion has splashed Project Alabama across the pages of Vogue, Elle and Vanity Fair and onto the racks of high-end retailers like L'Eclaireur in Paris and Barneys...
...door handle jiggled. A gunshot exploded the glass panel beside it and then, through the opening, a hand reached in to open the door. In strolled a hulking figure, more than 6 ft. tall, with a 12-gauge shotgun held with both hands. He wore a black hooded trench coat, a black bandanna and black pants. His black military boots crunched the broken glass...
Taking a short break in Au Bon Pain earlier this month on one of the coldest days of the year, Daugherty, bundled in a bulky blue coat, says he appreciates having a dignified way to earn money...
...dodge the immune defenses for a few hours and give the viruses enough time before the immune system gets in and stops them." His group is perfecting two approaches: 1) temporarily distracting the immune system with drugs that suppress it and 2) cloaking the virus in a protective protein coat that renders it invisible to immune cells...
...Haven, Conn., have been experimenting with another bacterium, salmonella, and another way of destroying a tumor from the inside out. Salmonella is a familiar but unwelcome interloper in kitchens and at picnics, thriving in uncooked meats and other food products such as eggs. Once in the blood, its surface coat can trigger septic shock, a hyperaggressive immune response that can lead to liver and kidney failure and a dangerous drop in blood pressure. Confined to a tumor, however, the bacterium could be a potent cancer killer. Like the measles virus, salmonella zeroes in naturally on tumor cells. "If an animal...