Word: convert
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...never been convinced of your motivation," says the first man he meets. Blair deploys his usual answers: "Look at the hope Iraqis now have for their own country. The effect on peace and security throughout the Middle East could be very, very big." But he fails to make a convert. "I hope you're right," the man says. "I still think you were wrong...
...tumor cells. "If an animal has a tumor, that tumor is salmonella's favorite place to go," says David Bermudes, director of microbiology at Vion. With a simple change in the bacterium's genome, the Vion team and Yale scientists were able to give salmonella the ability to convert a powerful compound found naturally in the body into a toxic chemotherapy agent. In a small pilot study conducted at the Mary Crowley Medical Research Center in Dallas, 2 of 3 patients given the modified salmonella showed signs that the chemotherapy agent was active. "It's a proof of principle that...
Quad House email open lists lit up three days ago with the realization that Quadlings’ precious Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center (QRAC) was going under the knife until September. The long-planned renovations, which will convert some exercise space and a basketball court into a new dance studio, stem from student demand for dance practice space as the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study reabsorbs the Rieman Center—the current home of Harvard dancers. Viewed narrowly, the renovations are a victory for dancers and a loss for exercise-hungry Quadlings. Broadly, however, the QRAC’s impending...
...Crimson was not so lucky in the opening period, failing to convert on either of two bona fide scoring opportunities...
Despite ranking as the third-most effective power play in the country entering the day, the Crimson struggled throughout the game to draw penalties and failed to convert on all four of the opportunities it earned in regulation. But the unit finally broke through for Harvard’s game-winner...