Word: cures
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...prominent AIDS researchers from the Harvard AIDS Institute, Democratic candidate for governor of Massachusetts Mark Roosevelt '78, and New York hair stylist Oribe spoke at the event. They stressed the urgent need for a cure for the disease, which has infected 320,000 Americans...
...reported in the journal Cancer Research, are confirmed, they may mean that a variety of viruses of the same type as HIV, called retroviruses, could also cause cancer. Moreover, the results raise concerns about two major areas of research: the efforts to develop an AIDS vaccine and to cure other diseases through so-called gene therapy. Attempts to vaccinate people by using a weakened strain of HIV may turn out to be dangerous: the inoculation might offer protection against AIDS but cause a cancer. Doctors now experimenting with gene therapy use retroviruses as molecular taxis to transport bits of fresh...
...ticket to the boneyard. If Asian cultures no longer revere the tiger as a god, many still believe that the animal is the source of healing power. Shamans and practitioners of traditional medicine, especially the Chinese, value almost every part of the cat. They believe that tiger-bone potions cure rheumatism and enhance longevity. Whiskers are thought to contain potent poisons or provide strength; pills made from the eyes purportedly calm convulsions. Affluent Taiwanese with flagging libidos pay as much as $320 for a bowl of tiger-penis soup, thinking the soup will make them like tigers, which can copulate...
...know where this assassin came from, but if he considers himself an advocate of social justice, he might want to consider that his form of 'cure' could be worse than the disease. Mexico has worked hard at attaining the stability necessary to attract and nurture foreign investment, perhaps, a harbinger of better living conditions for all Mexicans...
Prison has a role in public safety, but it is not a cure-all. Its value is limited, and its use should also be limited to what it does best: isolating young criminals long enough to give them a chance to grow up and get a grip on their impulses. It is a traumatic experience, certainly, but it should be only a temporary one, not a way of life. Prisoners kept too long tend to embrace the criminal culture, its distorted values and beliefs; they have little choice -- prison is their life. There are some prisoners who cannot be returned...