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...ready for transplantation into human patients - in any case, British law prohibits their transplantation into people - but they may provide valuable clues to the causes of male infertility. Nayernia's group is now working on creating sperm from the skin cells of infertile men (the sperm cells in the current study were generated from embryos discarded by fertility clinics), and by studying the way those sperm develop, researchers may gain insight into the origins of infertility and potential new treatments. Theoretically, for example, if sperm could be created from the cells of a cancer patient who is rendered infertile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scientists Create Human Sperm from Stem Cells | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

Ecuador must respect those currently living in the Galapagos, but these people cannot claim the kind of rights and legacy of other truly indigenous groups. True, one cannot simply tell the current settlers that their new homes are a mistake. But future human occupation of the islands must be regulated as closely as the tours that allow for its presence. All tour guides are also trained park rangers. It is time that the people of the islands take on a second identity as well, as more active conservators of their adopted home...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad | Title: Whose Islands Are They? | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

...Married his current wife, Jean, a Cheers alumna, in 1980. The Rev. Jesse Jackson officiated. In 1990, after suffering eight miscarriages, the couple had a daughter, Liberty Jean Kasem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio Host Casey Kasem | 7/7/2009 | See Source »

...money into a house that's worth less than what they owe. That finding, from a paper by economists at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University and the European University Institute, raises some doubt about the approach the Obama Administration has taken toward stabilizing the housing market. The current approach focuses on whether or not homeowners can afford their monthly payments, and largely ignores the fact that some 20% of homeowners owe more than their house is worth - a situation known as negative equity, or being "underwater," which, according to the paper's findings, may itself trigger default...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mortgage Defaults: Many Are Intentional, Study Finds | 7/7/2009 | See Source »

...Berlusconi is wrong. He is in serious trouble because of the current sex scandal, which now involves accusations that a big-time cocaine dealer was present at many of the Villa Certosa festivities. When he visited the site of the recent train accident, he was greeted by shouts of “Clown!” Berlusconi’s attempts to assert his power, his determined hubris, now seems not only pathetic, but also politically and literally dangerous...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman | Title: Berlusconi’s Hubris | 7/7/2009 | See Source »

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