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...four-story Burke McCoy Hall now houses both HSA and Let's Go Travel. The building offers increased square footage for the rapidly growing agency and a custom-designed floor plan...
Dell has gained a loyal mail-order following by "custom building" just the PC you want: dial the 800 number, list off the parts and wait about a week. Dell's sleek power system blends top-quality components and good service at the company's basement prices. The standard issue P200, at $2,599, includes a 200-MHz Pentium processor, 32 MB of ram and a roomy hard drive (2.1 GB). Its multimedia package boasts a fast graphics card, a CD-ROM drive, a subwoofer and a bright, Trinitron 15-in. monitor. When you're not playing games...
...other five Arab oil rulers, average age 69, are concerned that Qatar's policies may fan a desire for change within their own realms. Some of the friction comes from the new Emir's refusal to follow the lead of Saudi Arabia--by custom, elder brother to the small oil sheikdoms. And, sniffs a neighboring prince, "overthrowing his father in this way...Let's just say it was not well received...
This week, at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in Orlando, Florida, scientists will announce not one but three experimental treatments for rheumatoid arthritis. Each is thoroughly modern, using genetically engineered proteins or custom-designed antibodies to combat the disease at its source, blocking the wayward steps leading to the body's self-destruction before further damage occurs...
...arthritis works. The problem starts when, for reasons no one fully understands, a few misguided T cells incite other immune-system cells called macrophages to attack the joints. The approach favored by IDEC Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company in San Diego, is to target all active T cells with a custom-made antibody that can temporarily knock the immune cells out of commission. Although this antibody treatment cannot distinguish between normal and misbehaving T cells, the gambit has proved successful. More than half the 122 patients in one study showed significant improvement without debilitating side effects. "We literally had patients dancing...