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...Spirit's harrowing escape may sound like a scene from a Johnny Depp movie, but the danger posed by the new generation of pirates is all too real. The International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Center estimates that in Somali waters alone, attacks have risen from 2 in 2004 to 32 so far this year. Worldwide, piracy incidents could top 300 in 2005. Although attacks on cruise ships like the Spirit are unusual, piracy is one of the world's most stubborn criminal plagues: in waterways around the world, armed gangs wreak havoc with trade routes, interfering with the delivery...
...promising and we don't see the complications that we see with other cell types," he says. Piero Anversa, a heart expert at New York Medical College who pioneered a similar procedure in mice, agrees that placing blood-derived stem cells in the heart and arteries poses "no danger for the patients," although he says that the therapy still hasn't been proven effective. In clinical trials reported in U.S. medical journals, Patel's procedures have improved the heart's pumping ability by 20-70%. But that doesn't mean you should book a ticket to Bangkok the minute...
...promising and we don't see the complications that we see with other cell types," he says. Piero Anversa, a heart expert at New York Medical College who pioneered a similar procedure in mice, agrees that placing blood-derived stem cells in the heart and arteries poses "no danger for the patients," although he says that the therapy still hasn't been proven effective...
...Despite the almost palpable aura of optimism in the WHO's hallways as the conference concluded on Wednesday, the danger of a pandemic remains present and real. Nobody knows when or whether H5N1 will mutate to humans and unleash the dreaded pandemic, and whether we will be prepared in time to minimize its impact. At least now, however, the alarm has been sounded-and heard...
...proposed system of general education would enable driven students to select the broad education that fits them best, but has the inherent danger of enabling some students to avoid challenging or unfamiliar academic territory. The extent to which the Faculty would be willing to risk such flexibility stands as the greatest question surrounding general education’s future at Harvard...