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...regenerate tissues from the more ornery cells of the pancreas, liver and nerves, which don't grow as well in a lab dish. Amniotic-fluid stem cells aren't as versatile as embryonic stem cells, which can turn into every tissue type in the body, but they can still develop into an impressive number of much-needed cell types, and Atala has already used them to grow up muscle, bone, fat and blood vessel cells, in addition to nerve and liver. He thinks that amniotic-fluid stem cells could eventually be banked, like blood cells, for universal access...
...highest per capita betting averages in the world (about $2,000 annually), according to figures from the Hong Kong Jockey Club. And rates of addiction appear to be higher. A 2004 study by psychiatrists at the University of Queensland found that Chinese were almost 50% more likely to develop a gambling addiction than Caucasians. In the U.S., about 3.5% of people are classified as pathological and problem gamblers (more than the number of people who suffer from bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's disease or schizophrenia). In Hong Kong, 5.3% of the population suffers from problem and pathological gambling, according...
...treatment of stress in routine care for patients with heart conditions and for those at risk. "It's not enough to give typical medicine," says Dr. Kristina Orth-Gomer, who has been studying stress and cardiology for 25 years and works at Stockholm's Karolinksa Institute. "We have to develop the simple, core questions that identify these patients, and then investigate what treatments or preventative tools we have at hand...
...Ferrara ’95-’96 left Harvard with a reputation as the third most prolific passer in the football team’s history. A little more than ten years later, the former quarterback has developed a product that could impact Crimson football again. Over the last four years, Ferrara and his Boston-based start-up company, Xenith LLC, have designed a new and safer football helmet, which is receiving accolades from physicians around the nation. “It’s thrilling to see a whole new technology,” said Robert...
Already, PetroChina/CNPC is the largest player in the Sudanese oil industry, but in the past few months, the company’s presence in the East African nation has expanded markedly. In June, PetroChina/CNPC signed a 20-year deal to develop Sudan’s offshore oil production—a project that will open up a new stream of revenue for the Sudanese government, which spends 70 percent of its oil earnings on the country’s armed forces. According to a 2005 Harvard report, oil exports are “a crucial source of revenue...