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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...
...that are unresolved,” said a final club member who requested anonymity, citing club policy not to speak to the press. “There’s a question of if this is going to be a symbiotic relationship. If we’re willing to develop a working relationship [with the College]...why do we need to do this registration?”However, many student groups do not think they will be affected by the changes. “Seeing that we don’t even have a building and most of our parties...
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...