Word: developable
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...situation could change if researchers develop a less toxic method of tricking the immune system into accepting foreign tissue grafts-something that Dr. Andrew Lee and his colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine are trying to do. Dr. Lee prefers to think of face and hand transplants as "composite tissue transplants" because several kinds of tissue-fat, skin, muscle and possibly even bone-may be involved. (He didn't say this but maybe it's also a way to tone down some of the more ghoulish reporting on the topic.) "Composite tissue transplants have the potential...
...example, chimpanzees contract HIV, but unlike humans, they do not develop full-blown AIDS, Waterston said. Further studies of the genome could explain why they do not experience the same symptoms...
...reality show drew more than 2 million late-night viewers. The next three episodes logged increases in the number of men watching. "It's the right show for the right network," says Kevin Kay, executive vice president for programming and production at Spike TV. Says Kay, who helped develop SpongeBob SquarePants for Nickelodeon: "I was skeptical at first, but I just love...
...Japan, where a bias toward bulking up still reigns. Gerhard Fasol, president of Eurotechnology Japan, a tech consultancy in Tokyo, says, "The Toshibas and Hitachis of this world are in about 20 or 30 different industry areas. There is no focus." Even in secondary business lines, Sharp tries to develop what it calls one-of-a-kind products. A recent example: the new Healsio oven that reduces fat and salt content by cooking with superheated steam. The oven is a smash in Japan, even though it is small and retails for nearly...
...progress was made in expanding the Security Council but, according to a TIME/CNN poll conducted in four major Indian metropolises by market-research company TNS, Indians agree that their nation will deserve more respect in the future. Three quarters of the respondents asserted that India would develop into a superpower within the next quarter-century. More than 40% of those polled said they thought Bombay?already home to the world's most prolific film industry?would one day eclipse Hollywood as the global entertainment capital. The poll also suggests that Singh should concentrate on the domestic agenda. Nearly two-thirds...