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Thus a person with O blood has been dubbed the universal donor. Though 45% of the population are group O, the supply of donated O blood on hand is often not enough to meet needs. If it were possible to convert blood from the other three groups to type O, however, that supply would be dramatically increased. Researchers at the New York Blood Center have taken an important step toward that goal. Experiments directed by Biochemist Jack Goldstein have transformed type B red blood cells to type O. Using a "cutting" enzyme extracted from coffee beans, the researchers clipped...
Ironically, the UNHCR received its highest accolade at a time when several donor countries were questioning its management methods. The agency's executive committee convened at its Geneva headquarters last week partly to look into widespread criticism of UNHCR inefficiency and poor morale. Though few UNHCR staffers and other relief aides criticize the motivation of High Commissioner Hartling, 67, a former Danish Prime Minister who has held the top post at the agency since 1978, some believe he lacks the leadership qualities needed to cope with a far-flung and slow-moving U.N. bureaucracy...
...profit? Some observers are skeptical. Corporate funding provides a boost to research and is relatively free of the red tape that often entangles Government grants. Yet one ideal of a university, however fitfully adhered to, is the sharing of information. Most contract grants between business and universities allow the donor corporation to review findings before publication, ensure exclusive patent rights and sometimes keep key data secret so competitors will not get them. While many technological breakthroughs have resulted from purely theoretical research, corporations tend to be more interested in encouraging short-term solutions to specific problems or in developing products...
Rich and prestigious institutions like Cal Tech, Harvard, M.I.T. and Stanford are able to dictate strong terms, including university control of patents and freedom to publish all research; the donor company usually just gets first bid on licensing. Says James Lewis, director of projects and grants at Columbia: "We want no publishing restrictions, no undue influence on courses and research, and no classified or secret research." But many universities accede to less favorable agreements. At Texas A & M, which gets 35% of its $30 million research budget from corporations, W. Arthur Porter, director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, acknowledges...
...completion date even if the original goal had been surpassed. On Boylston St., mean-while, a last-minute bulge in contributions pushed the K-school's fund drive over its $6 million preliminary target with only days to spare. The money--much of which came from a single anonymous donor--will fund an addition to the school, extending either up Boylston or Eliot streets...