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George Q. Daley, an associate professor at Harvard Medical school and a member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) Faculty Executive Committee, led the team that studied Hwang’s research. They determined that Hwang produced human stem cells through parthenogenesis, a process whereby an unfertilized egg begins to divide through external stimulation...
Scadden said that this process of somatic nuclear transfer—essentially taking a nucleus from a skin cell, transferring it into an egg, and then prompting the egg to divide—would allow scientists “to have in a petri dish a model of these complex diseases for which we have very little therapy...
...Qianjiang's first moves was to give Benelli's technical director, Pierluigi Marconi, the same title for the Chinese company, too. Though he confesses that he'd "never even eaten an egg roll" before meeting his new employers, Marconi is now in constant contact with his Chinese counterparts, and often visits headquarters in the southeast China city of Wenling. "They understand that we have the history in this sector," he says, "which is not something you can just buy or invent from scratch...
...Martin Lehman was 61 when he finally opened the doors to his first women's-apparel store in 1984, realizing a lifelong dream. After a long career as a retail executive ended when he lost his job in a merger, Lehman invested a quarter of his $1 million nest egg in his new venture. His business did fine, growing to six stores in six years. Then, he says, a nasty falling out with his partner forced them to sell at a loss. "Damn right, it hurt," says Lehman, who lost $150,000. "But I didn't risk so much that...
Should you tap your nest egg to chase your dream? Here are a few guidelines...