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...blood that remains in umbilical cords after they are cut; this fluid is a rich source of stem cells that can be used to treat a variety of diseases, from leukemia to sickle-cell anemia. Two weeks ago, the New England Journal of Medicine reported that children with a fatal genetic disorder called Krabbe's disease had been saved with stem cells from cord blood. And last week the House of Representatives, struggling with a hotly contested bill that would loosen restrictions on embryonic-stem-cell research, easily passed a bill freeing money for research on the far less contentious...
Almost lost in the hoopla over the stem cells cloned in South Korea was a stem-cell breakthrough closer to home--in more ways than one. Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at Duke University Medical Center reported that infants born with a fatal nerve disorder have been helped--and perhaps even saved--by treatment with stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of healthy babies...
...campaign as if he wanted to shake hands with every one of the city's 4 million citizens. He could not be more different from the man he trounced (59% to 41%), incumbent James Hahn, 54, whose low-key, uncharismatic approach to the mayor's office proved a fatal flaw in an election between two Democrats that turned more on matters of style and leadership than policy...
...your sense of wonder The term marathon originates from the legend of an Athenian messenger named Pheidippides, who ran 25 miles home to deliver news of a great victory in the battle of Marathon, then dropped dead from exhaustion. What a wuss. For today's extreme-endurance athletes, Pheidippides' fatal exertion would be a gentle warm-up. The real challenge is found in ultramarathons - races of up to 100 km (62 miles) or even farther, often over the kind of rough terrain that would make the average jogger hang up his sneakers in horror. Ultrarunners endure cramps, blisters, dehydration...
McKinney knows that once they have tasted combat, his cadets may view his methods in a new light. "Later on, they are going to understand why I jump on mistakes," he says. "Later on, those might be fatal mistakes, ones they can't take back." He looks for ways to test both their knowledge and their instincts as they prepare for a battlefield where friend and enemy can be indistinguishable. He is a walking album of case studies: You're leading a platoon, he tells his cadets, and one of your men is lying wounded in the middle...