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...grow into any kind of tissue. The finding was a promising first step toward the creation of stem-cell lines for near-miraculous medical treatments-and because Yamanaka did not use human embryos, his technique offered researchers everywhere a way to sidestep the ethical controversies that have dogged the field since its birth. But it was March 2006, just months after the South Korean stem-cell scientist Hwang Woo Suk-who had become an international sensation after claiming to have cloned a human embryo, a first-had been exposed as a fraud. As another Asian stem-cell scientist announcing...
...have not just been great colleagues, but the best possible colleagues," Hoxby wrote. "It has been an honor to work with people who are dedicated to economics, to advancing the field, and to training the best students anywhere on earth...
...Islamic insurgency in the country's far south that has claimed more than 2,100 lives since 2004. On May 31, a dozen paramilitary rangers were killed in an ambush. The following weekend, two civilians were shot dead, and 20 soccer players were injured by an on-field bomb...
...hard to get. He has appealed to GOP voters not by campaigning but by intravenous means: filling in for Paul Harvey, writing for the Wall Street Journal Op-Ed page, blogging. The idea has been to feed the hunger of conservatives who don't see much in the current field to admire--and then rise up to fill the void. Though still officially undeclared, Thompson gets about 12% of the vote in primary-poll matchups...
...decade and a half under Graham, the Crimson was faced with a depleted roster and great inexperience in many areas this past year. Harvard began the spring season with just one returning starter and was forced to hold open tryouts for club team members just to be able to field a full team...