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...inserted the genetic material into enucleated eggs from female donors, and got the eggs to begin dividing, forming embryos containing stem cells. In principle, replacement tissues grown from those cells would be genetically identical to the men they came from. So they could, in principle, be used to fix failing organs, without any fear of rejection...
...from? I pity Helene. I see someone who most definitely grew up with a mother like herself. The cycle wasn't broken so here she is, a product of her upbringing. The same fate will most likely happen to her child. But to remove such a mother doesn't fix the bigger problem. The neighborhood is most likely full of similar stories. So how do you break the cycle on the bigger social scale? That's what I think of when I see Helene. I also fear because she could easily kick...
...It’s time for Washington to get back to work, and who better than Mr. Fix-it to set it right...
...debate almost always comes down to the question of whether to fix it or end it. But these alternatives largely miss the reality. Every attempt to fix the death penalty bogs down in the same ambivalence. We add safeguards one day, then shortcut them the next. One government budget contains millions of dollars for prosecutions, while another department spends more millions to defend against them. Indeed, the very essence of ambiguity is our vain search for a bloodless, odorless, motionless, painless, foolproof mode of killing healthy people. No amount of patching changes the nature of a Rube Goldberg machine...
...Edwards may be worth an estimated $100 million, but his humble roots often convince people that he knows what needs to be done to fix class inequalities. The message certainly resonated with Pat Salvo, who owns his own appliance repair business in Council Bluffs. The self-proclaimed populist waited for more than an hour in subzero temperatures to greet Edwards on his midnight stop in Salvo's home town. "He represents the American dream," said Salvo, 50. "And, at the same time, he's an ordinary guy standing up for poor people. He's going after corporate America. Having grown...