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Knowles’ work at the lab bench helped revolutionize drug discovery through his research on enzymes, which are organic molecules that speed up biological reactions. He helped explain the function of enzymes through discoveries that guide drug development to this day by allowing scientists to specifically target enzymes involved in certain illnesses...
...There have been two great deans,” Memorial Church reverend Peter J. Gomes said, reflecting on his more than 40 years at Harvard. “Henry Rosovsky and Jeremy Knowles. Each, in their own way, function in such a way that they made one pleased to be a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...farther than in one small corner of a big city. The Community of Sant'Egidio is now a global family of more than 50,000 volunteers in 73 countries, dedicated to charity, evangelizing and peacemaking. Funded by contributions and subscriptions, the group has been called upon to function as arbiter and conciliator in a score of major peace negotiations in the Middle East, the Balkans, Latin America, Africa and Asia. "We're not dreamers," Riccardi says. "We need to convince the people that peace is the best situation for them and that war is madness...
...which followed in 2005, was a meditation on the function and symbolism of the heart, performed to a choral score by British composer Sir John Tavener, himself suffering from degenerative heart disease. McGregor and the Random dancers had their own hearts scanned and he even sat in on open-heart surgery. "I fainted," he admits ruefully...
...Terminal 5 - a light and airy structure that seems to be made solely of stone, steel and glass. She praised the $9 billion terminal as "a triumph of ambition, commitment and collaboration" and boasted that it would put Heathrow back where it belonged, "at the edge of global travel." Function aside, pamphlets touted the ergonomic design of check-in desks and the choice of sinks in the washroom facilities. Terminal 5 wasn't merely an airport extension, officials wanted the world to believe. It was a monument to modern travel...