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...stem cells aimed at treating specific diseases. Scientists believe experiments with these genetically engineered stem cells could lead to breakthroughs for the treatment of life-threatening conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, and spinal cord injuries. In 2005, the Mass. legislature passed a bill over former Gov. Mitt Romney’s veto that expanded stem cell research by removing the requirement of approval by the local district attorney. But many scientists have found that the legislation actually hindered the possibilities of research by imposing regulatory controls on the acquisition of ova for therapeutic cloning. According...
...advertising campagin, Republican presidential candidate and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney touts his refusal last fall to provide a police escort to former Iranian president Mohammed Khatami when he spoke at Harvard...
...candidates attack each other more often than they attack the Democrats. But the Republican candidates have been bashing Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for months. Last week, Mayor Giuliani made a web ad slamming Senator Clinton’s flip-flop on the Iraq War. On the stump, Gov. Romney warns of the Democrats turning the country to the Left instead of forward. Both candidates have pointed out that of the main three Democratic contenders, Senators Clinton, Obama and John Edwards of North Carolina, who all are vying for the nation’s top executive office...
...focus more on traditional scholarship rather than producing rap CDs. Richard C. Blum, chairman of the University of California board of regents, spoke with Summers, now the Eliot University professor, last Thursday and rescinded the invitation, according to University of California spokesman Trey Davis. Susan Kennedy, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chief of staff, will replace Summers at the event. Several Harvard professors, including some critics of Summers’ presidency, came to his defense over the weekend after the decision to rescind the invitation was reported. Judith L. Ryan, who called for a vote of no confidence...
Former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen has stepped down as the director of Harvard's Institute of Politics to run for U.S. Senate, the Kennedy School of Government announced Friday...