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...technique could be applicable, for example, to other disorders that affect the cardiovascular or nervous system such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), as scientists could potentially grow heart or nerve cells...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Researchers Make Breakthrough in Cell Reprogramming | 8/31/2008 | See Source »

...saguaro, whose beautiful white blossoms are the state flower. While the saguaro is not among Arizona's seven endangered cactus species, the shallow-rooted plant is often preyed upon by poachers, who can earn up to $60 a foot for a wild specimen, Wiedhopf says. The desert symbol grows slowly, about an inch a year - it can take six or seven decades for the saguaro cactus to grow an arm - and those 15-to-20-foot saguaros that dot the Sonoran desert can be over 200 years old. According to state law, any saguaro cactus over four feet tall cannot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cactus Thieves Running Amok | 8/29/2008 | See Source »

...earnings growth to accelerate." Says David Morris, food and beverage research director at Mintel International Group, a market-research company: "The spin-off is a smart move. Investors had felt these businesses weren't getting their appropriate valuations when they were combined." As stand-alones, they can also grow by attracting merger partners, he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Parting Sweet for Cadbury? | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...that the flinty rock or dusty earth imparts a distinctive flavor. But Fred Franzia, maker of the popular $2-a-bottle Charles Shaw, told me that terroir--a French term embracing all things regional, from soil to climate to topography--is a concept winemakers use to overcharge. "Anything will grow with sun and water. We can grow on asphalt," he said. "Terroir don't mean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fifty States of Wine | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

...contrast, the new method holds the promise of going directly from one mature cell type to another. It's like a scientist becoming a lawyer without having to go back to kindergarten and grow up again, Melton says...

Author: By Associated Press | Title: In Breakthrough, Harvard Lab Causes Cells To Change Type | 8/28/2008 | See Source »

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