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Other researchers are building nanoinventions so small that they can slip inside diseased cells and halt their development. Dr. James Baker, head of the University of Michigan's Center for Biologic Nanotechnology, is developing nanoscale molecules called dendrimers to target cancer cells. He says that "nanotechnology gives us a totally new set of tools to diagnose and treat disease," including an ability to eliminate cells before they become cancerous...
...computers, police caused havoc around the country. Share And Share Alike The Bank of Japan jolted markets by agreeing to buy shares owned by the country's commercial banks, which hold $200 billion in stocks and strain under $355 billion in bad loans. This may be an attempt to halt deflation, but critics dismissed it as market manipulation. A Good Man Is Hard To Find The U.S. accounting industry is now in safe regulatory hands. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Harvey Pitt named Scott Taub to oversee the sector as deputy chief accountant. Taub had experience on the Professional Standards...
...majorities in the two houses. With a verdict looming in a related case against his former Defense Minister Cesare Previti - and Berlusconi's own trial expected to wrap up by year's end - chairman Pecorella has given fast-track treatment to the current bill, which includes a provision to halt cases automatically when a venue change is requested. Following Senate approval in August, Pecorella had even hinted that he would try to keep Parliament in session during the usual summer recess. Brushing off suggestions that the new laws are made-to-order, Pecorella said, "They apply to everyone." Still...
Across town in Cambridge, the “Reich Reform Express” came to a halt six weeks ahead of schedule last night...
...blows against Hamas have prompted a debate in its ranks. Many of its activists are urging a temporary halt to terror attacks, fearing the group could be wiped out as a political as well as a military force. But others, particularly Hamas leaders based outside the West Bank and Gaza, argue that it's more important than ever to show Israel that it can't stop Hamas. Some Hamas chiefs are worried that the debate could turn into a full-blown power struggle if the health of spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin continues to decline. Top Hamas officials tell TIME...