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...Gelsinger case has called much needed attention to the dark side of gene therapy, which--no less than other experimental treatments--has the power to harm as well as help. Ironically, the recriminations over Jesse's death are occurring just as gene therapy appears to be fitfully inching toward the sort of success that has eluded it for so long. In December, only a month before Jesse's death prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to shut down all gene-therapy research at the University of Pennsylvania, reports were circulating in scientific circles that a team from the Necker...
According to Latzanakis, going independent would harm his chances of returning to the location after the renovations are completed in the fall. He said he feels IMD, the development company, would not support a small business without a brand name behind...
...Section 6001 is not an especially big giveaway by Capitol Hill standards. Rather, it is typical among the growing litany of examples of how Washington extends favorable treatment to one set of citizens at the expense of another. It's a process that frequently causes serious, sometimes fatal economic harm to unwary individuals and businesses that...
...mystique has spread far. Karen villagers interviewed along the Thai border last week said that the boys could not be hit by bullets and that people who walked with them were immune from harm. They cited cases of followers who stepped on land mines that failed to detonate. "The twins have special powers," asserts Plee, 20, a Karen woman who grew up in Johnny and Luther's village. She has taken refuge in Thailand, but still occasionally sees the twins. "I am sure they won't be killed in battle," she says. "They are able to control a large number...
...coffee? Growing dependence on that morning caffeine jolt has made the U.S. one of the biggest coffee consumers in the world, swallowing about one-third of the world's coffee production. Is that good or bad? Hard to tell. Decades of conflicting research about the potential benefits and harm of the popular bean have created so much confusion that most coffee drinkers have long since given up trying to sort...