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...South America, where the stuff is winning rave reviews. But Americans eager to try it should be careful. For now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved hyaluronic acid only for use in cataract surgery. Through a loophole known as off-label use, however, cosmetic surgeons here can inject it for wrinkles, so long as they and their patients realize the treatments are not regulated for their quality or their effects...
...half of Virgin Direct, for which he says the Australian firm AMP provided most of the funding. Taking Virgin Mobile phones to Asia, Branson got Singapore Telecom, like Singapore Air a government-linked company, to put up half of the $100 million start-up capital, and SingTel may inject another $400 million in convertible loans. Some brands sell products. Virgin's product is the brand, and the real customers are his deep-pocketed partners. As long as they think Virgin stands for something, Branson's in business...
...insight into the old question of nature vs. nurture. It could also lead to the cloning of special rescue dogs and endangered canids like the Ethiopian wolf and African wild dog. At the A&M labs, a picture of Missy's cheerful mug hangs over the micromanipulator, where technicians inject her genetic code into eggs from donors whose own dna is of no particular interest to anyone. The biggest problem is getting eggs. Because dogs randomly go into heat only every six months to a year, there's a lot of waiting for one of the lab's 50 dogs...
...insight into the old question of nature vs. nurture. It could also lead to the cloning of special rescue dogs and endangered canids like the Ethiopian wolf and African wild dog. At the A&M labs, a picture of Missy's cheerful mug hangs over the micromanipulator, where technicians inject her genetic code into eggs from donors whose own DNA is of no particular interest to anyone. The biggest problem is getting eggs. Because dogs randomly go into heat only every six months to a year, there's a lot of waiting for one of the lab's 50 dogs...
...VITRO VERITAS In vitro fertilization can be a harrowing experience. To raise the likelihood of getting a healthy embryo, women inject themselves daily with powerful medication that stimulates the ovaries to produce extra eggs. Now British researchers have experimented with drug-free IVF, using just the single ovum a woman naturally produces each month. After an average of four tries, a woman's chances of having a baby were about 35%--only slightly lower than her odds in many IVF programs...