Word: lanza
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Even if all 12 are deemed safe, says Dr. Robert Lanza, medical director for Advanced Cell Technology Inc., a biotech firm in Worcester, Mass., that's too small a gene pool to give scientists the genetic diversity they need. "It's totally inadequate. American scientists are fighting with one hand tied behind their backs," he argues...
...strong. It could have been worse, says John Gearhart, a pioneer in stem-cell research at Johns Hopkins Medical School. "The President could have cut off funding altogether." Besides, private companies like Advanced Cell that don't need federal funding are unaffected by the ban. "The problem," says Lanza, "is that companies have to attract investments, and investors worry that the U.S. isn't very open to stem-cell research...
...morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Lanza's professional world view changed. From the windows of his 34th-floor Manhattan office, he saw the attacks on the World Trade Center, and in those minutes the national-security business was redefined. "Nobody gave a damn about homeland security before that morning," he says. "Suddenly the whole world was interested...
...been all smooth. Early on, federal inspectors complained that some of the machines gave too many false alarms (even mistaking certain dense materials for the much feared C-4 explosive). Improvements have since increased the machines' error-free operating intervals from an average of 200 hours to 700 hours, Lanza says...
...will be big. Congress has pledged about $38 billion in 2003 for homeland security. Some of it will go to the likes of General Dynamics, Raytheon and Northrup, all of which sell security systems. But they tend to hire smaller shops like L-3 to make components, so, as Lanza puts it, "we won't be competing with the gorillas." Last year L-3 was a subcontractor for Boeing on several airport-security systems, and it is now working with Lockheed to supply communications gear and systems engineering for the U.S. Coast Guard. Also, last year roughly two-thirds...