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Before that can happen, however, Melton wants to learn more about how diseases develop. And iPS cells make that possible too. For the very first time, he can watch Type 1 diabetes unfold in a petri dish as a patient's cells develop from their embryonic state into mature pancreatic cells. The same will be true for other diseases as well. "There is a good reason we don't have treatments for diseases like Parkinson's," says Melton. "That's because the only way science can study them is to wait until a patient appears in the office with symptoms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stem-Cell Research: The Quest Resumes | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

Does this mean we all have to name our kids something boring like John? What about the Baracks who manifestly overcome their name's unpopularity ? Isn't Silverstein right: Won't a boy named Sue learn to be strong? Sometimes, yes. In a 2004 paper, Saku Aura of the University of Missouri and Gregory Hess of Claremont McKenna College point out that many African-American kids with what the authors call "blacker" names reap an important benefit: they have an improved sense of self as a member of an identified group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Your Name Make You a Criminal? | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

Bilgil tells Internet's story with basic black shapes, which he calls "PICOL" icons. He hopes the icons will one day become universal symbols that people of all languages can understand. "If you see the same signs often, you automatically learn them and can read them like letters without thinking," he explains. Bilgil wanted to make an instructional video to show off his new symbols, and he chose the Internet as his topic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of the Internet | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

...will join the IOP as visiting fellows, spending a few weeks each on campus throughout the spring. Five resident fellows have also been chosen for semester-long appointments to lead weekly, study groups in the spring. “The belief from the beginning was that the ability to learn from practitioners of politics would be important to undergraduates,” Purcell said. “It has always been separate from the normal academic offerings at Harvard.” The fellowship program began in 1966 and has brought numerous politicians, journalists, and public servants through the doors...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IOP Names Class Of Spring Fellows | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

...belief from the beginning was that the ability to learn from practitioners of politics would be important to undergraduates,” Purcell said. “It has always been separate from the normal academic offerings at Harvard...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IOP Names Spring Fellows | 1/24/2009 | See Source »

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