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...financial meltdown in the U.S. on Asia," says Dariusz Kowalczyk, chief investment strategist at CFC Seymour in Hong Kong. The continued financial chaos in the U.S., he says, raises fears in Asia that the American economy will experience a more protracted downturn. "There doesn't seem to be any light at the end of the tunnel," Kowalczyk says...
...light of diversity dean Lisa L. Martin’s departure from Harvard, he said he thought that Smith was not committed to hiring a diverse Faculty...
...needs to be paid to these devastating natural events—not only here in the United States, but amongst our Caribbean neighbors as well. In Haiti, 800,000 people require immediate aid, while infrastructure has suffered an estimated $4 billion worth of damage from Hurricane Ike alone. In light of the magnitude of these numbers, the additional offer of a mere $9.5 million by USAID to hurricane relief in the island nations rings hollow. Americans, so preoccupied by the fear of damage to New Orleans yet again, sadly seem to have forgotten the many Caribbean islands literally...
...found that miRNAs—long regarded as far less versatile players in gene activity—play a significant role in governing growth and development in animals and plants. This discovery could have implications for diseases such as viral infections, heart failure, and cancer, as well as shed light on normal functions like muscle action...
...light of the researchers’ work with miRNAs, Ruvkun, who received a Ph.D in biophysics from Harvard, said that scientists are now shifting their attention to smaller genes that otherwise might not have been studied. Recent research suggests an increasing awareness of the role of these genes, as over 500 miRNAs contained in the human genome may control a third of protein-coding genes...