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...National Academy of Sciences by Harvard-affiliated researchers. Prior to the study, which was conducted in the laboratory of MIT Professor Susan L. Lindquist at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, investigations had focused on the importance of the abnormal folding of certain prions, often associated with “mad cow” disease. This abnormal structure results in the inability of the proteins to be broken down by enzymes, and subsequently in the accumulation of the protein in the brain—which leads to disease. However, according to Lindquist, once scientists identify the characteristics of healthy...
...University geology professor and Sunni politician, kept their guns close and loaded. "I have to be ready for anything," he says. For him, the decapitation of the mosque in Samarra was an omen of doom. "I said to myself, 'This is it. The Shi'ites are going to go mad. This is the start of the civil...
...basically throwing in the towel when maybe he shouldn’t.” Artz said that Summers’ initiative to encourage more undergraduates to study abroad was one of the highlights of his tenure, adding that “maybe the reason people are mad with him is because [Summers is] actually accomplishing things...
...basically throwing in the towel when maybe he shouldn’t.” Artz said that Summers’ initiative to encourage more undergraduates to study abroad was one of the highlights of his tenure, adding that “maybe the reason people are mad with him is because [Summers is] actually accomplishing things...
...they doled out for this year. President Bush and new House Majority Leader John Boehner are now calling for reform of the clubby earmark game. But Appropriations Committee members and the many other pork enthusiasts in Congress have long staved off such change-partly because constituents have seldom got mad at their own representatives for bringing home the bacon...