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Dates: during 1990-1999
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If HIID does survive, its future will likely be dictated by a special task force convened last spring. This committee is considering options including spinning HIID off as a private venture or dividing it up among Harvard's schools.

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Management Troubles Darken HIID's Future | 11/9/1999 | See Source »

"I'm really pissed off," Kiley says.

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Management Troubles Darken HIID's Future | 11/9/1999 | See Source »

An experiment at Cornell's Weill Medical College, though, may hint at a real baldness cure. The key is a gene known as SHH. In embryos SHH controls brain development, but in mature animals--including humans--it governs natural on-off cycles of hair growth. And sure enough, when scientists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Ever Cure... | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

Can SHH wake human cells stuck in the "off" position? Dermatologists won't know for sure until they try; they also won't know about side effects (SHH in big doses can trigger skin cancer, though the mice have shown no sign of it so far). But the research suggests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Ever Cure... | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

While its Mexican neighbors to the north took part in their first presidential primary Sunday, Guatemalan voters took part in the first election since the country's long-running civil war ended in 1996. The result? There will be a run-off in December, since no candidate gained a majority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Guatemala, Election Ends in Stalemate | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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