Word: owens
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...King and Irving went first, King telling with relish a story his fans might recognize from the movie Stand By Me - a whole town vomiting during a pie-eating contest. Irving read a passage from his novel A Prayer for Owen Meany with wonderful verve and humor. But the men knew who the main event was. Rowling didn't just have the best shoes - gold strappy sandals - she also had the most devoted fans. After reading a passage from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, her most recent book - the sixth in the seven-book series - she took questions...
When human trials finally begin, there's no method for precisely determining whether the transplanted stem cells are functioning correctly. "If we transplanted cells to regenerate a pancreas," says Owen Witte, director of UCLA's Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine, "we can measure in your blood if you're producing insulin, but we can't see whether the cells have grown or evaluate whether they might grow into a tumor." So scientists are seeking to develop marking systems that let them trace a transplant's performance...
...achieved, and now they want a little of that for themselves. I don't believe it will be long before China and India become the new superpowers. I wonder how the U.S. will cope when it no longer has the power to dictate to the rest of the world. Owen Hollifield Cardiff, Wales...
Michael J. Esdaile, a Canadian second-year Ph.D. student in Middle Eastern History, was mildly wounded when he cab was hit by fire in Beirut, Owen said...
...Owen said that Esdaile has not contacted Harvard since Sunday...