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...offered no quick fixes and that telomere-based treatments were still a long way off. The reason for this is that telomeres - while potentially lowering the risk of heart disease - play a role in the development of cancer cells. "We all probably develop cancer cells that don't get past a few replications because of the effect of normal telomere shortening. If you make cells immortal by allowing them to replenish their telomeres, you may raise the risk of many nasty cancers considerably...
Would it not be a minimum gesture for the recipients of excessively large banking bonuses - which are totally disproportionate and cause resentment and disgust in the vast majority of people - to give three-quarters of their bonuses for the past three years to Haiti or to victims of other natural disasters? That might go some way to restoring bankers' disgraceful image. C. Kizlink, MONACO...
...dictated by magic, and planning has no effect on the future. Haitian culture must be redeveloped and restructured, and although the circumstances are tragic, this is a time to change in order for the country to move forward and, as Clinton puts it, "escape the chains of the past 200 years." Norman Singer, CARY...
...Would it not be a minimum gesture for the recipients of excessively large banking bonuses - which are totally disproportionate and cause resentment and disgust in the vast majority of people - to give three-quarters of their bonuses for the past three years to Haiti or to victims of other natural disasters? That might go some way to restoring bankers' disgraceful image. C. Kizlink Monaco...
...Year of the Tiger ends up being anything like every other year over the past few decades, it won't be very good for tigers themselves. The princely animals are among the most endangered species on the planet. In the wild, they number fewer than 3,000; their habitat, which once stretched in Asia from the Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea, has shrunk by more than 90% over the past century, and it's shrinking still. "We once had more than 100,000 of these animals," says Sybille Klenzendorf, the director of the World Wildlife Fund's U.S. Species...