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...Robert Mayer cared for Professor Gould for nine years,” the DFCI statement said. “They developed a close relationship and he greatly admired and respected his patient...[T]here is simply no basis for holding him responsible for the alleged failure to diagnose that is charged here...
...crux of that breakthrough is this: each of the newly created stem-cell lines is genetically identical to one of Hwang's patients. That means any new tissue derived from that patient's cell line can be injected into that individual without triggering an immune reaction. If researchers can figure out how to fix the original defect, they may someday be able to generate replacement tissue that is custom designed to treat the patient's condition. Or at least that's the dream. No one knows yet whether those stem cells can be safely used in people...
After DNA from a human patient is inserted into a hollowed-out egg, the fused cell is stimulated electrically and chemically to get it to start dividing. At that point, other researchers have used animal-based growth factors and feeder cells to sustain the growing egg, but that creates problems if the cells are going to be used to treat humans. So Hwang has concocted a growth medium made of human-based nutrients, starting with human skin cells from one of the donor subjects...
Indeed, the most immediate benefit of Hwang's work, assuming it can be replicated, will be to better understand how diseases develop. "Rather than having to study the patient or freshly dissected tissues from that patient, we can have a cell line of stem cells that can grow virtually forever," says Hans Keirstead, a neurobiologist at the University of California, Irvine...
...what should the patient bargain hunter be buying in Asia today? Wadhwaney suggests looking at out-of-favor Japanese stocks such as Asatsu-DK Inc., an advertising agency that's "extremely cash rich," well positioned in an industry that's ripe for consolidation, and "very cheap." He also likes Nichicon Corp., a producer of aluminum capacitors?ubiquitous components in electronic products. It's an acutely cyclical industry that's deeply depressed, but Nichicon?like every company Wadhwaney owns?is so well capitalized that it will undoubtedly survive while he waits for the downturn to pass. In the meantime, he adds...