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...most rapt expression of the Pope's enthusiasm for the U.S. came in a high-minded 2004 dialogue with the president of the Italian Senate, Marcello Pera, published as the book Without Roots. It bemoans the European Union's refusal to acknowledge Christianity in a draft constitution, and Pera wonders about bringing back some kind of multidenominational "Christian civil religion." In response, Ratzinger cites Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America and makes the case that America's Founding Fathers were pious men of different denominations who wrote the First Amendment prohibiting state establishment (that is, sponsorship) of religion precisely...
...Renee Reijo Pera, director of the center for human embryonic stem cell research and education at Stanford University, agrees. "Hwang's actions were a great setback mentally for the nuclear transfer community," she says. "He really would have been far ahead of the rest of the field by just reporting these lines as parthenogenetic; they could have reported these legitimate results and been scientific heroes...
...showed that the process does indeed work-and can generate stable stem cells that go on to develop into eggs and sperm that can produce healthy mice. "It's very exciting and we look forward to all there is to do from here," says Dr. Renée Reijo Pera, director of Stanford University's Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine...
...everyone is convinced that banking stem cells this way would be providing a truly valuable medical service. "Given the current status of the research and the many innovations that are likely down the road," says Dr. Renee Reijo Pera, director of Stanford University's Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Center, "the value of this service is minimal, especially in light of the the difficulties with cryopreservation...
...Weiner said while the staff for the new institute is largely undetermined, the leadership will be established in the coming months. Eli Broad however mentioned specific names in his announcement. “Edye and I have been impressed with USC’s ability to attract Dr. Martin Pera from Australia to head the Broad Institute’s stem cell research. We would like to recognize [USC] President [Steven B.] Sample’s and [School of Medicine] Dean [Brian E.] Henderson’s leadership and vision in advancing such pioneering research,” he said...