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Szostak and two other Lasker winners were honored for their discovery of the enzyme telomerase. The other two recipients are a University of Pennsylvania psychiatrist whose research transformed the treatment of depression and a Carnegie Institution embryologist who is a pioneer in the study of chromosome structure...
...small gathering of neighbors in Barbara and Charles Blum's Hershey's Mill living room is all ears. Sestak explains that the military provides universal health-care coverage and substantial educational benefits-"I was able to get a Ph.D. from Harvard," he says-and it has also been a pioneer in providing equal opportunity for all, including women and minorities. "Every military officer is a Democrat because he or she believes in investing in people," he concludes with a flourish...
...health-care industry, with its chronic shortage of nurses and burgeoning client base in Sun Belt states, is a natural pioneer of such programs. But increasingly, other kinds of companies are getting involved, especially giant retail chains like Borders, Home Depot and CVS Pharmacy...
...Regulars on the Asian art circuit, such as Indian-born British sculptor Anish Kapoor and controversial Chinese conceptual artist Ai Weiwei, have signed up to participate this year. The show also coincides with the opening of the new Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. OGAKI: Japan has long been a pioneer in media art (the name given to work created with new, mostly digital, technologies), but the country has tended to ignore its neighbors in favor of installation makers from the West. The Ogaki Biennale (Oct. 6-15) hopes to redress this with Japan's first major showing of Asian media...
...also the first of the Democratic candidates to support the Cape Wind project, which will construct a system of windmills in Nantucket Sound to provide most of Cape Cod’s electrical power. This is an important step in solidifying the Commonwealth’s image as a pioneer of sophisticated technology and renewable energy. Patrick’s audacious plans to give Massachusetts an economic identity is a refreshing departure from the Romney administration’s anti-stem cell moral politicking...