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Despite the outbreak across the river, epidemic specialists at Harvard’s University Health Services say they are comfortable that its current health policies will prevent an infection at Harvard...
...While the new policy would certainly expand the number of stem cell lines eligible for federal funding - under Bush's policy, only a couple dozen lines qualified, whereas the new guidelines would include up to 700 or so lines, according to the NIH - it would prevent scientists from studying the one thing that would bring this treatment from the lab bench to the patient bedside: patient-specific stem cells. Because stem cells from donated embryos would not be genetically matched to the patients who need them, in practice, treating a patient with a spinal cord injury or diabetes who could...
...this year will be the 10-year anniversary for music industry legal suits against file sharing networks," points out Mark Mulligan, London-based analyst at Forrester Research. "Throughout that time, file sharing has grown, and grown and grown." The shutdown of Napster in 2001 didn't prevent Kazaa becoming even larger; and Kazaa's subsequent demise has hardly hindered the Pirate Bay. By the time courts catch up with unlawful services, user momentum already lies elsewhere. "It's a case of whack a mole," says Mulligan. "Every time they hit one, another pops up. That's not going to change...
...give help even if they wanted to. It became clear to me that this was a much larger problem than we'd like to admit.We can't simply react after a tragedy like this. We've got to be proactive and think about how we can try to prevent them...
...feel safer in that we have amazing people here who are really dedicated. Every one of us is doing everything we can. I think it's made us more vigilant. On the other hand, I'm a realist, and I still can't figure out what there is to prevent someone from bringing a small arsenal onto campus and doing whatever he or she wants...