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...possibility that statins may help in regenerating deteriorating lung tissue. "Over the last few years, there have been a growing number of studies showing that lung tissue can actually regenerate itself and that the rate of deterioration can be slowed down by turning on genes and pathways that protect lung tissue," he says. "This study provides one more potential piece of evidence that [such regeneration] possibly represents an entirely new approach to treating lung disease." And that would certainly help millions more Americans to breathe easier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heart Drugs May Help Lungs Too | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

...from adversity. But clichés are often just hard truths tamed by familiarity. Maybe he triumphed in spite of his ordeals, not because of them. There is no control group, he observes, that lets you measure what you missed. In raising his own daughter, he felt the pull to protect her, even as he wondered at the cost. "Maybe a few hard knocks ..." but his voice trails off. He didn't want to experiment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nobel Warrior | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

...Board in order to avoid being personally held responsible. An yet the administration hesitates to acknowledge that students may now be encouraged to go to off-campus locations or drink in more dangerous environments as a result. Unfortunately, we seem to have forgotten that we can collaboratively protect the community and socialize in a legal and safe...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe, Emma M. Lind, Joanna Naples-mitchell, Juliet S. Samuel, and Matthew L. Sundquist | Title: Cracking Down on Drinking | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

...doubt that the administration will go to any length, will press any advantage, and will commit any crime to assert its domination over the Council,” Ragalie proclaimed. “It has already committed the worst crime of all: it has rejected truth in claiming to protect it.” If that isn’t the kind of well-reasoned rhetoric that we ought to demand from our administrators, then I don’t know what is.University administrators, by their nature, prevent us—citizen-scholars that we are—from acting...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: Do You Hear The People Sing? | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

...major international peace talks in 18 months on Darfur scheduled to open in Libya on October 27. The purpose of that meeting is to get all the parties to the conflict to agree to a cease-fire that would allow 26,000 U.N.-mandated African Union troops in to protect civilians and keep the peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Awaiting Darfur Peace in Paris | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

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