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...some days last longer than others." Winston Churchill's aphorism resonates for his 21st century successor, Gordon Brown. Just weeks ago the British Prime Minister looked fist-clenchingly impotent as insurrection bubbled in Labour's ranks and his Conservative opponents thumbed their noses from the safe distance of a 20-point poll advantage. Then came convulsions in the global economy. The scramble to avert meltdown drove Labour rebels into retreat, halved the Tory lead and granted Brown more than just a reprieve from domestic woes. As Congress bickered over the U.S. bailout and European leaders vacillated between a unified response...
Brown is in his element, a lame duck confounding expectations by soaring high. (Aides warn him against looking cheerful.) His critics take comfort from history: an ungrateful British public voted Churchill out of office at war's end. Still, by that logic Brown is safe until the financial turbulence subsides. For a Premier who only a month ago was staring defeat in the face, the world's economic nightmare looks like an economic miracle...
...using a chemical that can replace two of the four potentially cancer-causing genes previously needed to reprogram adult cells into a mutable state. The findings, published Sunday on the Web site of the journal Nature Biotechnology, open another avenue for researchers hoping to create iPS cells that are safe for treating human disease...
...need to be really open-minded,” Huangfu said of finding safe alternatives to the cancer-causing retroviruses. “I think that this brings us one step forward, but we are still not there...
...enter alcohol and drugs—many still make that choice based on an acute awareness of the image they’ll be presenting to everyone else. Many won’t drop their daily charade until they’re back, late at night, in the safe-and-sound suites they call home. When no one’s there to see us, we stop wondering how we look to the world, and the parts of us we try so hard to deny finally come...