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...spinal cord of a patient. Testing the viability of cells made from iPS stem cells is still a long way off, mostly because iPS requires the use of viruses to deliver the time-reversing genes into adult cells - that works in the lab, but it is not yet safe for patients. To use iPS cells in patients, researchers would have to find a way to reprogram adult cells using chemicals, rather than genes...
...Staying Safe from Wildfires As a wildland firefighter for 40-plus years, I must strongly disagree with your statement in "Postcard: Santa Barbara" that "you can no more prepare for [wildfires] than for a sudden death" [July 21]. Homeowners can do much to reduce the risk of "sudden death" from a wildfire. Site selection, roofing and siding materials, landscaping plants, defensible space around the home - all these factors are well-known ways to mitigate much of the risk associated with living in the wildland-urban interface. For great material on helping keep wildfires in the wild, check out firewise.org. There...
...jail and take a court-ordered drug test. Republicans hope a weakened Democratic machine in Detroit will hamper Obama's effort in the fall. "Obama will have to go in himself and build his own machine," predicts GOP state-party chair Saul Anuzis. It's a fairly safe bet that the nation's first black presidential nominee will turn out the vote in the country's most predominantly black city. But the danger for Obama is that years of scandalous headlines about a young black man in power in Detroit will have a much subtler impact on the way suburban...
Michigan has gone Democratic in every presidential election cycle since 1988--but it could surprise this time around. While Democrats usually benefit when economic concerns dominate an election, Barack Obama is running only a few points ahead of John McCain in statewide polls, a margin neither side considers safe. Adding to Obama's challenges is the fact that several of the state's Democratic leaders are wildly unpopular, under indictment or both...
...QUIZ: THE TERMS PUMP, Love, Safe, New Energy and Dignity...