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...broader application of the procedure will depend on making it less expensive. One way to do that, says Hollander: developing automatic processes, rather than the labor-intensive techniques applied this time, for generating tissue from the patient's own stem cells. Once scientists are able to engineer similar transformations of other organs to save lives and spare the side effects of immunosuppressive drugs, "This would be beautiful," says Macchiarini...
...closing was in no way triggered by the slumping consumer market, and that the company has been examining its usage of the Brattle Street building for years. Building owner and Harvard professor emeritus Bill J. Poorvu and Harvard Square Business Association executive director Denise A. Jillson both expressed similar thoughts, saying the closing was likely driven by changes in the company’s merchandising strategy...
...rated piece of collateralized debt,” said Ferguson, a professor of history in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and business administration at Harvard Business School. In order to avoid future economic crises, it may be necessary to create an international financial regulatory body similar to the World Trade Organization, Ferguson said. He added that financial crises occur infrequently enough for regulators and investors to blissfully ignore the warning signs that can lead to very real economic pain. Arguing that economic systems reflect human nature, Ferguson said that economists’ over-reliance on mathematical models results...
...better colleague.”“It’s fabulous when you hire your own students because they know the system,” Kishlansky says. Faculty also note that their previous college affiliation helps create stronger relationships with their students, who share a similar set of undergraduate experiences. “I want [my students] to know I’m on their side of the fence,” Throntveit says. Professors are not to be feared. In fact, they are “as intimidated by teaching undergrads as undergrads are of them...
...Obama’s victory two weeks ago was dampened by less good news for left-leaning voters, as same-sex marriage bans passed in Arizona, California, and Florida. For many gay activists, the new bans in Arizona and California were particularly disheartening, given that Arizona voted down a similar ban two years ago and that California has been allowing same-sex marriage since this summer. Over 40 states have now passed bans on gay marriage, leaving Connecticut and Massachusetts as the sole states allowing the practice...