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...slowdown. The World Bank and others say growth next year could drop to below 8%, a number that the government needs to maintain to prevent a destabilizing level of unemployment. Economists warn that even if China makes its 2009 targets, the first half of the year could see much slower growth than the second. And while this year's sensitive anniversaries will be past, next June will mark another, the 20th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown...
...These slower-dividing cells constitute a purer population of stem cells—one that could be useful in bone marrow transplant therapy, according to Harvard Medical School research fellow Adlen Foudi, one of the study’s lead co-authors...
While researchers said they are uncertain about the significance of this new finding, Hock suggested the slower stem cell division could be a biological mechanism to preserve the integrity of the cells. Since genetic mutations accumulate as cells divide, slower division could reduce the rate of mutation, he said...
...think this [slower division] is the way the body protects the best stem cells,” Hock said...
...would be able to continue its recent hot shooting—after all, the Crimson has not claimed victory over the Friars since the arrival of this year’s seniors. Harvard (4-3) was unable to counter several key runs made by the opposition and was slower on the offensive glass, as it fell to Providence (4-4), 70-58, on Saturday afternoon.After a sharp-shooting night of nearly 60 percent against the University of New Hampshire its last time out, the Crimson shot almost half that mark, connecting on fewer than 35 percent of its shots from...