Word: stemming
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...drugs, and new ones are being developed every day. Researchers at Eli Lilly reported progress in Philadelphia on a compound that targets the sticky plaques in the brain that are the root cause of Alzheimer's. Other people, like Nancy Reagan, are pinning their hopes for a cure on stem cells--although experts are worried that in the wake of Ronald Reagan's death from Alzheimer's, those prospects may have been oversold. There are no miracle cures on the horizon, but there is reason for hope. --With reporting by Shahreen Abedin/New York...
...along with powerful contingents from Chinese Taipei, Australia, Japan and Cuba, the perennial favorite. "I'll be disappointed if we don't win a gold medal," says manager Ernie Whitt, the former Blue Jays star. "If our players play their best, we should win it all." His high expectations stem mainly from Canada's success at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Panama last November. The Canadians finished with a 4-2 record overall and secured an Olympic berth by trouncing Mexico 11-1 in the semifinals. Two days earlier, Mexico had staged a huge upset by eliminating...
Mentioning such past American innovations as the Wright Brothers’ aeroplane prototypes, the moon-shot program of John F. Kennedy ’40, also a former Crimson editor, and microchip technology, Kerry said he would lift current administrative restrictions on embryonic stem cell research—and, in perhaps his deftest segue, tied this into the convention’s theme of an optimistic party on the brink...
Then there was Ron Reagan—his appearance, or more accurately his name, a huge coup for the convention. Still, Reagan delivered his altogether correct views on stem-cell research in the mellow tones of a genial, almost-vacant Mr. Wizard. It’s not that the speech wasn’t effective or right; it’s that there was something creepily stagey about it throughout...
...fetal-tissue research because his supporters didn't approve of medical science using aborted fetuses. The irony is that such research might have led to a cure for Alzheimer's disease had he let it go forward. Now George W. Bush is placating the same religious faction by limiting stem-cell research, again thwarting promising medical study to secure supporters' votes. Janet Brazill Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. Klein stated that "Reagan was a champion of the religious right, but rarely attended church." It was apparent to me that Reagan had a firm grounding in religious or spiritual faith...