Word: stemming
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...other hand, therapeutic cloning—used to create stem cells—is ethically acceptable. The possibilities for stem cells derived from therapeutic cloning are immense. Great gains might be made in treating multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s and various other crippling diseases. And because it will never result in the birth of a cloned embryo, therapeutic cloning is free from many of the ethical dilemmas confronting reproductive cloning...
...development of an immune system, a condition called severe combined immuno-deficiency disorder, he survived a series of infections thanks to antibiotics and intensive care. Doctors at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children decided to test a therapy previously used only in France. They treated stem cells taken from Rhys' defective bone marrow with the gene needed to create immune cells, which was carried by a harmless retrovirus. Now 18 months old, Rhys is leading a normal life...
Many of the issues that patients raise stem from a breakdown in communication, Cannon says...
...Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, linked with Arafat's own Fatah organization, detonated a bomb in a Tel Aviv coffee bar Saturday night, killing himself and wounding more than 30 Israelis in a stark reminder that even an Israeli military operation that has sparked worldwide alarm has not managed to stem the tide of terror...
Galluccio said problems stem from “Harvard as a corporation not seeing itself as a partner in the community...