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CONTEXT Scientists in the U.S. and China have created cybrids--also known as cytoplasmic hybrids--with cow and rabbit eggs for use in stem-cell research. Cybrid proponents argue that there is virtually no difference between utilizing animal and human eggs in this field of study...
...remake of an old design, one that doctors were using 40 years ago. In the 1970s, the metal-on-metal construction was abandoned by orthopedists worldwide because it wasn't very stable and failed to relieve pain as reliably as the current metal-on-plastic standard, a metal stem and ball in a plastic cup, which has cured so many millions of their hip arthritis. But about four years ago, the metal-on-metal design was re-introduced in the U.S. with some small structural modifications. Manufacturers are now hyping and marketing it hard to orthopedists...
...family. The announcement coincided with significant progress by Harvard in its steps to break ground on its first project in Allston—a long-awaited 500,000-square-foot science complex. In June, the University filed its draft impact report for the project, slated to house the Harvard Stem Cell Initiative, with the Boston agency that oversees development projects. The University is expecting to receive approval by the agency, the Boston Redevelopment Authority, in early October...
With confidence in the U.K.'s banking system stretched, the government felt it had little choice but to step in with a definitive gesture to stem the panic. In an unprecedented move, the Treasury announced on Sept. 17 that it would guarantee all deposits held with Northern Rock. "I want to put the matter beyond doubt," announced Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, putting British taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars of Northern Rock deposits in the (extremely unlikely) event it did default. Users' cash squirreled away at the bank, he said, "will be guaranteed safe...
...natural inhibitions against speaking in class to confront him. Oblivious to the insurrection mounting against him, “that kid” stands his ground, and a real debate ensues. This pattern of events cannot, obviously, be reproduced everywhere, but it demonstrates how good sections do not necessarily stem from good people. Deference and congeniality may be assets elsewhere, but in section they often make for anemic debate. Sometimes it takes a real asshole to rouse people from apathy or self-doubt. And if discussion is really that poor, people should by all means act like assholes, even...