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...country's leading scientific minds, including Dr. Francis Collins, who helped map the human genome, and Dr. Harold Varmus, former head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a science adviser to the Administration, Obama fulfilled a campaign promise to lift the ban on federal funding of embryonic-stem-cell research put in place by then President George W. Bush in 2001. Obama's new Executive Order allows scientists to apply for government grants to study the versatile cells...
...These criticisms of unimaginativeness stem from a definition of socially conscious theater that is didactic, narrow, and unfulfilling. Some may see theater as “education disguised as entertainment,” but this ignores the wonderful complexity available in the medium. David Mamet, the esteemed dramatist and essayist, put it best when he said, “The good drama survives because it appeals… to the problems both universal and eternal, as they are insoluble...
...said one Molecular and Cellular Biology professor who asked that he not be named to protect his relationship with the University. “But now, unfortunately, since we cannot grow, the situation involves making choices.”The delay has compelled the University to plan to relocate stem cell researchers originally bound for Allston to a Cambridge facility currently occupied by faculty members in the MCB department—a move that has triggered backlash from professors who object to the administration’s apparent prioritization of stem cell research at the expense of their own discipline...
...acknowledges that there are only 24 hours in the day. But he already has the next few years mapped out. After he earns his Master of Music, he plans to attend graduate school and pursue stem cell research, continuing to practice cello while decreasing performance commitments. These days, Koh has orchestra practice at NEC three days a week for three hours at a time. He’s in the classroom four days a week, until 6:00 p.m. After all of that, he spends long nights essentially volunteering at the Scadden Lab he worked in as an undergrad...
Last spring, the committee awarded six inaugural seed grants totaling over $300,000 to fund basic research projects such as treating high blood pressure with nanoparticles and stem cells...