Word: stems
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...farce never becomes a simple enactment of poetic justice; no matter how much Veber paints Pignon as a really likeable, sweet guy who makes matchstick models of famous monuments such as the Eiffel Tower to numb his broken heart, he remains the idiot. All the misadventures he causes stem from his kindness and gratitude toward Bronchant. This is the awkward basis of the farce...
...otherwise) are tough to break. Also, one partner is more likely to bring substantially greater wealth to the union. And let's face it, men, the days when we called the shots on big items are long gone. Bottom line: a Citibank survey finds that 57% of divorces stem from arguments over money...
...problem, researchers injected the mice's brains with neuronal stem cells, a kind of parent cell that can generate any cell type in the central nervous system. These same cells have shown promise in the localized treatment of Parkinson's disease. In this case, though, the stem cells had to migrate throughout the mice's brains, then figure out what kinds of cells to turn into--a much more complicated process. Yet that's just what they did, fanning out and transforming themselves into oligodendrocytes, which started churning out myelin insulation. In 60% of cases, the tremors stopped almost completely...
Just what cued the stem cells to respond in precisely the right way is unclear, but the fact that they did respond suggests that a different brain disorder might have produced a different, equally therapeutic result. If that's so--and, more important, if it turns out to work in humans the same way it does in mice--then neuroscientists may someday have a brain-repair tool kit of astonishing versatility and power...
...weekend off did nothing to stem Harvard's struggling. It limped into twelfth place at the New England Division One Championships, and then finished the year grabbing seventh out of 14 at Army...