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...going from reading our genetic code to the ability to write it.' CRAIG VENTER, U.S. genetic researcher, on news that his team was preparing to announce the creation of the world's first synthetic chromosome, a stepping stone to creating artificial life...
Through the windows of a Paris cafe on the Right Bank, the lunchtime crowd chatting over red wine and espressos can see water gushing from stone sphinxes under a carved column topped with a golden angel. It is hard to imagine a starker contrast between this gracious eatery and the ravaged villages of Darfur, yet among the diners here is a man who could hold the key to peace in the devastating conflict in western Sudan. "The Sudan regime is an outlaw regime," Abdul Wahid el Nur, leader of the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement, shouts, slamming his fist...
...It’s like a walk-off home run kind of thing.” The well-matched league foes showed off their defense in the first half and offense in the second. The game remained scoreless through the first frame as Harvard goalkeeper junior Kylie Stone registered two saves and Cornell counterpart Shannon Prescott tallied three. In the second half, the two teams traded goals twice. “This was our most complete game of the season,” Caples said. “No one ever plays a perfect game but we were very solid...
...Vatican validated a cure reported by a priest in Guwahati, India, on Sept. 5, the 10th anniversary of the beloved nun's death. The cure in question, originally reported by the Asian Catholic news agency UCA News, was described as "the disappearance of a half-inch kidney stone in his lower ureter...
Here is the timetable of the miracle, as provided to UCA News by the Archbishop of Guwahati , Thomas Menamparampil: The priest, Fr. V.M. Thomas, suffered several months with the stone, and had taken medications to no avail. Most kidney stones can be removed surgically, however, in what is often an outpatient procedure. Indeed, Fr. Thomas had scheduled a surgery for September 6 and entered the hospital for prep on the 5th. However, he reportedly asked and received permission to leave the hospital and celebrate a Mass at a children's home founded by Teresa. At the Mass he asked participants...