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...they gathered with a brilliant galaxy of scientists, biotech executives and other friends to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the discovery that opened a new era. The site was the century-old Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on New York's Long Island, where Watson, host of the glittering symposium, has served as director for 25 years. The appearance of the reclusive Crick helped highlight the event; he seldom ventures forth from California's Salk Institute for Biological Studies, where for the past 17 years he has been studying the brain. "Jim is an administrator and manager," Crick explains...
...years after that historic experiment, Anderson reported to the Cold Spring Harbor symposium, both this child and another young Ohio girl who began the same treatment a few months later have acceptable levels of the ADA enzyme and are leading normal, healthy lives, needing only to return every six months for repeat treatments. This study, and one conducted by the University of Michigan's Dr. James Wilson on a woman with familial hypercholesterolemia, represent the only gene-therapy treatments to date with beneficial results. But Anderson expects more success from other projects getting under...
These and other questions were debated at a Saturday symposium held at the Medical School on the biological and physiological nature of homosexuality...
Sparking interest and informed dialogue on the subject is one of the goals of the symposium, student organizers said...
...response to the symposium has been overwhelming so far, said Machtinger. As the auditorium space at the Medical Education Center, which seats 200, had already been oversubscribed, a television monitor will be set up in the atrium to accomodate others who want to see the speeches. Undergraduates are welcome, Machtinger said...