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...Harvard has made a final push to regain its place at the forefront of the revolutionary and controversial field.Yesterday, the University announced that Melton and Daley, now top officials at HSCI, will each lead a team of researchers in an attempt to use a process called Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) to create disease- and patient-specific stem cell lines from cloned embryos.The research was approved after more than two years of intensive ethical and scientific review by eight separate boards, said University Provost Steven E. Hyman at a press conference yesterday.If successful, the research will represent...
...first reported program launched by an academic institute to use fresh eggs in somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) to create stem cells. That's the technique that South Korean scientists claimed they had used to create nearly a dozen stem cell lines from diseased patients before admitting earlier this year that their results had been fabricated. HSCI will recruit donors first from the Boston area, Dr. Kevin Eggan, one of the lead investigators, told reporters. Although egg donors to IVF clinics are paid, HSCI decided not to compensate donors for the stem cell studies, to be sure that the women...
...adjustment, fourth-down play call, or defensive strategy.Instead, the decision on who would replace legendary Crimson quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05 proved to have the most impact.Sophomore Richard Irvin was tapped as the starter for the season’s opening game, though Murphy maintained the Tulane transfer would split time with fellow sophomore Liam O’Hagan.In the season opener at Holy Cross, Irvin threw an interception on his first drive that was returned for a touchdown. O’Hagan entered the game, led the team to a pair of first-quarter touchdowns, and locked...
...NCLB, the education law passed in 2002 that requires states to test their students in math and reading in grades three through eight, and once more in high school. The law requires states to make lists of schools that score badly on state tests and allows students to transfer out of the worst schools. While the law passed with overwhelming majorities in Congress, many school superintendents, principals and teachers - as well as politicians - from across the country have attacked the law for being too draconian and focused on testing. Even state lawmakers in Bush-friendly states like Utah have strongly...
...among educators and in state legislatures, the Education Department has shown signs of leniency. It is now considering allowing states to create special exams for students with disabilities, rather than mandating those students to take the traditional state tests. The law originally required school districts to allow students to transfer from a school if its test scores lagged for two straight years; now those schools don't have to provide transfers for those students if they are offered free tutoring instead. And the Department is allowing some failing school districts to offer the tutoring themselves, rather than requiring districts...