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...about a century, scientists have been studying the role bacteria play in the gastrointestinal tract, a complex ecosystem made up of helpful and harmful bugs whose interactions aren't fully understood. The bugs begin to infiltrate when we're born. Some make us sick, while others help the body work better. An average adult gut contains about a kilogram of bacteria - 100 trillion bugs of some 500 different species...
...campus that April. The high-profile speaking event had gone very smoothly, but Rove had already written Caleb a thank-you note. When their son finally arrived home, they watched him open the letter. Caleb said that he had to read it a few times before he really understood what it was saying. Rove was looking for some additional help in Washington in the fall, and he wondered if Caleb knew anyone who might be interested in an internship. “I think he signed it, ‘Karl,’” Caleb told...
...VEGF therapy in treating infantile hemangioma. But the team is also looking at other possible cures, including a way to induce pre-mature cell death in the endothelial cells. Another option would be to manipulate the mechanism by which the tumors naturally shrink, but that process is not yet understood...
...tempting to say that this time is different, that the pain has been so severe and ongoing, the lessons will be remembered. Four exchanges, with encouragement from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, have volunteered to create a clearinghouse for the hazily understood concentrations of risk known as credit-default swaps. Investors are also taking more responsibility. Over the past month, the analytics firm RiskMetrics has seen a rush of pension funds, hedge funds and asset managers signing up for tools to analyze counterparty risk. "The only folks who used...
...spent the last several weeks and months clinging onto my belief in the old John McCain, still hoping he could pull through as the change we needed. Yet as I cast my absentee ballot for the McCain-Palin ticket last week, I understood why undecided voters would find the Obama-Biden train more appealing. Somewhere along the campaign trail, John McCain lost his ability to inspire voters. I’m sad he’s lost, but I’m sadder that he played such a deliberate role in the reason for his defeat...