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...Terpstras say at least something good is coming from the terminations) but over the science underpinning the treatment. There's some evidence in animal studies that oegs, which are key helper cells in the nose, can also help spinal-cord nerve fibers regenerate. But Huang's use of the unproven procedure on human beings, without using control groups as comparisons or studying patients' progress after treatment, disturbs scientists and MND and paralysis support groups around the world...
...Jacques Chirac - indicated that the French site at Cadarache, 65 km north of Marseilles, had all but bagged the €10 billion deal to host ITER, which will try to mimic the sun's power by using 100 million-degree Celsius heat to create nuclear fusion. The technology is unproven on this scale, but during a nationally televised interview Chirac declared that " France is on the verge of getting ITER" over the rival site of Rokkasho-Mura in northern Japan. Then E.U. and Japanese negotiators produced a "technical agreement" that French Deputy Minister for Research François d'Aubert...
Many of these circumstances, like the weather, were impossible to foresee. But that’s the point. Taking a $2,350 risk on an unproven concept like Havana on the Harbor was one way for the UC to answer students who contend the UC just does the same thing over and over. But it was a far too radical answer. The UC doesn’t yet have the credibility to put on such a huge party. Perhaps aware of this fact, Havana organizers sought help from the Crimson Dance Team to promote the event. Despite such publicity efforts...
...AIDS victims, the still unproven antiviral drugs represent the only chance, a reminder that the battle for their lives is not yet over. "So many people accept the diagnosis as a death sentence," says one 33-year-old patient. "They just don't want to fight anymore." The chance of being admitted to an experimental drug program, he says, "gives me a little extra hope. Hope is something I don't want to lose." -Reported by Patricia Delaney / Washington, Joyce Leviton/Atlanta and Melissa Ludtke/Los Angeles [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine...
...such a move. Though the action is largely symbolic given the University’s relatively small stake in PetroChina, it could set a precedent. Samantha Powers, a lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, told The Crimson that although divestment is an “unproven tool” against genocide, Harvard’s decision might “unleash a contagion effect” among other institutions...