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...recent years, the curative promises of embryonic stem cells and therapeutic cloning methods have outshone other research, but these techniques are still too new and unproven to yield safe and effective treatments for patients. Atala's strategy has been to use already existing cells to create more practical solutions - for replacing everything from diseased heart muscle to worn out cartilage and failing kidney cells. "Every cell in your body is programmed to do a job, and our job is to put these cells in the right environment in the lab so they know what to do," he says...
...advise parents of kids with ADHD to steer their kids away from preservatives and food dyes. "It matters for some kids, so I tell parents to be their own scientist," says psychiatrist Edward Hallowell, author of several books on ADHD. While a similar link between hyperactivity and sugar remains unproven, Hallowell cautions parents to watch the sweets too. "I've seen too many kids who flip out after soda and birthday cake," he says. "I urge them to eat whole foods. They'll be healthier anyway...
...betting before Tuesday was that Walton would not use that discretion to give Libby such a long sentence, since in doing so, he would be giving too much weight to a mere suspicion of the underlying, unproven crime. But as Libby's sentence proved, in today's criminal justice system, all such bets...
...phrase confused me, and I read it over and over again. A faith-based initiative? The author could have written “to ensure that curriculum reform is not based on unproven methods,” or any number of different formulations. He seems to use the term “faith-based” to contrast with “evidence-based.” And in doing that, he stumbled upon a contemporary idiom, “faith-based initiatives.” He didn’t have to employ an idiom that, for so many...
...student and liberal blogger named Mike Stark showed up Tuesday at a Charlottesville event for George Allen, the Republican incumbent in a tight race for reelection, and started shouting questions about whether Allen spit on his first wife, a charge that has appeared on Internet blogs but is totally unproven. Allen campaign officials grabbed the man, knocked him to the ground and dragged him out of the event, leading Stark - who aides to Democratic challenger Jim Webb say has no affiliation with the campaign - to e-mail dozens of Washington reporters about the incident and threaten to sue Allen campaign...