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...September, researchers at the University of Washington reported in the journal Nature that they had produced color vision in squirrel monkeys, which are normally born colorblind. Using a tiny syringe, researchers injected the single missing gene for color vision into the monkeys' eyes. The result was clear: monkeys that previously could not distinguish red, green and gray were easily able to pass a simian equivalent of a color-detection test. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
Another study published in the Lancet in October found that gene therapy had restored partial vision to five children and seven adults with a congenital eye disease that causes blindness. And a paper published earlier this month in Science reported the successful treatment of two children with ALD, or adrenoleukodystrophy - a neurological disorder that leads to progressive brain damage and death in two to five years...
...throwing TVs out of the window, where do they stay? Probably somewhere like London's Sanctum Soho, sanctumsoho.com. Set within the mellowed stone of a 1906 townhouse in the city's West End, the property bills itself as "a celebration of edgy glamor" and is the $17 million vision of music manager turned nightclub owner turned hotelier Mark Fuller...
...rooms, which range in size from tiny 157 sq. ft. (14 sq m) Crash Pads to a sprawling rooftop suite complete with garden, are individually designed. Some offer a diva-pleasing vision of soft pinks and four posters; the boys will opt for rooms where use of strong mauves and browns lends a more masculine feel. In a stylish touch, key cards have been dispensed with and replaced with solid, old-school keys, which give an exclusive hotel-as-home air. (See 10 things to do in London...
...Benjamin Cohen issued a statement establishing the Weld Thirty-Four (WTF) Republic and encouraging “all to throw off the chains of oppression and join us in our crusade for justice.” This call to arms comes with a new agenda and a new vision for all of Harvard University...