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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Gene Therapy Finally Ready for Prime Time? | 11/27/2009 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Gene Therapy Finally Ready for Prime Time? | 11/27/2009 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glam It Up at London's Sanctum Soho | 11/26/2009 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glam It Up at London's Sanctum Soho | 11/26/2009 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Barbara B. Depena, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The WTF Era Begins? | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

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