Word: vitalizing
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Your article on the biotech company CellPro and the development of a new treatment for cancer [MEDICINE, May 19] left out some vital facts. The stem-cell technology used in CellPro's product to help treat its ceo, Rick Murdock, was developed not by CellPro but by the researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. To date, CellPro has paid Johns Hopkins nothing for its use of our stem-cell technology, thus depriving us of resources that could be applied to further cancer research. In March a federal jury found that CellPro willfully infringed Johns Hopkins' patents...
Dale W. Jorgenson, Abbe professor of economics and chair of the economics department, agrees, though he says he tries to allow other members of the department to provide vital input...
...independent thought and asserts that the propensity to confront authority and orthodoxy was one of the hallmarks of a great intellect. He writes: "I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions... I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways." Perhaps it is no surprise that Emerson was sometimes considered a heretic during his academic career at Harvard...
Snowe has been a rising star on the national political scene since her election to the House of Representatives in 1978, at the age of 31. Her constant focus on the vital issues of the day has won Snowe the respect of politicians and students alike. In a poll of Kennedy students, Snowe came out as the preferred class day speaker...
...mass retailers such as the Limited and K Mart, access to cheap (and legal) imported goods is vital to survival in a fiercely competitive industry. The Limited has announced no plans to change its sourcing, and will begin mounting its legal defense in early June. In all likelihood the company is waiting for the issue to fade, figuring that consumers will keep their eyes fixed on the lingerie and not the label...