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...when his findings were published in the New England Journal of Medicine, cancer researcher Judah Folkman's peers dismissed his idea that cancer tumors were dependent on a growing network of blood vessels. The now widely accepted theory that blocking angiogenesis, or vessel growth, will inhibit tumors has led to a dedicated field of research and at least 10 drugs currently on the market. Folkman was 74 and died of an apparent heart attack...
Unlike traditional anti-addiction approaches, such as 12-step programs, psychotherapy and older medications like methadone for heroin addicts or the nausea-inducing Antabuse for alcoholics, vaccines like TA-CD prevent the addictive substance from ever reaching the user's brain - that is, they inhibit the addictive cycle rather than respond to it. The goal is to eliminate the chemical cascade that results in the euphoric "high," which, in turn, sparks addiction - what comedian George Carlin once described this way: "What does cocaine make you feel like? It makes you feel like having more cocaine...
...getting involved. Straight people may feel intimidated taking part in the other facets of the club, such as its political endeavors, if they view the BGLTSA strictly as a social space for queer students.But members of the BGLTSA have sensed that there are other issues with the organization that inhibit its effectiveness as a political player. In an interview, former Political Chair Katherine E. Smith ’10, said, “the BGLTSA serves a social and community building function and, subsequently, must temper its political stances and activities so to be inclusive of all queer individuals...
...hearing. It was like a kangaroo court. It was something out of a banana republic,” Glennon said. “It was this formality that they went through to satisfy the rules and regulations.” It is precisely those rules and regulations that will inhibit the ability of Tuesday’s winner to act. City politicians have no formal role in the planning negotiations, which are limited to the property holders, the BRA, and the Harvard Allston Task Force. Task Force Chairman Ray Mellone said that the candidates’ promises to impact...
...draw significant crowds, with its food and drink serving as an added incentive to attending live shows that is lacking at more obscure on-campus venues such as the Quincy Cage.FOOTING THE BILLBut while the perfect stage for live music may now exist at Harvard, financial issues may still inhibit the potential of WHRB’s involvement in promoting live bands.Gittleson makes it clear that the event is purely altruistic on the part of the station, which had to resort to selling more advertising time and using cost-cutting methods to pay $3,000—half...