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Although embryonic stem cells have certainly grabbed most of the attention - and headlines - in the stem cell field in recent years, embryos aren't the only source of these versatile mother-cells. Political leanings aside, researchers are beginning to appreciate that many tissues in the body have their own stem cells. Blood cells, for example, derive from a single hematopoietic stem cell in the bone marrow, and now two groups of scientists from Boston report that they have identified a similar mother stem cell from which most heart cells arise. Working with mice, one group at Massachusetts General Hospital isolated...
...their children with some semblance of normalcy-without driving themselves, their kids, their friends, and their communities crazy. Waiters roll their eyes when parents ask to view labels and school staff often resist accommodations. Parents whose kids dive into birthday cake with abandon and live on PB and J aren't necessarily sympathetic to what they call the peanut police. Even the most understanding moms aren't accustomed to the precautions involved in having an allergic child over for a playdate...
...actors aren't the only ones getting a rough ride in Blood Diamond, an action thriller about the illegal gem trade set during Sierra Leone's brutal civil war. The Warner Bros. film, due for release on Dec. 8, has the diamond industry concerned that moviegoers may walk out of cinemas with the idea that all diamonds are tainted. The gem folks, including...
...will be. "We won't ever be poor, but we will be normal," says former vice-captain Ian Healy. "We'll have to play really tough cricket to win games and save games." When Australia lose their great bowlers Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne, he adds, "opponents aren't going to be anywhere near as scared of playing Australia as they...
...smooth relations with the Bush White House aren't the priority they used to be. In the upcoming Congress, with every Republican Senator seemingly running for re-election or for President, proof of one's independence from the White House will be an asset, not a liability, especially if Bush's approval ratings remain mired in the mid-30s. As he was campaigning for the whip job, Lott says, he told his colleagues that when it came to White House pressure, "there's nothing they can do to me or for me that they haven't already done...