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...Dolly, the cloned sheep, proved this biological maxim wrong in 1996, when Ian Wilmut was able to coax an aging mammary cell to become an entirely new sheep by giving it a home in a hollowed-out egg. And since every scientific experiment just begets more experiments, Dolly's birth got researchers to wondering: If the egg can reprogram a cell, is it possible to tease out exactly what age-reversing factors the oocyte uses, and mix up a Fountain of Youth cocktail that would work on any cell without the need...
...seen the report and declined to comment on its contents until it was delivered. The Department’s proposal two years ago to expand the definition of the “use” of controlled technology and to base licensing decisions on place of birth rather than country of citizenship drew strong opposition from Harvard and other research universities. “It sent shock waves across lots of sectors, including the higher education sector,” said Kevin Casey, the University’s senior director for federal and state relations. “We thought...
...tying personally speaking out to ensuring abortion rights. When Roe v. Wade was handed down in the 70s, the legality of abortion was justified as part of an individual’s right to privacy (this is similar to the justification for a woman’s right to birth control). For years, pro-choice advocates rallied behind the idea that abortion was a private decision by a woman exercising dominion over her body. There is something odd about encouraging a woman who has exercised a private right to go public with it. This irony is apparently lost...
...have three sons, so I read your article on birth order with interest. Example after example that you supplied showed that upbringing and parents' expectations influence children more than birth order does. I have made a conscious effort never to compare my sons, and I have encouraged each to pursue his own dreams. Each boy has very different aspirations. Kate Robinson, Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey...
...searched for some mention of psychology's giants who first theorized about the behavioral differences among siblings. You didn't mention, for example, Alfred Adler, a contemporary of Sigmund Freud's and Carl Jung's, who wrote extensively that birth order predicts personality. Nor did you mention the modern, highly influential ideas of Virginia Satir, who recognized that firstborn, middle, youngest and only children each have characteristic ways of forming relationships, taking responsibility and responding to authority. Charles Kaplan, Meriden, Connecticut...