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...during his stay, nor even a last-minute hiccup over a Turkish measure that would have criminalized adultery. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who at first supported the adultery proposal to appease conservative allies, agreed to drop it, and last week pushed a 700-page package of penal-code reforms through parliament. "We have worked hard and we have done our homework," a tight-lipped Erdogan told reporters in Brussels. "There is no reason now not to receive a positive answer" from the E.U. Well, almost none. The prospect of a thumbs-up from Verheugen this week - his recommendation...
Mootha is also working towards discovering the genes that code for mitochondria as well as the role of the organelles in human diseases...
...study involved the first-ever use on an infectious disease of a new research technique called chemical genetics. Every virus presents scientists with a new kind of genetic code?the challenge is to figure out how to decipher it to gain a fuller understanding of how the virus works and how to combat it. In the past, such research was often slow and laborious. But thanks to chemical genetics?which allows scientists to quickly test how a new virus reacts with thousands of different chemicals?viruses that might have remained indecipherable for years can now be at least partially unlocked...
...STUNNED TO SEE THE TERM "POL-ish labor camp" in the Milestone on the death of Navajo code talker Frank Sanache [Sept. 6]. The Nazis organized and ran the German concentration, labor and POW camps of World War II [including the one in what is now Poland where Sanache was imprisoned]. We need to preserve the truth about atrocities committed by the Nazis instead of creating harmful stereotypes that involve Poland...
...step closer to joining the E.U. as European Commissioner for Enlargement Günter Verheugen, following a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Brussels, announced that there were "no more obstacles" to the start of accession talks. Crucially, Erdogan gave assurances that a revised penal code to bring Turkey in line with E.U. human-rights law would be adopted - without a controversial clause criminalizing adultery that drew criticism from Brussels and threatened to derail the talks. Verheugen is to make a recommendation on whether negotiations on Turkish membership should start in an Oct. 6 report. E.U. leaders...