Word: developing
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...intelligence wonks also warn that in order to maintain its competitive edge in the world economy, the U.S. government needs to develop "national priorities," which include sustained investment in technology and in public education. Try telling that to a White House and Congress that believe these things are not, a priori, the province of government. Then again, intelligence professionals can afford to speak frankly, because they don't have to get reelected...
That story, in fact, has inspired trials of nearly two dozen new biotech medicines. IDEC Pharmaceuticals in San Diego, Calif., for example, has zeroed in on the interactions between helper T cells and APCs to develop antibody drugs against lupus and RA. Their anti-RA antibody selectively switches off T cells involved in autoimmune responses by binding the CD4 molecule on their surfaces. Amgen, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., has developed a drug that works by blocking Interleukin-1, another molecule that promotes inflammation...
...patients, whose brains also grow gummed up, do not carry the mutation. Still, scientists are convinced that the bad gene is a powerful clue. "There appear to be more clumps in the brains of people with the mutant gene," says Zigmond. "Learning how the protein functions may help us develop drugs that target...
Just as important as protecting healthy neurons is repairing or replacing nerve cells that have already been damaged. The body produces a whole bath of trophic-or growth-factors, that help neurons and other cells develop. If the brains of Parkinson’s patients could be fortified with additional trophic doses, many scientists believe, damaged neurons might be reawakened or repaired. While there is some thought in the medical community about engineering genes to churn out the substances, the pharmaceutical industry is taking a more direct approach...
...extend those blackouts. Their only alternative is to rely more heavily on heating oil, which comes from Russia. And that could raise political tensions by making them more dependent on Russia. In the long term they're relying on promises from Europe of billions of dollars to help them develop a new nuclear energy program. But that's not going to help them in the short term...