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In 1952, researchers at Fernald used smallamounts of radioactive iodine to study thyroidfunction in muscular dystrophy and Down's syndromepatients. In 1961, researchers performed nearlythe same experiment on Down's syndrome children atWrentham.
But, as retired Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell belatedly concluded after a career of upholding death sentences, the death penalty cannot be administered fairly. Nothing illustrates that better than the thought experiment of trying to imagine O.J. Simpson in the gas chamber. It's just not going to happen, no...
His experiment was in fact a good deal more complex than creating a "cockroach dating agency," of course.
One reason for creating the molecule artificially was for possible commercial use in roach exterminators, but for the researcher this was the experiment's least important purpose.
If Harvard is to maintain its status as the nation's preeminent institution of higher learning, this is no way to proceed. If the University is to advance, it must be willing to experiment--it must stay in touch with the students who are is lifeblood. Simply standing by the...