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...well as to reverse congestive heart failure and heal spinal-cord injuries. But there are some aspects of this story that are brave new world-ish. Known scientifically as stem cells, Pedersen's marvelously pliable cells are derived from seven-day-old human embryos, which are destroyed in the process. Although not all stem cells are produced this way, embryonic stem cells seem for now to have the greatest potential for medical miracles...
...have stem cells too. Lurking in the microscopic nooks and crannies of the brain, bone marrow and other organs, these stem cells live in a state of perpetual readiness. Then when, say, the lining of the intestine becomes worn, the body signals the appropriate stem cells to start a process called differentiation, in which they divide and give rise to lots of mature, fully functioning intestinal cells...
Stem cells can also be obtained from aborted fetuses in a process developed two years ago by John Gearhart at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. Gearhart harvested cells from the region that gives rise to the testes or ovaries. Such fetal stem cells appear to be as malleable as embryonic ones...
...group, led by University of Miami president Tad Foote, proposed a cooling-off period: both sides of the family would repair to a neutral retreat until the appeals process concluded, where Elian would be allowed to make a gentle transition from his new home to his old. The idea made some sense to Reno, but she had two conditions: first, Elian had to be put immediately into his father's custody, and a deal had to be inked fast. Reno told the go-betweens that if they couldn't work out the details overnight, there would be no deal...
...Says Heredia, a onetime Aspen dishwasher who now works as a court interpreter: "It's a shock to come from the worst poverty into the richest country with no guidance." His two-year-old How to Live in America program is a formal part of the courts' sentencing process in nine Colorado counties. "I'm not seeing repeaters anymore," says Judge Terri Diem of Eagle County, where DUI cases have dropped 40% among Hispanics since...