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...fibrosis or sickle-cell anemia) and even for cancer - with promising lab results to back up the hype. For that reason, gene therapy is a hive of research activity. Ali is joined by many others, at the universities of Pennsylvania, of Florida, and of Iowa, for example, who have spent years working to develop gene therapy for the eyes. Then there are the countless researchers working on other gene-therapy problems, either at the theoretical level or in other organs, or both...
...phone interview yesterday, however, Law School Dean Elena Kagan said that the overall library budget will increase by 4.6 percent, or $615,000, and that determining where these extra funds are spent was Martin’s responsibility...
...powerful roles, their sexuality has occasionally seemed like an encumbrance. Oakley has woken up at 4 a.m. worried that a single "tacky mail piece" emphasizing his sexuality could keep him from the mayor's office. He had had one of those nights when we met for breakfast, and he spent the meal nervously doodling on napkins and periodically asking me to turn my recorder off. Oakley's fears aren't entirely irrational. A creepy robotic caller left messages across the city on election day: "Ed Oakley has a radical gay agenda for Dallas ... Dallas needs strong conservative leadership...
...will be tempting to call Falwell's passing the end of an era; but the movement he helped lead was never as tidy as its critics imagined--or solely obedient to earthly powers. In every generation, Christians have wrestled with the questions of whether their efforts are better spent changing laws or changing hearts, and how to proceed when those goals seem to conflict. Falwell practiced the politics of division, flinging damnation at those who resisted his vision of a Godly America. Now a rising generation of Christian leaders is looking to bring people together: the politics of division...
...chose mostly D’s, your study style is...”Jail.” You probably got caught driving drunk in September, spent the next seven months violating your probation, and are now shocked that a triple threat like yourself may be considered an actual threat to society. You are probably afraid of being violated. What you don’t know is that your new roommates have all already watched “One Night in Paris,” and they're kind of, um, not interested...