Word: stemness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...from their relatives in the U.S. That's more than Mexico receives in foreign aid. That's more than international tourists spend in Mexico every year. The only industry it earns more from is oil. The fact of the matter is that the Mexican government simply cannot afford to stem the tide of migration. Since 2000, about $100 billion has been wired into Mexico...
...White House moved quickly today to stem a surprising tide of objections from key Republicans on Capitol Hill to the nomination of Deputy Director of National Intelligence Michael Hayden to head the Central Intelligence Agency...
...cloned dog, recently marked his first birthday by plowing into three cakes--made of steamed rice, chocolate and ice cream. For his minders, the past year has been filled with controversy; Snuppy's creator, Hwang Woo Suk, was dismissed in March from Seoul National University for fabricating data on stem-cell studies. But the hound, who has never left campus, remains healthy. He spends his days playing with his student caretakers and bunks with them, too, for protection from anticloning activists. "We all love him so much," says a guardian. "He is very bright and friendly...
...counterterrorism official says al-Zarqawi's attempts at reinvention may stem from tactical considerations that are due to the changing nature of his mission. Having fomented a sectarian conflict in Iraq--which he vowed to do as early as 2004--the Jordanian has been consciously adopting a lower profile. He went out of his way, for example, to set up a council of jihadist groups, under the leadership of Abu Abdallah Rashid al-Baghdadi, a previously unknown figure. The objective, says the official, is to put an Iraqi face on the jihad. "He's savvy enough to realize...
...Task force members had objected to the amendment earlier this month on the grounds that it bypassed the normal planning process.But Task Force Chairman Ray Mellone dropped his protest last night, saying he did not want to impede the construction of a facility for Harvard’s Stem Cell Institute. “This is as workable as we’re going to get and I accept that,” Mellone said. —Staff writer Natalie I. Sherman can be reached at nsherman@fas.harvard.edu...