Word: treating
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...couldn't utter the phrase gene therapy without being told you were talking nonsense," says Dr. Theodore Friedmann, a molecular geneticist at the University of California, San Diego. "Now it's taken for granted that it's coming." He sees the day when doctors will be able to treat not only the thousands of diseases caused by a single faulty gene but even complex disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, which are probably caused by a multitude of genes. Hyperbole? Not at all, says Friedmann. "When it comes to genetics, it's dangerous to be conservative...
...against old; everyone is forced to take sides. A central event involves the murder of Bheki, 15, a youth who could have been sired by any of today's black townships. Just days before, Mrs. Curren watched helplessly as Bheki taunted and beat the drunken Vercueil. "How will they treat their own children?" she scolds Florence, her maid and Bheki's mother. "What love will they be capable of?" "They are good children," Florence responds without apology. "They are like iron, we are proud of them...
Cases requiring immediate attention will also be able to bypass the system. A new "Urgent Care Clinic" on the first floor of Holyoke Center will treat emergency cases in order of urgency...
...take firm positions on other issues and still work with these countries to achieve peace in the Middle East. There is no inherent contradiction. We must treat countries like we treat other people. All of us have both positive and negative traits; however, we should all work together to build a better community...
Sharfstein reminds the reader to "remember, deep down, that these were the guys who poured spaghetti in your book bag [in high school]. Well, Mr. Sharfstein, judging by the way you treat them, I hope they got your bag, too. Robert D. Patton...