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Stem Cell Feat to Accelerate Transplants

May 28, 2009 -- The technology for versatile, grow-in-a-dish transplant tissue took a step toward clinical use Thursday when researchers announced they have found a safe way to turn skin cells into stem cells. Researchers say the method is so promising ...

From MIRA OBERMAN, AFP, Discovery Channel,  28 May 2009
Related Topics: Shinya Yamanaka,  Harvard University

Tainted Illinois governor skips impeachment trial

CHICAGO - The corruption-tainted governor accused of trying to auction off President Barack Obama's senate seat for personal gain skipped his impeachment trial Monday and instead flew to New York for a slew of national media appearances. A defiant Rod ...

From MIRA OBERMAN, AFP, Vancouver Sun,  26 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Rod R. Blagojevich,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Martin Luther King, Jr.,  Rahm Emanuel

Illinois set to oust corruption-tainted governor

CHICAGO — Illinois lawmakers were set Monday to move to oust their corruption-tainted governor after he was accused of trying to sell president-elect Barack Obama's senate seat to the highest bidder. Illinois legislators were to begin a hastily called ...

From MIRA OBERMAN, AFP, Vancouver Sun,  15 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Rod R. Blagojevich,  U.S. Democratic Party

Bats Use Same Tricks as Bugs to Hover

Feb. 29, 2008 -- Nectar-sipping bats use the same aerodynamic trick that bugs use to hover in place, a study in the journal Science has found. Swedish researchers set up honey water feeding stations in a massive wind tunnel and used fog, lasers and ...

From MIRA OBERMAN, AFP, Travel Channel ,  29 Feb 2008

Computer Power Promises to Reveal Cosmos

Jan. 3, 2008 -- Scientists believe that a quantum leap in computing power and the development of powerful new telescopes will soon unravel the "cosmic web," a theory by which the universe is bound by invisible threads of "dark matter." In a series of ...

From MIRA OBERMAN, AFP, Travel Channel ,  3 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Harvard University

2007: Year of the Stem Cell

Dec. 26, 2007 -- It was the kind of breakthrough scientists had dreamed of for decades and its promise to help cure disease appears to be fast on the way to being realized. Researchers in November announced they were able to turn the clock back on ...

From MIRA OBERMAN, AFP, Travel Channel ,  26 Dec 2007
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Ian Wilmut

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