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Politics: Scientists getting mad, getting on the ballot

May 10, 2008
By Billy Dennis
Politics: Scientists getting mad, getting on the ballot

Are you sick of politicians making decisions based on their irrational beliefs and not on science. Well, so are scientists. A group of ‘em recently took a crash course on electoral politics. The goal? Running for office. Science has become a part of every major issue of modern life, said neurologist Alan Leshner, president of...
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New stem cell procedure has Batten patient talking again

February 4, 2007
By Billy Dennis

I came across this press release about a six-year-old Batten Disease patient is responding to stem cell treatment: Doctors drilled through Daniel Kerner’s skull last month and injected nervous-system stem cells to try and help him fight Batten disease. The medical school says it was the first such procedure ever undertaken. As Kristian Foden-Vencil reports, the...
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