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SCIENCE


SCIENTISTS TURN SKIN CELLS INTO STEM CELLS


Scientists for the first time have turned ordinary skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells – without having to use human eggs or make new human embryos in the process, a Harvard research team announced yesterday.


The new technique uses laboratory-grown human embryonic stem cells to “reprogram” the genes in a person’s skin cell, turning that skin cell into an embryonic stem cell itself.


Until now, the only way to turn a person’s ordinary cell into a “personalized” stem cell was to turn it into an embryo first and later destroy the embryo to retrieve the new stem cells growing inside. That prospect, like others in the promising arena of human embryonic stem cell research, has stirred strong emotions among those who believe that days-old human embryos should not be intentionally destroyed.


The new approach, which is to be published later this week in the journal Science but was made public on the journal’s Web site yesterday, could offer an end run around the heated social and religious debate that has for years overshadowed the field of human embryonic stem cell research.


– The Washington Post


SOUTH


OLYMPICS BOMBER TO RECEIVE LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE


ATLANTA – Some 300 seats were set aside so victims of the deadly bombing at the 1996 Olympics and two other blasts could join others in court to see Eric Rudolph sentenced to life behind bars.


But only about half the victims were likely to show up today, partly because a previous sentencing in Alabama turned into a forum for Rudolph’s anti-abortion, antigay views, and partly because they believe it’s time to move on. “I don’t want to give this guy any more time. It’s taken enough of my time and my life,” said Jane Henry of Boca Raton, Fla., who was struck by shrapnel in her leg during the Olympic Park blast.


The bombing at downtown Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park killed one woman and injured 111 people, and blasts in 1997 at an abortion clinic and at a gay nightclub in north Atlanta injured 11 more people.


The outcome of the sentencing hearing was determined by a plea deal.


– Associated Press


ALABAMA GAS STATION OWNER KILLED WHILE TRYING TO STOP GAS THEFT


FORT PAYNE, Ala. – A gas station owner was run over and killed when he tried to stop a driver from leaving without paying for $52 worth of gasoline, police said.


The driver had not been apprehended yesterday, and police Chief David Walker said the case was being investigated as a robbery-homicide.


Witnesses told police that Husain Caddi, owner of Fort Payne Texaco, “grabbed onto the vehicle” Friday when the driver began to drive off. Caddi was dragged across the parking lot and onto a highway, where he fell to the pavement and was run over by the late model sport utility vehicle’s rear wheel, Chief Walker said.


– Associated Press


WEST


OREGON AND WASHINGTON SET TO ADOPT NEW AUTO EMISSIONS STANDARDS


SALEM, Ore.- Despite an effort by auto industry lobbyists to kill the move, two Pacific Northwest states – Oregon and Washington – are getting ready to adopt California’s new vehicle emissions standards to reduce greenhouse gases.


By 2016, all new cars, SUVs, and light trucks sold in the West Coast states would have to comply with the tougher standards on emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, which are believed to be a leading cause of global warming.


– Associated Press

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