Source: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/national/story.aspx?storyid=135138&catid=45
November 3, 2010
WASHINGTON (NBC) -- The results are in and the win for Republicans was decisive.
The GOP seized control of the House and made serious gains in the Senate as well.
This morning party leaders were already promising to overhaul the president's health care reform law.
"We have to do everything we can to try and repeal this bill and replace it with common sense
reforms that will bring down the cost of health insurance," presumptive new Speaker of the House John Boehner said. "I think it's important to lay groundwork...common sense reforms."
Democrats did hold on to control of the Senate, winning a seat for West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin while top Democrat Harry Reid survived a tough challenge from Tea-Partier Sharron Angle.
"I think the message to America today is that we've got to start working together," Reid said this morning.
Last night President Obama called to congratulate Boehner and they talked about cooperation.
In some states the counting continues.
Senate races are still undecided in Washington state and Alaska.
The next big date for freshman members of Congress is November 15th.
That's the day orientation begins for the House and Senate.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Republican wins shift balance of power in the House By Ken Christian
Sunday, October 31, 2010
GOProud Unveils Television Advertising Campaign Targeting Barney Frank, Barbara Boxer and Congressional Democrats
Source: http://www.goproud.org/goproud-unveils-television-advertising-campaign-targeting-barney-frank-barbara-boxer-and-congressional-democrats/
October 22, 2010
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, GOProud, the only national organization representing gay conservatives and their allies, unveiled an unprecedented television advertising campaign targeting Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Congressional Democrats. “For the first time ever a national gay organization is airing a television advertising campaign going after Democrats,” said Jimmy LaSalvia, Executive Director. “This advertising campaign highlights the embarrassing and arrogant approach of Democratic leaders in Washington, and reminds voters that the record of this Democratic Congress is a dismal one.”
The 30 second spot, entitled “The Real Democrats of Washington, D.C.” will begin airing on Monday in California, Massachusetts, Hawaii and New York.
The spot highlights three Democratic politicians: Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, Senator Barbara Boxer of California, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, also of California.
“Barney Frank is an absolute embarrassment,” said Christopher R. Barron, Chairman of GOProud’s Board of Directors. “He represents the worst kind of Washington politician. A man who treats his constituents with contempt, who gleefully acts as an attack dog for radical left-wing special interests, and whose demeanor is more appropriate for a trashy reality show than for the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.”
“Barney’s pal Barbara Boxer not only treats her constituents with contempt, but actually dressed down a United States General during his testimony before the Senate, scolding him for referring to her as ‘m’am’ rather than Senator – a title she says she has ‘worked so hard for,” continued Barron. “The American people deserve better than that type of arrogant behavior from their elected officials.”
“It’s not just the contempt and arrogance from Washington Democrats – it’s the total failure of their policies,” said LaSalvia. “On election night in 2006, Speaker Pelosi crowed about how voters had voted for change by electing Democrats and now we see what that ‘change’ has brought us – out of control debt, runaway spending, and the loss of millions of jobs.”
“This advertising campaign will show the American people what the real Democrats of Washington, D.C. are all about and make it clear, that under Democrats, reality bites,” concluded LaSalvia.
“REAL DEMOCRATS OF WASHINGTON, D.C.”
:30 Seconds TV
“If you thought the housewives were dysfunctional, wait until you meet the Real Democrats of Washington D.C.!”
[On screen: The Real Democrats of Washington, D.C. – Photos of Frank, Boxer and Pelosi]
“They’re catty!
BARNEY FRANK: “Talking to you madam is like talking to a dining room table”
[On screen: Barney Frank standing there, with the words “Barney” below him]
“They’re arrogant!”
BARBARA BOXER: “Can you call me Senator instead of mam, its just a thing I have worked so hard to get that title”
[On screen: Barbara Boxer standing there, with the words “Barbara” below her]
“And they’re in charge!”
NANCY PELOSI: “The people voted for change…”
[On screen: Nancy Pelosi standing there with the words “Nancy” below her]
“Under Democrats Reality Bites!”
ON SCREEN – The Change? Out of control debt, runaway spending and the loss of jobs
“GOProud is responsible for the content of this advertising”
[On screen GOProud.org + disclaimer]
Thursday, October 21, 2010
No Pain After Surgery Thanks To New Pump
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/08/990819065914.htm
ScienceDaily
Aug. 19, 1999
PHILADELPHIA -- Surgery. Even saying the word makes most people cringe. The operation itself isn't the problem, it's the pain that comes with the recovery afterward that most dread. Imagine, however, a recovery free of pain from an incision and without the need for prescription medication.
Surgeons at Temple University Hospital are among the first to utilize a new pain management system that drastically increases post-operative comfort and mobilization.
The system, called On-Q, provides continuous infusion of a local anesthetic directly into a patient's operative site via a pump. The disposable pump works to constantly supply pain relief only to the area affected by a surgical procedure whereas oral pain relievers or narcotics typically prescribed after an operation have whole-body effects.
Prescription drugs usually given to patients can cause severe nausea and drowsiness and may not protect against breakthrough pain. Most patients are not capable of driving or doing many daily tasks while on such medications because they can seriously impair vision and judgment. On-Q allows patients to leave the operating room without ever feeling pain from surgery and return to their normal activities much more quickly.
Dr. Michael Grabowski, a general surgeon at Temple University Hospital, is one of the first surgeons in the country to use the pump after FDA approval.
"I've used it on patients having abdominal surgery who report that they never felt pain after the operation. It's a great system because it allows for much quicker recovery and makes the surgery seem much less traumatic to the patient."
The pump is indicated for use in a wide variety of surgeries, including general, orthopedic, gynecologic and cardiac procedures. It is particularly useful for patients with drug dependency issues who are not advised to take narcotic drugs for pain relief and for nursing mothers, since the drug does not enter the blood stream.
Editor's Note: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Obituary - Dr. Cohen
Jerome Cohen | Orthopedist, 78
Jerome Cohen, 78, of Ventnor, N.J., former chief of orthopedics at Rancocas Valley Hospital in Willingboro, died of cancer on Thursday, Oct. 14, at Cooper University Hospital.
For more than 30 years, Dr. Cohen was the primary figure in orthopedic surgery at Rancocas Valley, now Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County. He worked there from 1963 until 1997, his family said.
Dr. Cohen was born and raised in Atlantic City and graduated from Atlantic City High School in 1950. He studied pre-medicine at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., graduating in 1954.
In 1957, he married Phyllis Friedman, whom he met on a blind date.
After graduating from Jefferson Medical College in 1958, Dr. Cohen did his residency at Charity Hospital in New Orleans.
In 1963, Dr. Cohen and his family moved to Cinnaminson when he landed a job as an orthopedic surgeon at Rancocas Valley. A few years later, he was promoted to chief and remained there until his retirement in 1997.
After retirement, Dr. Cohen and his wife split their time between Ventnor and Boynton Beach, Fla.
In addition to his wife, Dr. Cohen is survived by sons Bruce and Mark; daughter Susan Elfman; six grandchildren; and a brother.
Friends may call at 12:45 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, at Platt Memorial Chapels, 2001 Berlin Rd., Cherry Hill. A funeral will follow at 1:30. Interment will be at Beth Kehillah Cemetery, Pleasantville, N.J.
Sat, Oct. 16, 2010 Philadelphia Inquirer
Source: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/obituaries/20101016_Jerome_Cohen___Orthopedist__78.html#ixzz12dPGdQmN
COHEN
DR. JEROME I., October 14, 2010, of Ventnor NJ, and Boynton Beach FL. Husband of Phyllis (nee Friedman) Cohen. Father of Bruce (Gail) Cohen, Mark (Stacia) Cohen and Susan (Joel) Elfman. Brother of Saul (Janice) Cohen. Grandfather of Brandon, Sean, Justin, Samantha, Amanda and Andrew. Relatives and friends are invited Sunday, beginning 12:45 P.M., to PLATT MEMORIAL CHAPELS, Inc. 2001 Berlin Rd., Cherry Hill NJ, where Funeral Services will begin promptly at 1:30 P.M. Int. Beth Kehillah Cem., Pleasantville NJ. The family will return to the home of Sue and Joel Elfman. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society , 1851 Old Cuthbert Rd., Cherry Hill NJ 08034.
Published in Philadelphia Inquirer & Philadelphia Daily News on October 16, 2010
Obituary - McComas
James E. (Jim) McComas Jr.
Age 52 of Maple Shade died suddenly on Thursday July 6 2006. Born in Phila. PA he was a lifelong Maple Shade resident. Jim was a business entrepreneur the owner of McComas Auto Repair in Maple Shade and also owned and operated a marina. He was past chief and life member of the Maple Shade Fire Department a member and past president of the Maple Shade Rotary and a Paul Harris Fellow. He was also a member of the Maple Shade Business Association and member and former Captain of the Ran-Del Yacht Club and an avid supporter of his hometown of Maple Shade. Everyone knew Jim to be very fun loving and so quick-witted. Anyone wishing to bring a photo of Jim to the viewing may do so.
Son of the late Nancy P. McComas Jim is survived by his beloved wife Joyce (nee Zimmerman) McComas. Loving father of Marisa (Nick) Eckert of Collingswood Ian of Marlton and Christian of Center City Phila. Dear brother of Debbie McComas LeQuear of Mt. Laurel and Michelle (Jeff) McClure of Maple Shade. Proud grandfather of Natalie (19 months) and Nicholas (12 days); uncle of Dr. Meredith LeQuear of Mt. Laurel; his father James E. McComas Sr.; and many other family members and friends.
Calling hours for Jim will be Tuesday evening 5-9 PM at the MARK C. TILGHMAN FUNERAL HOME 38 N. Forklanding Rd. Maple Shade (856) 779-1200. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday 10 AM at Our Lady of Perpetual Help R.C. Church 126 E. Main St. Maple Shade. All are asked to please go directly to the church on Wednesday morning. Interment will follow in Colestown Cemetery. Memorial contributions to Deborah Hospital Foundation PO Box 820 Browns Mills NJ 08015.
Source: Published in Courier-Post on July 10, 2006 http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courierpostonline/obituary.aspx?n=james-e-mccomas-jim&pid=131543410
Burlington County Times
James E. McComas died Friday, June 18, 2010.
He was the husband of Shirley (Rosen) and the father of Debra and Michelle (Jeff) and the late James, Stewart (Karen), Diane (Jerry), Lolly (Jerry), and the late Marsha. He was the brother of Carroll (Carolyn) and Nancy (Jack). He also is survived by eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his services at 1 p.m. Tuesday, at Berschler and Shenberg Funeral Chapels, 101 Medford-Mount Holly Road, Medford. Interment will be in Roosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, Pa. The family will return to the late residence.
Contributions in his name may be made to Adath Emanu-El, 205 Elbo Lane, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054.
Berschler and Shenberg Funeral Chapels, Medford
June 21, 2010 2:40 AM
Source: http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/obits_detail/article/151/2010/june/21/james-e-mccomas.html
McCOMAS, James E. June 18, 2010, husband of Shirley (nee: Rosen), father of Debra and Michelle (Jeff) and the late James, Stewart (Karen), Diane (Jerry), Lolly (Jerry) and the late Marsha. Brother of Carroll (Carolyn) and Nancy (Jack). Also 8 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to services Tues. 1 pm at BERSCHLER and SHENBERG, 101 Medford - Mt. Holly Road, Medford. Int. Roosevelt Mem. Park, Trevose, PA. Family will return to the late residence. Contributions in his memory may be made to Adath Emanu-El, 205 Elbo Lane, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054.
Published in Courier-Post on June 21, 2010 http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courierpostonline/obituary.aspx?n=james-e-mccomas&pid=143695424
Mc COMAS
May 1, 2015, Shirley (nee: Rosen). Wife of the late James E., mother of Stewart (Karen) Bernstein, Diane (Jerry) Panto, Lolly (Jerry) Blaney, the late Marsha and Michelle McComas. Also survived by 8 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to services Sun. 1 PM at BERSCHLER and SHENBERG, 101 Medford-Mt. Holly Road, Medford. Int. Roosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, PA.
Shirley McComas
AGE: 87 • Southampton
On May 1, 2015, Shirley (nee Rosen) McComas. Wife of the late James E., mother of Stewart (Karen), Diane (Jerry), Lolly (Jerry), the late Marsha and Michelle. Also survived by 8 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.
Relatives and friends are invited to services Sun. 1 PM at BERSCHLER and SHENBERG, 101 Medford-Mt. Holly Road, Medford. Int. Roosevelt Mem. Park. Contributions may be made to Samaritan Hospice. Condolences and more at www.BerschlerAndShenberg.com
Charitable donations may be made in SHIRLEY's memory to the following organization:
Samaritan Hospicehttp://www.samaritannj.org/donate
5 Eves Drive, Suite 300 Marlton, NJ 08053
Tel: (800) 229-8183 | (856) 596-1600
Source: Published in Courier-Post on May 2, 2015 http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courierpostonline/obituary.aspx?pid=174764115
Monday, October 11, 2010
Can skinflint Mitch Daniels win the presidency? By Michael Barone
Source: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Can-skinflint-Mitch-Daniels-win-the-presidency_-1155088-104600004.html
October 10, 2010
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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels speaks at a press conference in support of a campaign to promote the passage of a referendum that would make property tax caps in Indiana part of the state constitution in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) (AP) |
It's an ornate office in Indiana's beautifully maintained mid-19th-century Capitol, but the 49th governor of Indiana, Mitch Daniels, is not dressed to match the setting. He's just returned from spending the night in Princeton, Ind., staying at a constituent's house -- as he often does around the state -- and he's dressed in a work shirt and jeans.
I've known Mitch Daniels since he was a staffer for Sen. Richard Lugar in the 1980s, and for years he struck me as one of the least likely candidates for public office. He's got strong, mostly conservative convictions; he doesn't suffer fools (and elected politicians) gladly; he doesn't care if others don't like him. All those characteristics were on display when he ran the Office of Management and Budget for George W. Bush between January 2001 and June 2003.
But when he returned to Indiana from Washington, he started running for governor and was elected with 53 percent of the vote in 2004. After four sometimes controversial years as governor -- he sold off the North Indiana Toll Road and persuaded the legislature to smooth out the state's time zone boundaries -- he was re-elected 58 percent to 40 percent in 2008 even as Barack Obama was carrying the state.
As much as any American politician of his generation, he's proved that cutting spending and gaining a reputation as a skinflint is good politics.
Now Daniels is being mentioned as a presidential candidate and he doesn't deny that he's thinking about it. He's been holding dinners with national policy experts in Indianapolis, much as George W. Bush did in Austin a dozen years ago.
And he says that, if he runs, he'll be a different kind of candidate. As for "the federal fiscal picture -- and why don't we have the philosophic debate tomorrow -- as for today, can we agree that the arithmetic doesn't work? We're going to have higher and higher levels of debt."
He goes on. "This is a survival-level issue for the country. We won't be a leader without major change in the federal fiscal picture. We're going to have to do fundamental things you say are impossible."
He believes that "Democrats are better positioned to do this, but they're not going to lead. This will probably be a Republican responsibility." To do what, exactly?
To propose "fundamental changes in entitlements and in the size and scope of the federal government." Because "the machine is going TILT."
He thinks voters may be ready to support such changes because they've had a searing experience with debt and their lives are changing. Younger people may be ready to put up with lower Social Security benefits for high earners because they've seen that some companies' new hires aren't getting the pensions and benefits their elders got. "There's nothing radical about this. It's already happened all over the place."
He's also got some more short-term proposals -- a payroll tax holiday to stimulate the economy, reviving the presidential power of impoundment (not spending money Congress has appropriated), a moratorium on federal regulations.
As OMB director, Daniels was on the National Security Council, and as governor he's visited Indiana troops around the world; he says "it's important to support the commander in chief" on Afghanistan. But he's open to cuts in defense spending beyond those Secretary Robert Gates has imposed. "No question that the system is rigged to overspend," he says, "like health care. No question that defense dollars could be spent better."
"But back to not becoming Greece," he says. "Can we continue with every mission we've assigned the military indefinitely? Is every one essential to the safety of Americans?"
"The answer may be yes," he concedes, "but you may have to stop doing some things completely. We are now borrowing the entire defense budget from international investors."
You can almost see the green eyeshade as he speaks. It's been noted that Daniels is short, balding (with a combover), that he speaks with just a bit of a Southern country twang (he moved to Indiana from Tennessee and Georgia at age 10): hardly a glamorous candidate.
"I'm not a long-range planner," Daniels says, when asked if he's running. "I play the ball where it is." But if he runs, he promises to be more of a long-range planner if he runs than any presidential candidate we have ever seen.
Michael Barone,The Examiner's senior political analyst, can be contacted at mbarone@washingtonexaminer.com. His column appears Wednesday and Sunday, and his stories and blog posts appear on ExaminerPolitics.com.
Sunday, October 03, 2010
Feckless Congress Flies The Coop
Source: http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/549027/201009301853/Feckless-Congress-Flies-The-Coop.htm
09/30/2010
Leadership: How can a Congress with such a large majority of Democrats, plus a Democratic president, tell voters with a straight face that it can't pass a budget? Answer: For them, acting is less popular than stalling.
In the 14th-century poem "Parlement of Foules," Chaucer dreams of a comic parliamentary debate of birds. In 21st century America, our birdbrain legislature is a nightmare come true.
Why would a Congress so firmly in the hands of one party and one ideology have to enact a continuing resolution to forestall a government shutdown, instead of passing a budget as required under law? When it has no worries about the president vetoing such a spending plan (he isn't running for re-election this year), why can't it get its act together?
Because congressional Democrats are in a state of panic. They know an electoral catastrophe is looming, and inaction is easier to defend than action — especially actions such as spending trillions and letting the biggest tax increase in history take effect.
This is the first time in modern history that both the Senate and House of Representatives have not been able to pass a simple budget resolution. With discretionary spending up 28% over the last two years, as the Heritage Foundation has noted, Democrats' laughable claims of a spending freeze will leave voters cold.
Another reason House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and their Democratic majority wanted to get out of Dodge without finishing what they started is that a vote on the Bush tax cuts might very well have blown up in their faces — thanks to moderate Democrats who want to keep their jobs.
But even if Pelosi and Reid had won a vote on the tax cuts, vulnerable Democrats would still be on the record. Those voting for the big tax increases would be hurt electorally by such a roll call, of course. But those voting to keep the Bush tax cuts would be an embarrassment to Democratic leaders. Better to wait till after the election and have a lame-duck vote, safe from the ire of the ballot box.
As independent Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman told the Associated Press: "It was going to be mutually assured destruction" if they held votes or debates on the matters before them.
It seems like any vote would have been the equivalent of a Republican campaign ad. Passing a budget would have brought the voters' attention to the fact that this Congress is spending America into a new space-time continuum.
Voting on the ethics cases before it — such as that of Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., pushed out as House Ways and Means Committee chairman but embarrassingly poised to be re-elected in his Harlem district — would let Americans see the corruption at the heart of Washington's power center.
But there's no escaping the voters. They will now take note that America's Parliament Most Foul has flown the coop rather than fulfill its responsibilities.
New Fiscal Year, Same Fiscal Irresponsibility By Rep. Charles Djou
Source: http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/548973/201009301810/New-Fiscal-Year-Same-Fiscal-Irresponsibility.htm
09/30/2010
Friday marks the start of a new fiscal year for the federal government and provides an opportunity to assess the fiscal health of our nation. The diagnosis is grim.
The federal government now spends $7 million a minute. Our national debt is more than $13 trillion, which means every man, woman and child owes $42,000 to foreign governments and other debt holders.
In the next two years, our debt will exceed the size of our economy. Within three years, the government will spend more than $1 billion a day just to pay the interest on our debt. The debt will double in 10 years.
Unprecedented fiscal recklessness is to blame. Nonsecurity discretionary spending has increased by nearly 90% over the past three years. The federal government is spending money it doesn't have while working families and small businesses must find ways to make do with less.
What has all this spending done for Americans? Since the $800 billion stimulus package was passed in early 2009, we have lost nearly 3 million jobs and the unemployment rate has consistently hovered around 10%. And every business in America knows that where reckless spending is found, higher tax rates are sure to follow.
After spending so wildly with nothing to show for it, the new fiscal year ought to mark the beginning of renewed fiscal restraint. Sadly, we're beginning fiscal year 2011 on even shakier footing.
For the first time since modern budgeting rules were adopted in 1974, the U.S. House of Representatives will fail to pass a budget. Without a budget, we cannot set priorities, review our debt, rationally consider our revenue or direct the course of spending for our nation.
The news only gets worse. By Oct. 1 of each year, Congress is also supposed to have passed the 12 appropriations bills that fund the federal government for the new fiscal year. This year, Congress has yet to pass any of these 12 critical appropriation measures.
But hope is not lost. Fiscal 2011 does not have to be like last year. We can turn things around. We can pass a budget, end the spending binge and make the necessary appropriations. We can provide the certainty that businesses need to grow and create jobs.
The first step is to cancel unspent stimulus funds and block any attempt to extend the timeline for spending such funds. We can save another $100 billion by returning government spending to pre-stimulus levels. Next, we should cap discretionary spending, cut Congress' budget and end the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
By making these common-sense reforms, we will return our nation to economic stability and prosperity. It's not too late. This should be our fiscal new year's resolution.
• Djou is a newly elected congressman representing Hawaii's 1st Congressional District, the first Republican in 20 years to do so.
Friday, October 01, 2010
New method makes adult cells act like embryonic ones By Dan Vergano
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2010-10-01-cell01_ST_N.htm
September 30, 2010
Stem cells are the building blocks from which replacement cells, everything from blood to bone to brain, grow in early development and throughout life. Researchers consider embryonic stem cells the most useful type for generating replacement tissues, but obtaining them requires the controversial destruction of embryos. Then, in 2006, a Kyoto University team first reported adult skin cells can be "induced" into resembling embryonic stem cells.
That breakthrough relied on viruses infecting cells with four cancer-related genes to spur the transformation. But the new study pulls off the trick with ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules, normally the workhorses that translate DNA-encoded genes into proteins and perform other housekeeping roles inside cells.
In the journal Cell Stem Cell, a team led by Derrick Rossi of Children's Hospital Boston unveils a cancer-mutation-free method, 40 to 100 times more productive than normal, to create induced stem cells. Induced stem cells are similar to embryonic stem cells in their potential to transform into every type of tissue in the body — but lack the controversy.
"This is very exciting," Rossi says. "We have a new experimental process that can efficiently give us patient cells in clinically useful types."
"RNA, if it works, sounds like a very realistic, promising alternative," says stem cell biologist Gary Stein of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, who was not part of the study. Worries about virus contamination and cancer have dogged induced stem cells since their discovery, he notes, along with concerns about their low efficiency rate, with perhaps one cell in 1,000 transforming through the use of viruses.
Treating adult human cells with RNA engineered to overcome immune system defenses reliably creates induced stem cells, the study says. Moreover, the same RNA molecule cued to fire up different genes over three days' time can then be used to turn those induced stem cells into specific types of tissues, such as muscle.
For that reason, "this paper is a major advance in the field of regenerative medicine," says stem cell researcher Douglas Melton of Harvard, who was not part of the study team. Since the isolation of human embryonic stem cells in 1998, researchers have sought ways to turn early stem cells into heart, spine and other tissues needed by transplant patients. The RNA advance means labs can experiment on deriving these tissues in test tubes, he says, speeding progress in the field.
