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Friday, January 23, 2009
Are you an avid runner? Why do you run?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A recent Miami-Herald article extols the virtues of running, leading up to this Sunday’s ING Marathon and Half Marathon on Miami Beach. Runners mentioned three reasons they run: it tones the body, calms the mind and builds up the heart.
To us non-runners, it just looks like pure torture.
If you’re an avid runner, tell us why you run?
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Using stem cells on humans going too far?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Federal regulators have cleared the way for the first human trials of human embryonic stem-cell research, according to an
The tests could begin by summer. The FDA has approved the trials, which will use human stem cells authorized for research by then-President George W. Bush in 2001.
Embryonic stem cells are blank cells found in four- to five-day-old embryos, which have the ability to turn into any cell in the body. However, when stem cells are removed, the embryo is destroyed — which has made this one of the most controversial medical research fields in the past decade.
What do you think? Should these human trials be allowed?
