This is why we passed GINA: http://www.genome.gov/24519851

Why, thank you, that's the justification we've been looking for. Invoke Article III!

The question of whether we can do "just about everything with adult stem cells" is still quite open.

Could we get more funding dedicated to stem cells if we required that it all be used for adult stem cell research? Yes. Would that accelerate the overall pace of advances in stem cell research? Quite possibly not. There are two different games right now: the first is to see what we can do with stem cells (this is largely being done with embryonic stem cells). The second is to see how we can make adult stem cells behave like embryonic stem cells. The second game feeds back into the first. Indeed, if we get good enough at the second, we will no longer need embryonic stem cells, and we can then focus all of our energies on seeing what we can do.

If and when we get really good at extracting or reprogramming adult cells to behave like embryonic stem cells, we will also have the side benefit of not having to worry about alloimunity (tissue rejection). For example, in the particular case being discussed here, the fear of alloimmunity was probably a key reason for making the effort to use the patient's own cells. In the meantime, from a scientific perspective, it is prudent to continue to invest in both embryonic stem cells and in research towards no longer needing embryos from which to harvest these cells.

iPhone + Jailbreak = iPwn

At least, iPwn cellphone towers.

Although funding for Yucca mountain will continue for at least 2009-2010 (per a congressional vote this past week), the site is still not licensed by federal regulators. Additionally, Obama is on the record as opposing the Yucca site.

So, while some may agree that Yucca is a fine place to store waste, the political winds make it unlikely that we will actually store waste there.

It was sufficiently wrong and hyperbolic that many reasonable people were convinced that it was flamebait.

At any rate, I agree with you that differences of opinion should not cause one to be modded down.

Plus, since the feds own the vast majority of Nevada (>85%), it was already illegal to inhabit those areas, anyways. I'm not bitter; I'm just Nevadan.

This is really the correct response. As an aside, your username is rather apropos for this discussion.

cDNA comes from mRNA.

... 2.5 hours later ( http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/13/0531215/Traditional-News-Media-Lead-Blogs-By-25-Hours?from=rss )

The lyrics suck, and the sounds are often atrocious, but the beats are unfailingly catchy. Indie bands tend to eschew that.

Hmm. I just did it again to make sure, and it still worked for me with latest iTunes and iPhone 3G S.

Assuming you're using windows: Open iTunes. Edit ---> Preferences General Tab Change your Import Settings to AAC Encoder. Right click on the song that will become your future ringtone and go to Options. Make it start and end at the desired times (around 30 seconds between start and end). Now right click on the song (it will appear in iTunes) and show the file in Explorer. Rename it from .m4a to .m4r. Drag it into iTunes. If you didn't have any ringtones before, a new Ringtones folder will be created (icon looks like a bell). A hassle, yes, but certainly possible.

I know, right? What a disgusting waste of perfectly good food that has been on the ground for only 10 seconds!