Gene Therapy Improves Vision

For the first time, scientists have successfully used gene therapy to treat a rare form of inherited blindness called Leber’s congenital amaurosis (LCA). The disease’s progression is related to the mutation of a gene that produces proteins needed by the retina. After researchers injected copies of a working version of the defective gene into the eyes of the test subjects, a number of them showed marked improvements in their vision. Incredibly, within weeks of undergoing the procedure, two of the LCA patients who had previously suffered such severe vision loss that they could only see hand motions had improved enough to read a few lines of an eye chart.

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Bill Clinton

The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we’d have no …

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Washington Becomes First Elected US President

Washington, who served as commander-in-chief of the Continental army in the American Revolution, was elected the first President of the US after the adoption of the Constitution. His …

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Joachim von Ribbentrop

Joachim von Ribbentrop was the foreign minister of Nazi Germany from 1938 until 1945, during which time he helped negotiate the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact of 1939. Having played a role in persuading the leaders of satellite countries of the Third Reich to deport Jews to Nazi extermination camps during WWII, Ribbentrop was found guilty of war crimes by the military tribunal at Nuremberg. He was hanged in 1946. What were his last words?

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Bedbugs

Bedbugs are small, nocturnal, reddish-brown insects that infest dwellings and bedding and feed on human blood. They emit an unpleasant-smelling oily secretion from two glands on their undersurface; but more unpleasant than a bedbug’s odor is its bite, which can cause irritation, itching, welts, and swelling. Contrary to popular belief, poor housekeeping does not invite bedbugs; they are attracted by body heat and carbon dioxide. What should be done to combat an infestation?

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dissociate

DEFINITION: (verb) To remove from association; separate.
SYNONYMS: disassociate, disjoint, disunite, divorce.
USAGE: The senator dissociated herself from the organization when she found out that its president had been involved in an embezzlement scheme.

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Chinese Train Crash Kills Dozens

An early morning collision between two passenger trains in rural China has left at least 66 people dead and 400 injured, making it one of the deadliest railway accidents in recent history. At least 70 of the injured have been listed in critical condition. According to witnesses, the accident occurred after one of the two trains derailed. Many of the passengers were asleep at the time of the predawn collision, and survivors could be seen wrapped in bed sheets taken from the trains’ sleeping cars. China’s extensive rail system provides service to more than 1.3 billion passengers each year.

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Frances Hodgson Burnett

Fate alone saw the meaning of the web it wove, the might of it, and its place in the making of a world’s history.

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Victor Hugo

A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.

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Dachau Concentration Camp Liberated by US Troops

Dachau was the first Nazi concentration camp and served as a model for others that followed. Over 200,000 prisoners from more than 30 countries were housed there, and records indicate …

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