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Down syndrome patients could unlock mysteries of aging
— Mar 21 2010 11:08 PM from USA Today
Blind Animal Lovers Need You
— Mar 21 2010 9:59 PM from Seattle Post Intelligencer
Artist John Bellany is going blind
— Mar 21 2010 9:08 PM from Times Online
Inclusive education to become reality in Tirupur
— Mar 21 2010 8:13 PM from The Hindu
Three myths in the Numerati discussion
— Mar 21 2010 8:10 PM from Hindu Business Line

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In this Feb. 13, 2010 photograph, a woman suffering from blindness walks out of the changing room as others sit on a bench holding their diagnosis papers in-hand, waiting to enter the anesthesia section at Hetauda community eye hospital in Hetauda, about 40 kilometers (18 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal. Nepalese master surgeon Dr. Sanduk Ruit estimates sight has been restored to 3-4 million people through his assembly-line approach. Once condemned by the international medical community as unthinkable and reckless, this mass surgery 'in the bush' started spreading from Nepal to poor countries worldwide nearly two decades ago.

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In this Feb. 13, 2010 photograph, a Nepalese woman suffering from blindness sits in the sun to keep herself warm as she waits to enter the anesthesia section at the Hetauda community eye hospital in Hetauda, about 40 kilometers (18 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal. Nepalese master surgeon Dr. Sanduk Ruit estimates sight has been restored to 3-4 million people through his assembly-line approach. Once condemned by the international medical community as unthinkable and reckless, this mass surgery 'in the bush' started spreading from Nepal to poor countries worldwide nearly two decades ago.

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"Mark my words, John is a fighter, and with Helen’s help and his dogged determination, nothing will stop him ... Even with peripheral vision, he will continue like he always has."

Tom Wilson Mar 21 2010 9:08 PM from Times Online

"The common outcry, which is justly made on behalf of human rights -- for example, the right to health, to home, to work, to family, to culture -- is false and illusory if the right to life, the most basic and fundamental right..."

Pope John Paul II Mar 21 2010 7:54 PM from Town Hall

"In principle ... that means every protein now is druggable because its inhibition is accomplished by destroying the mRNA. And we can go after mRNAs in a very designed way given all the genomic data that are and will become..."

Mar 21 2010 7:25 PM from Science Blog

"At the very least, we've proven that the RNAi mechanism can be used in humans for therapy and that the targeted delivery of siRNA allows for systemic administration ... It is a very exciting time."

Mar 21 2010 7:08 PM from Nanowerk Nanotechnology Spotlight

"In the particle itself, we've built what we call a chemical sensor ... When it recognizes that it's gone inside the cell, it says OK, now it's time to disassemble and give off the RNA."

Mar 21 2010 6:14 PM from Reuters Alert Net

"We're excited about it because there is a lot of skepticism whenever any new technology comes in"

Mar 21 2010 6:14 PM from Reuters Alert Net

"This is the first study to be able to go in there and show it's doing its mechanism of action"

Mar 21 2010 6:14 PM from Reuters Alert Net

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Down syndrome patients could unlock mysteries of aging
— Mar 21 2010 11:08 PM from USA Today
Blind Animal Lovers Need You
— Mar 21 2010 9:59 PM from Seattle Post Intelligencer
Artist John Bellany is going blind
— Mar 21 2010 9:08 PM from Times Online
Inclusive education to become reality in Tirupur
— Mar 21 2010 8:13 PM from The Hindu
Three myths in the Numerati discussion
— Mar 21 2010 8:10 PM from Hindu Business Line

Close Caption

In this Feb. 13, 2010 photograph, a woman suffering from blindness walks out of the changing room as others sit on a bench holding their diagnosis papers in-hand, waiting to enter the anesthesia section at Hetauda community eye hospital in Hetauda, about 40 kilometers (18 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal. Nepalese master surgeon Dr. Sanduk Ruit estimates sight has been restored to 3-4 million people through his assembly-line approach. Once condemned by the international medical community as unthinkable and reckless, this mass surgery 'in the bush' started spreading from Nepal to poor countries worldwide nearly two decades ago.

AP

Close Caption

In this Feb. 13, 2010 photograph, a Nepalese woman suffering from blindness sits in the sun to keep herself warm as she waits to enter the anesthesia section at the Hetauda community eye hospital in Hetauda, about 40 kilometers (18 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal. Nepalese master surgeon Dr. Sanduk Ruit estimates sight has been restored to 3-4 million people through his assembly-line approach. Once condemned by the international medical community as unthinkable and reckless, this mass surgery 'in the bush' started spreading from Nepal to poor countries worldwide nearly two decades ago.

AP

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