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- 1671: Gene Therapy
- In research facilities all around the world scientist are attempting to stop diseases at their very roots. Instead of trying to find drugs to cure illnesses they are trying to change the genes that cause the diseases. The process by which this ... in the mid 1980's to early 1990's. The focus then was "treating diseases caused by such single-gene defects as hemophilia, Duchene's muscular dystrophy, and sickle-cell anemia."1 As time passed new technologies, techniques, strategies and ideas for transferring genes have been presented. William French Anderson, Michael Blaise, and Ken Culver performed the first successful gene therapy on a human in 1990. They developed a protocol for ... PEG-ADA). This treatment introduces coated ADA into the blood stream, although not into the cells. It requires expensive, painful shots on a weekly basis, but it succeeded in giving children with ADA deficiency a new lease on life. While their immune systems were far from normal, PEG-ADA allows some semblance of a normal life and a much-increased life span. The first patient to undergo federally approved gene ...
- 1672: Wilderness Required
- Wilderness Required From the outlying mountains to the barren deserts; from the boundless oceans to the depths of the rainforests, wilderness is a necessity to the inhabited world. It is not that one needs wilderness for the purpose of survival, but rather for exploration, enjoyment, and a balance in life. A world of only concrete and glass would be cold and depressing. Without unexplored territory, cures would be lost and history would be vague due to limited exploration. An archaeologist cannot easily search for prehistoric artifacts in ... the desert morning with a pack on his back. Such experiences allow for one to gain a sense of who they are, not as a superior being, but as one living creature in an expansive world. This is a sense of appreciation for what there is to discover in the wilderness. These discoveries are endless; both scientific and philosophical. Fletcher had found his standing in the world and an appreciation ...
- 1673: Catcher In The Rye - Holden Caulfield
- In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield views the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no peace. "His anger turned to relentlessly unforgiving social scorn." (Coles)This perception of the world does not change significantly through the novel. However as the novel progresses, Holden gradually comes to the realization that he is powerless to change this. "Holden Caulfield had much going for him--a comfortable suburban ... Coles) During the short period of Holden's life covered in this book. Shortly after Holden leaves Pencey Prep, he checks in to the Edmont Hotel. This is " what Holden Caulfield would call the phony world." (French) Holden spends the following evening in the hotel which was "full of perverts and morons. [There were] screwballs all over the place."(Salinger 61) His situation only deteriorates from this point on as ...
- 1674: Dark Side: An Essay On Satan
- Mankind lives in a physical, tangible, material world, which is influenced by the invisible, spiritual world around us. The present day spiritual world is just as existent as it was nearly two thousand years ago when Lord Jesus walked the earth. The Old and New Testaments reveal to us from time to time, glimpses of this spiritual ...
- 1675: The Treaty of Trianon
- ... events that had such a profound political, economic, social, and/or geographical effect. There have been many such instances in the history of East Central Europe. One of the more recent of these events was World War I and especially the peace treaty following the war, known as the Treaty of Trianon. Historians have tried to identify the causes which led to the signing and implementation of the treaty, but there ... Trianon and the ramifications which it entailed. There were many problems that were a direct result of this treaty, and now we may be able to accurately describe why. The problem of newly drawn borders, new and unique "nation-states", and ethnic minorities was not just a product of internal dispute in the areas effected, but also of external factors and wishes to a large extent. There were many different factors ... turmoil, dispute, and conflict in the region. The most apparent changes in East Central Europe as a result of the Treaty of Trianon were the changes in the border lines, and the formation of three new states. These were known as the successor states, and they were Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia (known then as the Serb-Croat-Slovene Monarchy). This was mostly made possible by the dismemberment of the former ...
- 1676: Nuclear Weapon Disarmament
- Nuclear Weapon Disarmament Nuclear weapons are the ultimate evil. They are the invention that humanity wishes it could un-invent. Their existence puts the entire world at risk. There are several attempts to limit nuclear weapons technology, testing, and possession, but all have fallen short. The world must shift its focus from a world in which we try to justify the possession of nuclear weapons, to a world where we acknowledge the fact that nuclear weapons have no place in the new millennium; nuclear abolition is our only ...
- 1677: Bauhaus
- Bauhaus Post World War I Germany set the stage for the most organized art movement in art history. The Bauhaus movement was a reaction to the social changes the Germans were facing. The country had been crushed in ... would advance modern art into the sense of functional design. The third goal was to maintain contact with the leaders of industry so the students could be their consultants. Ilkka Huovio stated in Bauhaus, The New Man - The New Technique that "The idealistic basis of Bauhaus was a socially orientate programme. An artist must be conscious of his social responsibility to the community. On the other hand the community has to accept the ...
- 1678: Hantavirus
- Hantavirus: A Four Corners Study When a new virus appeared in the Four Corners region, American scientists were stumped. What was causing such a quick death to such healthy people? Was there a potential epidemic on their hands? No one knew, and when they finally determined that a strain hantavirus was involved, many were shocked. This had to be something completely new to the hantavirus family and that was somewhat overwhelming. Normally, the hantavirus only affects the kidneys, but this new virus dealt with the upper respiratory area. This paper takes an in depth look at the history of the hantavirus as well as its infectious nature and replication process. Hantaviruses first came into existence ...
- 1679: Asia 2
- Asia, largest of the earth's seven continents. With outlying islands, it covers an estimated 44,936,000 sq km (17,350,000 sq mi), or about one-third of the world's total land area. Asia has more than 3.2 billion inhabitants. Its peoples account for three-fifths of the world's population. Lying almost entirely in the northern hemisphere, Asia is bounded by the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. The conventional boundary between Europe and Asia is drawn at the Ural Mountains in Russia. Asia ... and intervening structural basins. The continent's physiographic system focuses on the Pamirs, a towering plateau region located where the borders of India, China, and Afghanistan converge. It is known as the Roof of the World. Mountain ranges spiral out from the Pamirs to the west (Hindu Kush), and southeast (Great Himalayas). These ranges form an imposing eastern-western arc, about 2500 km (about 1550 mi) in length, that contains ...
- 1680: Time Warner
- ... was formed. The integration of Time Inc. and Warner communications produced Time Warner, which in 1996 with the acquisition of Turner broadcasting, regained it s status from Disney as the largest media corporation in the world. The company right now, with over 200 subsidiaries world- wide, is becoming fully global with it s profits from the USA falling, and it s profits throughout the world rising. Globalisation is proving to be Time Warner s major asset in beating other competition to the World market. Currently, Time Warner has interests in many different business fields. Music accounts for a large ...
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