Scientists await first call from Beagle
Early this morning, the Beagle 2 spacecraft landed on the surface of Mars at the end of a 250 million mile (400 million km), six-month trek to the Red Planet.... ...Although the first attempt to use NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to communicate with the lander three hours later was unsuccessful, scientists and engineers are still awaiting the best Christmas present possible the first faint signal t....LOS ANGELES (Sept. 7, 1999) -- The cardiothoracic surgery team at Cedars-Sinai.Medical Center has recruited a heart transplant surgeon who specializes in.implanting mechanisms that allow a defective heart to rest while awaiting a.transplant.. .Kathy Elizabeth Magliato, M.D., recently served as cardiothoracic transplant.fellow and clinical instructor of cardiothoracic transplant surgery at the.U...Hopkins Research Team Cultures Long-Awaited Human Embryonic Stem Cells
."The potential of these unique, versatile cells for human biologic studies and.medicine is enormous". . A team of scientists has isolated and identified human stem cells and.proved them capable of forming the fundamental tissues that give rise to.distinct human cells such as muscle, bone and nerve. This feat has for decades.been one of basic science's holy grails, and while scientists h...