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  1. Gene Therapy Cures "Bubble Boy"

    Science · Science · · posted by michael · from the next-we'll-see-if-hemos-can-be-cured dept. · 362 comments
    bofh31337 writes "NewScientist is reporting that Welsh boy Rhys Evans has been cured of the fatal severe combined immunodeficiency ("bubble boy") disease. The medical team, lead by Adrian Thrasher, was able to take the stem cells that give rise to immune cells from his bone marrow and add a normal copy of the gene to the stem cell using a retro virus. Seven months after treatment, Rhys was cured."

  2. Lasetron to Produce Zeptosecond Flashes of Light

    Science · Science · · posted by timothy · from the yes-those-are-real-words dept. · 46 comments
    bofh31337 writes: "Nature has an interesting story about the Lasetron. In theory, creating very short flashes of light, using high-powered lasers, you would be able to see inside atomic nuclei."

  3. Ultimate Stem Cell Discovered

    Science · Science · · posted by Hemos · from the more-research-needed dept. · 320 comments
    bofh31337 writes "Newscientist is reporting that the University of Minnesota has discovered a new stem cell in adults. It is thought this stem cell will be able to turn into any single tissue in the body." The article is kinda breathy, especially for New Scientist - but if this is true, which needs to be studied more, this will dramatically alter the landscape for stem cell research.

  4. New GNUStep Progress

    Tech · Gnustep · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the its-not-dead-yet dept. · 0 comments
    syncomm writes "Check out the latest progress on GNUStep Never before seen screenshots of the latest Desktop, Workspace, and a variety of other apps. Plus up to date news!"

  5. New Mozilla Status Report

    Tech · Netscape · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the gimme-gimme-more-of-that-software dept. · 0 comments
    syncomm writes "There is a new Mozilla status report online. Interested GNOME users might also want to take a look at the updated GnomeFE screenshot " I can't wait to see what the GTK Theme stuff does for the GTK Mozilla. I gotta install that stuff and start making my own theme. Its been to long.

  6. Any Linux Demo Hackers Bored?

    Linux · Linux · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the cool-stuff-to-kill-time-on dept. · 0 comments
    Greg Hayes wrote in to say "A call went out for support of a port of the popular demo loader iXalance for linux." You can go to the TBL homepage if you think you might be interesting in such a project. Some of the demos are pretty cool, a port certainly would be quite excellent for showing off, say, GGI or something *grin*.