Sunday, December 24, 2006

GEORGEA KOVANIS: Gift returners come in flavors; what kind are you? (Types of flowers)

Happy holidays! Now, let's talk about gifts -- more specifically, returning those that aren't quite right. I know, I know, it feels a bit crass because most of us haven't even opened our packages yet.
Dr. Anthony Atala, a Wake Forest University doctor-scientist, is pushing hard to engineer functional organs, tissue and other body parts with patients' own cells. If he succeeds, North Carolina might find itself at the forefront of a high-impact, high-dollar biomedical field.
Neil Marshall's "The Descent" is a British horror movie that leaves us exactly where we want to be with a film about six women stranded in a cave several miles underground: afraid of how in the dark we are.
An invitation has been extended to the Bangladeshi pharmaceutical companies to join the annual current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) training sessions in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This is the first of its kind training session in Bangladesh.
Need a last-minute gift for your teenage daughter that's sure to make her scream? You'll be a hit if you get her tickets to this hot, teen-specific concert happening the day after Christmas: The Scream Tour 5, which hits Joe Louis Arena on Tuesday, features some of the hottest guys emerging from the R&B and hip-hop world.