Increasing evidence suggests that immune mechanisms underlie major inflammatory diseases that show no overt microbial etiology. In this context, a 4-day conference of clinical and nonclinical scientists convened in the United Arab Emirates to consider recent research developments in this fast-moving field.
The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday.
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.
