PARIS — Deep in the concrete bowels of the Palais de Tokyo, the modern art museum of Paris, down a plunging staircase with walls covered in angry graffiti, amid racks of clothes and roaming models (some of whom were sporting little horns jutting from their foreheads, or with flattened noses), the designer Rick Owens pshawed…
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Sky-high closings continued in February at 220 Central Park South, 520 Park Avenue and 70 Vestry Street, the limestone high-rises designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects that are among Manhattan’s most expensive and talked-about new residences. Four sponsor apartments in these buildings sold to anonymous buyers for more than $30 million apiece, and one for…
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When Hannah Ryles was a junior at a Tokyo high school in 2008, she was determined to attend David Lee’s junior prom. “I loved him,” Ms. Ryles said, “and nothing was going to stop me from being with him that night.” Her father, Richard Ryles, a retired colonel in the United States Army, already knew…
DetailsA recent study dives into the details of exactly how cells fix DNA mutations. The researchers provide fresh insight into so-called flawless DNA repair. Understanding DNA repair may bring us closer to creating better cancer treatments. Cancer research often involves a multipronged approach. Of course, testing new treatments and finding novel ways to attack tumors…
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Send questions about the office, money, careers, beard oil and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, even if you want them withheld. Letters may be edited. Just for Men Every winter, many of the men in my office grow beards. One of my direct reports has been doing so for the seven…
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To its hungry patrons, the business of Luke’s Lobster looks uncomplicated: Seating in its restaurants, called shacks, consists of a handful of reclaimed-wood tables, and the menu features little more than seafood rolls, chowders and chips. Yet Luke’s involves a vast and vertically integrated crustacean operation. Based in Brooklyn and Saco, Maine, the company buys…
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Image Starfish, an opossum, has nearly a quarter-million followers on Facebook and Instagram.CreditGray Chapman Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. The reporter Gray Chapman was already endeared to opossums when she first spotted the pointy-faced, small-handed marsupials in her social media…
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Spring is not that far away anymore and although it is still freezing cold in some parts of the country, things will begin to warm up in a few weeks’ time, as spring slowly begins to make its way into the Northern Hemisphere. As a cooking enthusiast, we should all be ready to welcome the…
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— Scientists looked for early detection method for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) — Plasma proteins of NAFLD patients were analyzed by mass spectrometry — Six proteins were detected in the blood associated with the early stages of NAFLD — Protein PIGR identified as candidate biomarker for liver damage tests One in four people in…
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The European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) registry has been qualified by EMA as a suitable platform for the collection of data for post-authorisation safety surveillance studies. The registry is now considered suitable to perform pharmacoepidemiological studies for regulatory purposes, concerning Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy used in the treatment of haematological…
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