These results, demonstrating the feasibility and efficacy of treating arthritis by gene transfer, have led to a recently completed Phase I clinical protocol to treat rheumatoid arthritis by gene therapy.
Hurricane Sandy - October 29, 2012. Summary: Hurricane Sandy was the 18th named tropical cyclone of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 - November 30). Sandy formed in the central Caribbean on October 22nd and intensified into a hurricane as it tracked north across Jamaica, eastern Cuba and the Bahamas. Sandy moved northeast of the United States until turning west toward the mid Atlantic coast on the 28th.
Many media outlets started calling it Superstorm Sandy after the storm made landfall, weakened and was downgraded from hurricane status. At one point, Sandy's hurricane-force winds (at least 74 mph) extended up to 175 miles (280 kilometers) from its center and tropical storm-force winds (39 mph) out to 485 miles (780 km). Even so, according to the NHC, Sandy was still only the second-largest Atlantic tropical cyclone on record.