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.
The hurricane caused close to $62 billion in damage in the United States and at least $315 million in the Caribbean. Hurricane Sandy is the nationâs most expensive storm since Hurricane Katrina, which caused $128 billion in damage. New York was most severely impacted due to damage to subways and roadway tunnels. In New York and New Jersey, storm surges were 14 ft above the average low tide.