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 reduced shear environment there was conducive for. hurricane development, and on October 22 a tropical depression was formed approximately 305. nautical miles south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica; Tropical Storm Sandy formed 6 hours later. The southwestern Caribbean is a common place for tropical cyclone formation in late October, and Sandy initially followed the typical north and northeast motion at this time of year toward. Jamaica.