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...couldn't even pronounce. 'I assume you've tested for this?' All it takes is a $20 blood test. The local doctors just looked at their feet." The Marguses recognized the name (it's pronounced ay-tack-see-uh teh-lan-jick-tay-sha), but all they knew was that A-T was really bad. At home that night they read that about 40% of kids with A-T get cancer by age 12; 100% deteriorate neurologically, so they're in wheelchairs as early as age 8; most die of lung problems or cancer by their late teens or early...
Like progeria, A-T is what might be called a superorphaned disease. It affects so few kids--just 400 in the U.S.--that scientists and drug companies don't bother with it. So Margus began applying his business brain to the problem of how to find a cure. He broke it down into smaller problems, assembling a list of things he needed to learn about: molecular biology, how the government funds research, how you capture the interest of top-notch scientists, what lobbying is all about. He decided his approach would be to pollinate as many excellent labs as possible...
...eureka moment, Watson realizes the base pairs don't match like with like--A-A or G-G--rather they pair A-T and G-C. Crick concurs, and their model falls into place...
Since the rebels are capable of ripping up a mile or more of track in a single night, the train sometimes has to turn back despite all precautions. And so far, French attempts to ambush the guerrillas a-t work have been generally unsuccessful. Disappointing, too, is the radar system which the French set up to catch the guerrillas' movements. "The echo is fine against the rebels," said a French officer last week. "Unfortunately, it works just as well against goats and gazelles...
Expecting. Edda, Countess Ciano, 23, ''A-t" daughter of Benito Mussolini (Il Duce's rating-he has one other daughter, Anna Maria); and Count Galeazzo Ciano, 36, former Italian Minister to China: a child, their second; in November...
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