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...procedure is much easier than traditional gene therapy, since it does not require researchers to determine the nucleic acid sequence of the target cell in order to affect it with the altered gene...
...High levels of uric acid are usually evidence of gout but have now also been found in some cases of otherwise symptomless high blood pressure. The discovery may give doctors a new diagnostic tool...
...latest twist in the global-warming equation involves the effects of the tiny droplets of sulfuric acid that gather in the atmosphere wherever fossil fuels are burned. These droplets help reflect sunlight, counteracting the effects of greenhouse gases. But the cooling may not be concentrated in exactly the same place as the heating, says Stephen Schneider, a climatologist at Stanford. He notes that unlike greenhouse gases, which disperse rapidly around the globe, the sulfate droplets tend to concentrate over industrialized regions -- the U.S., Europe, the former Soviet Union. The result, he says, may be a localized skewing of the weather...
...Acid Rain Improvement...
Into each person's life a lot less acid rain must fall -- so the Federal Government has reported. According to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey, concentrations of sulfate and nitrate -- two components of acid rain -- declined significantly between...