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This month's issue of Nature Genetics features an study by Fikes Professor of Pediatric Medicine Dr. stuart H. Orkin and several colleagues, who have deduced remarkable similarities in amino acid sequence between a human gene expression regulator, CCAAT displacement protein (CDP), and the cut protein, an important regulator of cell differentiation in fruit flies (Drosophila...
According to Deputy Chief John J. Galinas of the Cambridge Fire Department, a cylinder of hydrochloric acid was knocked over in a third floor laboratory room at around...
Another enticing finding reported last January established a link between folic acid and prevention of cervical cancer. According to a study at the University of Alabama's medical school, women who have been exposed to a virus that causes this cancer are five times as likely to develop precancerous lesions if they have low blood levels of folic acid. The discovery may help explain why cervical cancer is more common among the poor. Indigent women usually eat few vegetables and fruits, which are prime sources of folate. Says Butterworth, head of the research team: "It looks like many cases...
Last February the FDA rejected as premature applications by vitamin makers to promote folic acid as a means of preventing neural-tube birth defects, antioxidants as a hedge against cancer, and zinc as a booster of aging immune systems. Both federal and state regulatory agencies have been cracking down on nutrient health claims. The FDA says it will hold label claims to standards similar to those applied to drugs. Advises Dr. Walter Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health: "At this time I say don't take megadoses, but I'm not ruling out that in two or three...
...extravagant unpopularity of Prime Minister Edith Cresson is harder to understand. Her acid tongue -- she called the Japanese "ants" and implied that 25% of British men were homosexual -- got her in trouble, but more recently she has been minding her manners. Nonetheless, her popularity has continued to drop, dragging down Mitterrand's with...