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More research will aim to determine whether people who are obese carry altered forms of these genes. If that proves to be the case, then some of those genes could be targets for anti-obesity drugs...
...nation's nurseries, closets and gardens. Kirk's works will become Target's first children's designer brand. And as with the store's popular home products designed by Michael Graves and Todd Oldham, Target will be heavily promoting the signature style of the creator of the merchandise. The aim is for Kirk to become the progenitor of a "children's lifestyle brand." Think Martha Stewart for toddlers...
...Jobs' boldest move was to aim two slingshots directly at Bill Gates. Safari is a speedy, free Web browser with a Google toolbar; it leaves Mac owners few reasons to use Microsoft's Internet Explorer (half a million have already tried an early version). And Keynote, a $99 slide-show program built for Jobs' own presentations, should steal a few million converts from Microsoft PowerPoint. Sometimes the smaller guy has a big advantage...
Most treatments for depression aim to restore the electrochemical imbalance that leads a depressed brain into warped thinking. The so-called tricyclic antidepressant drugs popular in the 1960s, for example, boosted the activity of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine, and two other neurotransmitters, active throughout the body. That often relieved depression but caused side effects, including overwhelming sleepiness, blurred vision and dizziness. The drugs also proved potentially lethal when taken in overdose...
...most important thing," he says. "We need books with the correct political tone to win government awards. Once we are awarded some prizes, we can get benefits, like unlimited ISBNs (International Standard Book Numbers). It simply means money. Besides appealing to the government, we have to take aim at the market. Our books must sell. Literary books are our last concern...