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...possibility of early diagnosis arises from advanced brain-mapping technology and new insights into the genetics of Alzheimer's. In recent years, researchers have learned that the disease is linked to the presence of a gene called Apo-E4. But the gene does not always trigger the illness; people with one copy of the gene have perhaps a 50% chance of getting Alzheimer's, and for those with two copies the likelihood rises to about 90% by age 80. In no cases can geneticists reliably predict at what age the disease will start...
...young Americans wait for their presents in the desert. They come addressed to Operation Desert Shield, APO New York, 09848-0006. They are parcels of home shipped into a zone that is nearly as alien and inhospitable as space -- temperatures unnatural, planet sand-colored to the horizon, days blinding, nights full of stars. Home, built around the cave and fire pit, belongs to a more Teutonic, cold-weather scheme of things...
...contest, a 30 year tradition at MIT, is sponsored by a campus division of the national service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega (APO), which donates the campaign revenues to charity organizations...
This year APO allowed the contest to expand because of pressure to end its discriminatory practices and included women and even ugly stuffed animals...
...APO president Susan Bachrach said that the fraternity sponsors another traditional MIT contest every Spring. That contest is called "The Big Screw" where a member of the faculty or staff is awarded a 3-foot-long aluminum screw for having the distinction of "screwing" the students most...