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...experiment was the culmination of years of genetic tinkering by three biochemists: Richard Palmiter, of the University of Washington in Seattle, and Ronald Evans and Neal Birnberg, of the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif. The gene they prepared for insertion into mice was a carefully crafted composite. It consisted of a rat growth-hormone gene plus part of a mouse gene. The mouse portion served as a switch to activate the rat gene...
...double triangle, devised by Dr. Charles H. Birnberg of the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn, which like the rings ordinarily has no tail, but is made of a plastic that shows on X rays...
...severe acne associated with menstrual disorders. After injections of pregnant-mare serum (a blood extract rich in pituitary hormone), all but three of them developed clear skins, normal menses. Doctors are leary of sex-hormone treatment for acne-it has been "disappointing" in the past -but Drs. Charles Howard Birnberg and Charles Robert Rein of New York City believe that pregnant mare's serum is effective for this type of acne in women. They make no mention of men with acne...
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