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Murray’s work focuses on the genetic and environmental causes of birth defects like cleft palates. He uses “candidate gene searches” to analyze how the interaction of different genes causes cranialfacial disorders, and has done research on populations in the Philippines and South America...
...Many birth defects, like cystic fibrosis, are monogenic, or the result of one mutation on a gene...
WILDLIFE Seals rest and give birth on sea ice; polar bears use it to stalk seals. Loss of ice will threaten both. On land, disruption of nesting areas could reduce populations of some migratory birds by as much as 50% by the year...
...stiff punishment? The Carbens say they did it because they had tried nearly everything else. John, their eldest son and the third of their six children, was smoking pot, routinely ignoring curfews, lying about his whereabouts and erupting in anger whenever he was challenged. When his girlfriend gave birth to a baby boy, he dropped out of 11th grade to work but after just a month on the job was fired from his father's business for slacking off. He spent much of his time driving around town with similarly unambitious friends. Last year he crashed his prized Mustang after...
BORN. To ALETA ST. JAMES, 57, sister of radio host and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa; a daughter FRANCESCA and a son GIAN; in New York City. The arrival is believed to have made St. James, who conceived through in vitro fertilization, the oldest American to give birth to twins--at least...