Word: bits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scientists in the '70s had begun working on a method called recombinant DNA technology, in which they replicated specific genes by placing them in host cells grown in the laboratory. In 1983 scientists at the biotechnology company Amgen isolated the specific bit of DNA that carried the code for producing erythropoietin. They placed the gene in a minuscule bacterial structure called a plasmid, inserted the plasmid into the ovary of a hamster and began to produce synthetic erythropoietin. In 1989 the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of recombinant human erythropoietin under the name Epoetin alfa. The process...
...emotional pendulum has swung back a bit. While doctors now accept the fact that new illnesses and new potentially devastating strains of familiar diseases like influenza will continue to threaten humans, they also know that adopting the right strategy can contain the damage. In this view, the fight against infectious disease is neither a leisurely war of attrition nor a desperate retreat. Instead, it looms as a protracted guerrilla conflict in which reliable intelligence and rapid reaction are the keys to survival. The enemy could strike anywhere at any time. Only when a disease outbreak has been contained can doctors...
...bit, the line extended outside the building...
...could get him to do it right," she said. "He was acting pretty stupid, like computers. But he cut his beard at the end--just a little bit, just a small tuft...
Shavell admitted to a bit of naivete with respect to the College curriculum. His reference to Ec 10 drew chuckles from students, and he lamented how strictly the Faculty of Arts and Sciences complies with anti-photocopying copy-right laws...