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...population - is associated with an increased risk of autism. People with two copies of the gene have twice the average risk of autism; those with one copy face a slightly increased risk. The gene is intriguing because it codes for a protein that's active not only in the brain - the organ most affected by autism - but also in the immune system and the gastrointestinal tract, two systems that function poorly in many people with autism. Levitt estimates that anywhere from five to 20 genes may underlie the vulnerability to autism. There are probably many routes to the disorder, involving...
...America—postulations of Bush’s mustache-twirling villainy ruled the political filmmaking arena, including “Why We Fight,” “Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War,” “Bush’s Brain,” and mack-daddy of them all, “Fahrenheit 9/11.” These changed the ideological opinions of, roughly, six people...
...book is for those who are more right-brain than left-brain,” says Tribe, often considered to be the brains of the legal left...
...rest of his life. But his story revealed that he won more than that. By summoning the courage to undergo painful introspection after his injury, Michael Weisskopf has reclaimed his soul and his spirit. I too suffered a loss, 15 years ago, when my young husband died of brain cancer. As a result of addressing sometimes unendurable pain and grief, I won the same prize. Maralyn Farber Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. I was riveted by Weisskopf's story of horrific pain and soul searching. It made me think of the soldiers who have died in Iraq and the more than...
Today, however, I decided to choose honesty over niceness. Two months earlier, I had been diagnosed with a brain tumor that required intensive surgery and rehabilitation. This was my first meeting with the President and Karl Rove since my return. Something about undergoing brain surgery had made me reflect about whether I had really been doing a public service by pretending that our office had been living up to its commitments...