Word: calcium
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Calcium deposits in his ankle kept Sabetti out of the line-up until the last game of the season where once again his action was cut short...
...does remains something of a puzzle, but apparently the electricity acts as a kind of signal to certain bone cells known as osteoblasts. Normally, the cells promote deposition of calcium and other minerals that act as the "cement" in the formation of hard bone. Sometimes the osteoblasts go berserk, producing either too little or too much cement. When that happens, explains Bassett, "we can say, 'Release calcium,' or we can say, 'Don't release calcium,' simply by inducing a current with the necessary voltage across the cell membrane...
...polyester mesh vest, developed by Dr. Stanley Dudrick and his team at the University of Texas, has two breast pockets that hold plastic bags filled with Jason's food-a solution of amino acids, water, sugar, salt, potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, vitamins and trace elements. A battery-powered miniature pump zippered into another vest pocket propels the solution through a tube implanted in Jason's skin midway between his rib cage and navel. The tube runs up his chest to the base of his neck, where it threads into a vein leading to the superior vena cava...
Ninety-two percent egg white, 7% whey with calcium and sodium caseinates, leeithin and vegetable mono-and di-glycerides, cellulose, xanthan gums, artificial colors, aluminum sulfate, ferric orthophosphate, zinc sulfate, calcium pantothenate; last night's reheated coffee; slightly scorched day-old bread, I slice sandwich...
...York City Ballet. Watts is a lithe wire of a woman who radiates both sensuality and wit onstage. She has approached her career rather casually; Balanchine persuaded her to quit smoking by restructuring a solo just for her. She lives now with Peter Martins, who created his first ballet, Calcium Light Night, for her. A lady with magnetism...